Wisconsin Deer Hunting
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12/4/2012 1:30:00 PMBy John Luthens Treaties and court cases have never really been my thing. I grew up in the heart of Wisconsin’s Ceded Territory without even knowing it. So when the recent controversy came to light (darkness, really-being that it involves the Chippewa people’s contention that they should be able to legally hunt deer over bait at night)...
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12/4/2012 12:25:00 PMA deer from Racine County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first known CWD-positive in the county. The 3 1/2-year-old doe was harvested near Bohners Lake and volunteered to the Department of Natural Resources for sampling by a bow hunter when it was registered on November 12. Tim Lizotte, who heads the DNR's operations related ...
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12/4/2012 12:10:00 PMDecember 3, 2012 by:The Southeast Region Contact(s): Tim Lizotte, CWD Operations Supervisor, 262-574-2120Jennifer Pelej, Public Affairs Manager, 608-264-9248 MADISON -- A deer from Racine County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first known CWD-positive in the county. The 3 1/2-year-old doe was harvested near Bohners Lake and ...
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12/4/2012 11:45:00 AMBy: Bureau of Law Enforcement Frequently Asked Questions - December 3, 2012 Here are answers to some recent most frequently asked law enforcement questions taken by the DNR Call Center.The Call Center is staffed daily, 7 a.m. - 10 p.m., and offers bilingual service in Spanish and Hmong. The number is 1-888-936-7463. Question 1: Is the late holid...
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12/4/2012 11:35:00 AMBy Darrell Pendergrass I spent a lot of time in my tree stand this past deer season – a lot of time. I’m sure people get sentenced to less jail time for minor crimes than I spent in the tree stand this year. Honestly. I spent more time up in the tree during the hunt than I did in some of the classes I took in college; which isn’...
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12/4/2012 11:20:00 AMOPENING WEEK FOR MUSKRAT TRAPPING IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN: OCT 27TH - NOV 2ND MORE MUSKRAT TRAPPERS THAN MUSKRATS My start as a muskrat trapper came in a more round about way from that of most outdoorsmen. As a youth I saw a flyer offering a $5.00 bounty for "chicken hawks" at the county building. This was a lot of money to a rural kid during the...
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12/4/2012 10:50:00 AMDATE: November 30, 2012 CONTACT: Karl Martin (608) 213-4184 MADISON – Jared Duquette will join the Department of Natural Resources – Bureau of Science Services as DNR’s deer and elk research scientist, taking over coordination and guidance of DNR’s ongoing multi-year deer research project into causes of death i...
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12/4/2012 10:35:00 AMWisconsin Bear Guide and OWO columnist Mike Foss tagged this deer during the muzzleloader season on Tuesday, November 27 at 4:00 pm. The buck conservatively scored 161.
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12/4/2012 10:15:00 AMContact(s): Bill Cosh, (608) 267-2773 Tom Hauge, (608) 266-2193 MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has closed Wolf Harvest Zone 1 to hunting and trapping of gray wolves effective 5 pm, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Wolf Harvest Zone 1 is the third zone to be closed this season. The harvest of wolves currently remains open in zones 3,...
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12/4/2012 10:10:00 AMWith the warm temperatures we had this past week we are advising anglers to stay off area ice and wait for cooler temperatures and more solid ice. Right now in Central Wisconsin we have from 1 1/2 inches to 2 1/2 inches of ice and that will more than likely diminish before it gets better if the weather continues to stay the way it is. W...
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11/29/2012 12:40:00 PMBy John Luthens After the snowy dust settles on another gun deer hunt, the stories and memories remain. This was written to commemorate my son’s first deer hunt. He wasn’t old enough to carry a gun yet, but even if he had been, he would have been more intent on hunting squirrels than deer. He rustled around in the bli...
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11/29/2012 9:55:00 AMEditor Note: Look for “On the Trapline with Arnie Groehler” each week under the OWO Trapping section beginning today. EARLY RACCOON SEASON: OCT 20-26th PRE-SEASON PREPARATION There was a time when I really looked forward to the opening day of trapping season. It was greatly anticipated just like the opening day of duck or dee...
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11/29/2012 9:20:00 AMSteve Ellis sends his brother at OWO the following trail cam photo from Iron County with a note during the muzzleloader season; ‘This is one buck I’m chasing’. We’ll let you know if Steve catches him.
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11/28/2012 4:50:00 PMOWO contributing writer Mike Hart was bowhunting near Wisconsin Dells with a trail camera set to capture the action. Mike said he didn’t think he would capture this self-portrait as he readied for a possible shot that he ultimately chose not to take. Later, his son, Jesse Hart did take the buck that Mike described as a ‘yo...
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11/28/2012 4:45:00 PMCONTACT: Laurel Steffes, Office of Communications, 608-266-8109 Bill Cosh, DNR spokesperson, 608-267-2773 “This afternoon Judge Barbara Crabb of the Western District Federal Court ruled that the State may enforce state shining laws against any Chippewa Tribal member hunting deer at night within the Ceded Territory (roughly the northern...
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11/28/2012 3:15:00 PMCalifornia native James Wallace settled in Sussex with his Wisconsin wife Angie after a tour in Iraq as an army bomb sweeper. He took his first deer with a bow in Waukesha County in early November.
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11/28/2012 11:05:00 AMNovember 27, 2012 By: Special to the Bureau of Law Enforcement "Successful hunting is not coming home with meat for the table." That from Bob Lamb, retired La Crosse Tribune outdoors editor and co-founder of the Tribune/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Hunter Ethics Award. "A successful hunt is returning home knowing you were safe and et...
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11/28/2012 11:00:00 AMNovember 17, 2012 By: Joanne M. Haas/Bureau of Law Enforcement Warden Wire rode with Conservation Warden Jesse Ashton of Polk County on Day One of the 2012 Gun-Deer Hunt today, November 17. It was an eventful day that had just about everything in the mix – all of which was documented in a series of tweets carried on the Department of Natur...
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11/28/2012 10:50:00 AMClint Bindrich of Jackson was running out of time during the first weekend of the Wisconsin Gun Deer Season while hunting near Wisconsin Rapids. With departure for home planned for 11:00 am Sunday, Bindrich had seen no deer by 10:20 although he had been on stand since before first light. The only deer that came through; a massive 8-pointer t...
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11/28/2012 10:40:00 AMBy Dick Ellis, PublisherOn Wisconsin Outdoors Clifford Hudson sent “On Wisconsin Outdoors” photos of his son’s archery kill from Oxford, Wisconsin earlier in November with a short letter. Bowhunter Scott Hudson added his own quote to the note about the buck that would measure 161 inches. “I waited 40 years for this b...
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11/27/2012 10:55:00 AMBy Dick Ellis Jim Dlobik of Jackson, Wisconsin was hunting family land in Portage County near Wisconsin Rapids when his bowhunting experience and a good dose of patience helped him tag a beautiful 10 point buck November 7. Dlobik hunts 120 acres with his brothers (and this writer’s cousins) Dave and John Dlobik. The 4th brother Donny e...
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11/27/2012 9:50:00 AM“On Wisconsin Outdoors columnist and Product 6-Pack expert JJ Reich with this fine buck taken in Dunn County, Wisconsin with a .30-06, Remington CDL rifle, Weaver Scope and Federal Premium ammunition.”
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11/27/2012 9:30:00 AMGood Monday morning after a long deer hunt in the Wisconsin north woods. I just crawled out of the forests of Boulder Junction in Vilas County to find a ton of photos and stories waiting for posting on the On Wisconsin Outdoors website. We’re getting right to that, as you will soon see, and we will follow with my regular blog by this Thursda...
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11/27/2012 8:55:00 AMWisconsin’s deer hunting heritage is strong, thanks to you! The 2012 nine-day deer hunt has come to a close but the season can continue through the sharing of hunting stories. If each licensed hunter created one new memory at camp this year, there are over 633,000 stories to be shared with friends and family. This is what keeps our heritage ...
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11/26/2012 3:15:00 PMAnother firearms season is come and gone in Wisconsin and this one seems to be one to remember as the Rut was in full swing for the hunters. A lot of nice mature bucks have been taken in our area including a 10 pointer that I was lucky enough to have follow a doe into the stand that I was sitting in 7:30 opening morning. Price County is right fo...