Deer Management Report by the Deer Doctors
Dean Bortz
April 4, 2012
Deer report from Drs. James Kroll, David Guynn and Gary Alt.
Hunting
Wisconsin spring turkey season opens April 11
Site Staff
April 4, 2012
The April 11 opening of the 2012 spring wild turkey hunting season is just around the corner, and state wildlife officials say hunters can look forward to a good spring hunt.
Gypsy moth caterpillars hatch early this year — act soon
Site Staff
April 4, 2012
Spring is early this year and state forestry health officials say it is already time to battle this year’s population of gypsy moths.
Washburn County, Wisconsin deer test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
Site Staff
April 2, 2012
The Wisconsin DNR has announced that CWD was detected in a wild adult doe found on private property just west of Shell Lake in Washburn County.
Get out and find those Morels
Jerry Davis
April 2, 2012
An ongoing discussion, after a number of very warm days in March, has been whether or not morel mushrooms will be plentiful, slim picking, or completely absent. The questions have not been completely answered for
Leftover Wisconsin turkey tags a great opportunity to start new hunters
Site Staff
March 29, 2012
When I was a kid just starting to hunt, I spent a lot of time with a second cousin whose family, although from dairy farm, didn’t hunt. My cousin wanted to try hunting and he
Early spring
Jerry Davis
March 26, 2012
We’ve become accustomed to expecting many major plant and animal events to be prompted by photoperiod. Plants flower and animals mate based on increasing or decreasing day length, it seems. But what about March 2012?
Young Wisconsin anglers can receive free instruction at 28th Annual Kids’ Fishing Clinics
Site Staff
March 26, 2012
Kids 15 years and younger can mark the arrival of spring by attending free fishing clinics on Saturday, April 14, at several lagoons and ponds in Milwaukee, Racine, Washington and Waukesha counties.
Sandhills, wolves, panfish highlight hearing agenda
Site Staff
March 22, 2012
Sandhill crane hunting, reduced panfish bag limits, a repeal of the early release season for largemouth bass in northwestern counties, and allowing coyote hunting during the gun deer season in northern Wisconsin
