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The course, held at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, are for youth ages 12-16 who have completed a firearms safety course. The course includes four training sessions (Sept. 4, 6, 11, 13), each held from 6:30-9 p.m., plus a field day (Sept. 8) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., which will be at the […]

C atch and release isn’t just for anglers in Wisconsin. Bear hunters who use hounds practice it for two months during the dog training period from July 1 through Aug. 31. During this time, hound hunters run their dogs on bears to get ready for the kill season, which opens Sept. 5 for hound hunters

Aug. 21-Sept. 13: Hunter Ed. Class – Oshkosh Hunter Safety at Carl Traeger Middle School from 6-8:30 p.m. For more info call Tom Gray at 920-233-4578 or email: stgray@charter.net. Aug. 22: Hunter Ed. Class will be held at the West Shore Sportsman Club in Two Rivers. Call Duane Osmunson at 920-755-2150, Dave Duval 920-793-3549 or

The weekend event will feature a number of activities and prizes, as well as special in-store promotions. Kids’ Day is Aug. 26 and each youth age 12 and under will receive a free grab bag. The Minnetonka Galyan’s store is located off Hwy. 394 at Hopkins Crossroad. For more information, call (952) 525-0200.

Funny how things change. The first time I fished with well-known Minnesota fishing guide Dick “The Griz” Grzywinski, we were rip-jigging on Big Winnie. We caught lots of walleye and big perch, but occasionally a northern would chomp on the jig. Good-bye jig! The Griz would unleash a long litany of profanity, which usually ended

A Circuit Court judge in Madison, Wis., issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday to stop the state’s first dove hunt, which was scheduled to start Saturday, Sept. 1. The hunt is postponed until the court determines the outcome of a lawsuit brought forth by Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for Cranes and Doves. More details will be

The point is, none of the baits we were using were topwater lures. They were subsurface at best, worked around various sections of the bank. Inside weedlines, particularly those that are separating sandy banks and deep weed flats, are some of the best after-dark hangouts for bass. The inside edge (the edge of the weedline

Aug. 24-26: 3-day Event for Women ages 14 & up at Camp Brachman in Almond. For more info call Linda Hinz at 608-356-8958 or email: lindahinz@jvlnet.com Aug. 25: Woodland School Landowner Workshops offers “Your Land – Your Vision” seminar in Juneau County, half-day beginning at 8:30 a.m., $20 per person, call Rob Nelson at (608)

Correspondent Madison A groundswell of support for a separate Department of Forestry in Wisconsin came rumbling to the surface as proponents participated in a press conference Aug. 6 at the State Capitol. From private woodland owners to county forest representatives to retired foresters from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the theme was the same: