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Wis. DNR asks hunters to turn in wildlife data
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The state Department of Natural Resources is again reminding deer hunters to file wildlife observations online. The DNR asks that bow hunters and hunters scouting for the upcoming gun season to
Firearms deer hunt may top last year
St. Paul — Firearms deer hunters after opening weekend are on track to kill as many or more deer than they did last year. Registration for Saturday and Sunday this year and last was 85,000
Tennessee men fined for grouse overlimits
Phillips, Wis. — Three nonresident hunters from Tennessee recently were fined nearly $500 apiece for allegedly overbagging on ruffed grouse in northern Wisconsin. And it was a warden from another state – who himself was
Thorp teen shoots a rare piebald white-tailed buck
Thorp, Wis. — Like every bowhunter, Justin Rosemeyer, 15, will never forget his first buck taken with a bow. But the buck the Thorp teenager killed on Oct. 16 was extra special. “He’s a lot
Minnesota Cuffs
District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) prepared for and worked the opening weekend of firearms deer season in Roseau, Kittson, and Marshall counties. Enforcement action was taken for hunting deer over bait,
NY: Shakeup at DEC
Albany – DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis arrived amid skepticism from hunters and anglers more than three years ago. He departed last month in the wake of a leaked internal memo criticizing proposed cuts to the
Il: Trappers begin season sporting positive vibe
Antioch, Ill. – Those hoping to see bobcat and river otter trapping in the state will likely have to wait at least one more year. Or longer. Bills proposing the seasons has been stalled for
Elk ‘depopulation’ bill approaching $1 million
Groups still concerned about deer movement into contaminated former elk farm Rochester, Minn. — A year after a herd of nearly 560 elk in southeastern Minnesota was euthanized because of chronic wasting disease concerns, reports
IL: DNR denies reports of misspending
Springfield – DNR has vehemently denied allegations in a report by the Illinois Policy Institute that claims the agency is “misappropriating millions of dollars that should have been earmarked for the state’s sportsmen.” In late
