Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Elk application deadline is May 31
Staff Report
May 2, 2023
A mix of outdoor-related stories published in the May 5, 2023 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
News
Wisconsin DNR releases 3,500 public comments on wolf plan
Todd Richmond
May 2, 2023
Wisconsin wildlife officials recently released thousands of public comments on a new wolf management plan, some calling for the restoration of a statewide population limit and others urging a total hunting ban.
The comments
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board, DNR ‘playing nice’ under new leadership
Tim Eisele
May 1, 2023
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) held its April 12 meeting in Madison, and there was a noticeable change in the relationship between the NRB and DNR.
Where in some previous months there was noticeable
Wisconsin winter rated as severe in the north
Dave Zeug
April 30, 2023
The effect of the winter on deer is used to help determine the County Deer Advisory Council recommendations for antlerless deer quotas for the fall hunt.
The Bayfield Peninsula took a pounding this past
More criticism heaped on Wisconsin’s draft wolf plan
Beckie Gaskill
April 28, 2023
Three state conservation groups welcomed another full house to its second state wolf plan listening session, this one in Prentice on April 22, with recorded comments again headed to DNR headquarters.
The Wisconsin Wildlife
A dead fawn and a short science lesson
Tim Spielman
April 28, 2023
While no sheds were discovered on a walk this spring, we did find a dead deer. All indications were the deer was last year’s fawn (size) and that its death was recent. The carcass was
Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame to induct Minnesota’s Tim Holschlag and Wisconsin’s Tom Gelb
Staff Report
April 24, 2023
The Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame Selection Committee has chosen two legendary outdoor communicator’s and celebrated anglers for recognition as Hall of Famers in Wisconsin’s Tom Geld and Minnesota’s Tim Holschlag.
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board sets Sept. 16 Canada goose opener on Mississippi
Tim Eisele
April 21, 2023
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) adopted rules for the 2023 waterfowl season almost identical to 2022, except that a divide among hunting groups brought up questions about how early Canada goose hunting should open on
CWD anchors discussion at Waupaca open house in Wisconsin
Greg Seubert
April 20, 2023
A response plan that includes more testing is in place now that chronic wasting disease (CWD) has turned up twice in Waupaca County’s wild white-tailed deer herd.
The fatal, infectious nervous system disease that kills
