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Mar. 16: Adell Sportsmens Club will host its 9th Annual Sportsman’s Rummage Sale from 9a.m. to 3:30p.m. at Adell Fireman’s Hall in Adell. Call Mitch at 920-994-4155 for more info. Mar. 17: 14th Annual Musky Magic from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at New London Middle School. For more info call Mosquito Hill Nature Center […]

Mar. 9-10: Coulee Archers, Inc. will be holding bowhunter saftey courses from 9-4 each day. Call 608-582-4091 for more info. Mar. 11-18: Hunter Safety Class. For more info call Jeffery Jones at 715-835-1070. Mar. 12: Hunter Safety Classes/Bow Safety Classes at Nekoosa Library from 6-9 p.m. For more info call Dale Zawislan at 715-886-5808. Mar.-April:

For the Chippewa forest, meetings will be held March 18 in Grand Rapids, March 19 in Walker, and March 21 in Blackduck. For the Superior forest, meetings will be held March 12 in Ely, March 13 in Gunflint/Tofte, and March 14 in Duluth. A meeting regarding both forests will be held March 20 in Roseville.

Editor Madison A DNR post-hunt deer population estimate that puts the herd at about 990,000 will result in fewer Zone T units for 2002. The number of deer units likely to fall into the Zone T hunt in 2002 is 45 units, down from 76 in 2001 and 86 in 2000, according to Robert Rolley,

April 20: The Chippewa Falls & Eau Claire DU and the Chippewa Valley Pheasants Forever are hosting a shoot at the Eau Claire Rod & Gun Club. Call Doug Burrows at 715-835-1943 for more info.

July 27-Aug. 4: 20th Annual Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament. Call Kewaunee Marina for more info at 920-388-2222. Aug. 17: The 2nd Annual Brew City Salmon Tourney will take place at the McKinley Marina in Milwaukee. Entry fee is $100. Call Fre Licau at 414-425-5727 for more info.

Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series that looks at Wisconsin’s Senate Bill 357, a “shall issue” law that would allow law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed firearm. In this issue, correspondent Corey Graff will look at the Wisconsin Personal Protection Act, its design, the supporters and detractors and the hearings. In

Mar. 1- 2: Safari Club Intl. Wisconsin Chapter is having its 25th Annual Big Game Hunters banquet at Olympia Resort and Convention Center in Oconomowoc. For info call 262-513-5557. Mar. 2: East Coast Chapter NWTF Spring Banquet at Jacks-R-Better in Manitowoc. For more info call Bryan Marshall at 920-758-3177. Mar. 2: Winnebagoland Musky Club is

Al Afton, respected scientist, avid waterfowler, and former Minnesota DNR waterfowl biologist, owns a spinning-wing decoy, uses it on occasion, and has had mixed results with it. Like many other hunters, Afton says the battery-powered decoy, which has the waterfowling community in a dither, isn’t a silver bullet. “There’s a lot of things that go