Wisconsin Assembly votes to relax deer baiting-feeding ban
Associated Press
June 23, 2017
Would be scaled back in counties with chronic wasting disease; bill now headed to governor.
Hunting
Wisconsin Assembly expected to pass deer baiting/feeding ban bill June 21
Dean Bortz
June 20, 2017
Senate already passed bill; would only then need Gov. Scott Walker’s signature to lift CWD protection.
Wisconsin Senate OKs bill to relax deer baiting prohibition
Associated Press
June 16, 2017
Ban would last three years in counties with CWD if no additional deer test positive and would last two years in neighboring counties; heads to state Assembly.
Committees OK Wisconsin woodchuck season bill
Associated Press
June 9, 2017
The Republican bill would remove woodchucks from the Wisconsin’s protected species list and establish a hunting and trapping season that would run from July through December with no bag limits.
Minnesota-based Bill’s Gun Shop & Range earns NSSF Five-Star Rating
Staff and News Reports
June 7, 2017
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced that Bill’s Gun Shop & Range, with stores across the Upper Midwest, has achieved Five-Star Ratings at all five locations. Originally a single range
DNR board OKs reducing fall buck-only zones
Associated Press
May 30, 2017
The 2017 season structure designates Ashland, Iron and Vilas counties and the eastern half of Eau Claire County as buck-only.
Outdoorsmen urge committee to back woodchuck hunting season
Associated Press
May 30, 2017
A number of other Great Lakes states allow woodchuck hunting, including Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois and even Pennsylvania, which is home of Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog that predicts the length of winters.
Midwest gray wolves back in the crosshairs?
Associated Press
May 9, 2017
In Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, hunting could return as soon as this fall if federal protections are removed for the predators.
Wisconsin ruffed grouse prospects should be promising
Jerry Davis
May 8, 2017
Turkey hunters hearing a lot of drumming this spring, according to RGS state biologist.
