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Madison Hours for the 2002 spearing season on Lake Winnebago have been shortened and the registration deadline moved up to prevent the harvest of too many adult females. When the season opens Feb. 9, hours will begin at 6:30 a.m., and end at 12:30 p.m. each day the season is open. In addition, all sturgeon […]

Some of my fondest memories of Canadian fishing expeditions with the family are of fast, explosive northern pike action. We usually attended the Ontario muskie opener, but arrived several days earlyfishing on area lakes loaded with pike in the Vermilion Bay, Sioux Lookout area. From time to time, there are a few slow days while

Garrison, Minn. The Lake Mille Lacs walleye limit would be cut from six to four fish this year, and strict size limits would be imposed, under a plan that the Department of Natural Resources is considering. DNR officials met Wednesday night with about 40 Mille Lacs area anglers and business owners to discuss this year’s

Editor Madison, Wis. A spokesman for dove hunt opponents disagrees with a judge’s ruling that would allow the controversial season to begin this fall and said the group will continue its legal challenge. “Quite clearly, we have to ask the judge to reconsider and if he doesn’t, I believe we will appeal,” said John Weineke

Feb. 15-17: Becoming an Outdoors-Woman winter workshop will take place at the Treehaven Field Station in Tomahawk. Classes include firearm safety, snowshoeing, winter camping, rifle shooting, dog sledding, lure making, trapping, ice fishing, calls and decoys and more. Registration (with on-site lodging and meals) is $225. For information, contact BOW director Kelly Wisinski at 1900

Editor Rhinelander, Wis. Two things that came through loud and clear at a Jan. 18 meeting in Rhinelander; hunters want deer baiting and feeding stopped, and they will accept a 16-day season if Zone T seasons are dropped. “The common theme at each of the two hearings we’ve had so far has been the support

Contributing Editor Bowhunters all across North America owe a great deal to a man most of them never heard of. Art La Ha passed away in 1994, but his legacy is as strong today as ever. Few men have done more to prove that a bow and arrow are an efficient and humane means of

The $125,000 contest will be held from noon until 3 p.m. on Forest Lake. Top prize is a 2002 4X4 Ford pickup. Tickets are $40 and about 10,000 holes will be pre-drilled in the ice. For more information, call the contest hotline at (952) 903-4903, or visit the web site at www.forestlakeicefishing.com.

St. Paul The results of a much anticipated statewide deer hunter survey suggest Minnesota hunters are overwhelmingly satisfied with their hunting experience. But on other issues, state deer hunters are more divided. Fifty percent of those surveyed oppose the use of permanent treestands on public land. Forty-six percent of the people surveyed also called themselves