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Hunter Nation visits Medford, Wis., for listening session related to predator management
Hunter Nation and state legislators carried a “stand up and be counted” type of message regarding Wisconsin predator management to Medford, Wis., recently, following a similar meeting in Park Falls earlier.
Hunter Nation’s Medford

Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin’s drumming grouse numbers take big jump during latest spring survey
Six years after Wisconsin policymakers panicked over declines in the ruffed grouse population, the state’s “thunder chickens” climbed atop their drumming logs in big numbers this spring.
The DNR reports that statewide drumming rose
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: DNR seeking hunter education instructors
The DNR is seeking volunteers to become hunter safety instructors across the state before fall classes begin.
Since the program’s creation in 1967, more than 20,000 volunteer instructors have trained and certified more than

Rose Wheeler donates Langlade County acres to Wisconsin DNR
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) accepted the donation of 88 acres in Langlade County and approved land exchanges for property in Sauk and Green Lake counties at its June 26 meeting.
The donation of

Fish, wildlife rule changes face scrutiny in Wisconsin
Natural Resources Board (NRB) members learned the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will examine 11 DNR questions and 31 Conservation Congress questions that were approved by citizens at the spring meetings this past April.<br

Use summer to determine what deer rifle you want to use this fall
The week of regular gun season is the defining moment for your choice of a deer rifle.
You may not need to fire a shot to find how well it fits your needs. When

Some parts of South Dakota not immune to effects of heavy rains on pheasants
A series of heavy rainfall events in late June are clouding the pheasant-production outlook in some areas of South Dakota, although wildlife experts remain largely optimistic about the kind of bird numbers upland hunters may

Minnesota DNR wildlife manager Randy Prachar calls it a career after 36 years
Randy Prachar, the Minnesota DNR’s Roseau River Wildlife Management Area wildlife supervisor, retired July 5.
Prachar spent 36 years with the DNR in various positions, always living his dream of working outdoors and with

“Back tag bill” signed as electronic or ‘other’ acceptable licenses are approved for New York hunters
New York hunters will soon be able to travel afield without a back tag or a physical hunting license, if they choose.
That’s thanks to legislation passed by both houses of the state legislature