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Health challenge won’t stop this Wisconsin bear hunter

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When Fort Atkinson resident Lisa Purucker was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) 13 years ago, it disrupted nearly every aspect of her life. She hasn’t let it stop her from checking off a variety of adventures on her bucket list, though.
She bagged her first black bear in Wisconsin’s Zone A near the town of Kennan on Sept. 3. She shot the bear with help from her devoted husband, George Purucker, and Dave Mabie’s crew and team of Plott hounds.

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Use water to maximize your hunting success this whitetail season

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Water can be a hindrance when trying to get to a good hunting spot. It can also be the key to success. Sometimes it’s both on the same day.
Mucky swamps, marshes, bogs and fens, cool trout streams and ponds, and lakes of every variety all influence deer behavior and movement, and they can provide an often-overlooked access route for hunters.

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Wisconsin 11-year-old shoots ‘buck of lifetime’

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Eleven-year-old Levi Weber learned from his father as a wee lad that “the chores need to be done before you can play.”
On Saturday, Oct. 11, during Wisconsin’s youth deer season, the family was busy combining corn and taking care of their 150-head dairy herd, but around 5 p.m. they were able to finish up. That’s when the young Weber and his father, Kyle Weber, hurried to a fence line overlooking a corridor where deer regularly travel on their way from lake to lake in the Dodge County town of Rubicon.

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Four thoughts on spring habitat work to benefit fish and wildlife

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Ernest Hemingway wrote that when spring arrives, the only problem is “where to be happiest.” It’s a time of rebirth, a time of hope and, for wildlife, a season when tender green buds and shoots signal the coming end of winter’s frigid scarcity.
For people who want to improve habitat, it’s also time to roll up sleeves.

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What can Wisconsin deer hunters expect in the 2025 season? Here’s a look at each region

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Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season will run Nov. 22-30.
Before heading into the woods, hunters should know key regulatory changes and boundary adjustments. Unit maps have changed, tag allotments have been adjusted and mild winters in recent years could improve this year’s odds of success.

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Need extreme taxidermy fix? Go visit Wisconsin’s John Balfanz

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John Balfanz’s rural Prairie du Sac home in Wisconsin is filled from top to bottom with “entaxied” animal mounts. There are shoulder and euro mounts of white-tailed deer. There are turkey tailfeathers and beards. There are moose antlers, snake skins, a stuffed badger, pheasant, crow, bear, and more.
Some are handed down from Balfanz’s father, who enjoyed taxidermy for years. Many were done by Balfanz himself, who took up the hobby after his father passed away.

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The true ‘bedrock’ of American fisheries, Dingell-Johnson Act celebrates 75 years

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“If you’re fishing anywhere in a public place, in water pretty much anywhere in the United States, Dingell-Johnson probably contributed to it,” said Rob Shane, public affairs manager for the American Sportfishing Association.

“It is the cornerstone of the American fisheries model,” Shane said. “It’s quite literally the bedrock.”
The Dingell-Johnson Act is essentially a self-imposed excise tax dreamed up by the fishing industry. Its impact over the past three-quarters of a century is massive.

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Wisconsin’s Brett Leable spreading word on free-dive fish spearing

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“I always say if you like to hunt, and you like to fish, you will love spearfishing,” Brett Leable said. “It’s basically hunting while underwater.”
Leable, a member of the National Freshwater Spearfishing Association (NFSA) Board of Directors, spreads the gospel of spearfishing wherever he goes, saying it offers fun for people of all ages and skill levels. He hopes that by raising awareness and attracting new spearers, old tensions will fade into history and those who prefer coming face–to–face with their quarry can be more fully embraced by the sporting community.

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