Hunting

By Bill Parker Correspondent Roscommon, Mich. — Biologists and hunters have speculated for years about what impact managed hunting has on the American woodcock population. With the continental population in a slow but steady decline

By Kevin Naze Correspondent Tigerton, Wis. — Thousands of acres of Tigerton Lumber Company property in Shawano and Waupaca counties meant to be leased this year are instead open to public hunting. A clerical error

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — Greg Kazmierski, a steering committee member for the DNR’s Sex-Age-Kill deer formula review, asked whether the DNR intends to have preliminary results of the SAK review available in October.

Staff Report Madison — Could hunters hit a 2006 bow, rifle, and muzzleloader deer harvest in the range of 500,00 animals? They could. And, if they do, hunters will have taken a big step toward

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The Natural Resources Board approved changes in the Wisconsin Administrative Code involving the use of captive wild animals for hound dog training and large acreage training enclosures at its

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Green Bay, Wis. – The Natural Resources Board approved a budget request for the DNR that calls for spending $569.9 million for 2007-08 and $570.5 million for 2008-09. This is an

Darlington, Wis. – Three southwest Wisconsin men and a fourth from Iowa involved in deer poaching-related violations late last year must pay a total of $20,612 in fines resulting from two DNR investigations. Three of

By Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer Washington (AP) – Deer probably spread the brain-destroying illness chronic wasting disease through their saliva, concludes a study that finally pins down a long-suspected culprit. The key was that

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Bismarck, N.D. — Unhappy with the direction of waterfowl conservation in Canada and subsequent refusal to agree to what it classified as a “gag order” have led to the dismissal