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Firearms deer harvest up slightly

Disease apparently didn’t have much of an impact on deer harvests in the state – at least not during the recently-completed firearms season. A total of 116,708 deer were taken during the two firearm hunting

Green Bay/Appleton Area

Panfishing has been pretty good on area lakes, including Shawano Lake for walleyes and bluegills and the Oconto breakwater for perch. At Oconto Falls, anglers are catching panfish and northern pike. The Machickanee Flowage is

Locked bucks saved from watery peril

Richfield, Wis. – A group of Washington County DNR employees saved two trophy bucks from a watery death on Friday, Nov. 16, the day before the gun deer season began. DNR Conservation Warden Bob Lee

Opening weekend deer kill increases

Madison – In what were mixed but generally good hunting conditions across the state, hunters registered a preliminary tally of 171,584 deer during the first two days of the 2007 gun deer-hunting season. This compares

Lake Holcombe Area

There is no ice and no one has been going out in boats. Most everyone has been deer hunting. The sport shop was up in registrations by 23 percent through Sunday. Hunters were bringing in

La Crosse Area

Most everyone is deer hunting or duck hunting, but a few guys were catching walleyes below the dams. Schafer’s Boats, (608) 781-3100. Bob’s Bait & Tackle, (608) 782-5552.

Deer die-off?

Despite reports of a massive “deer die-off” due to EHD, hunters took 85,490 deer during the Nov. 16-18 firearms season, DNR officials reported. The opening weekend total is very similar to the 2006 opener, when

New live bait rule: ‘too much justice?’

Madison – Long-time Eagle River guide and sport shop owner George Langley says the new rule requiring anglers to kill all unused bait before leaving any water body statewide is a case of hitting a

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