Waterfowl Hunting Wisconsin
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5/10/2013 2:25:00 PMAs we approach International Migratory Bird Day we thought you might enjoy taking a fun Birding Quiz before dusting off those binoculars! From here you can also click over to this week's statewide birding report: http://dnr.wi.gov/News/or/#birding and you can learn more about getting involved in the Great Wisconsin Birdathon (www.wibirdathon.org) ...
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5/1/2013 2:05:00 PMSpring is here and it's a great time to visit the Horicon Marsh State Wildife Area. Visit here to learn more about the annual Bird Festival, Archeolgoy Weekend, Summer Camps and a presentation on Paddling Southern Wisconsin Rivers!
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4/26/2013 10:35:00 AMApril 25, 2013 Contact(s): Andy Paulios (608) 264-6137 Grab the binoculars and the bird guide! The Great Wisconsin Birdathon wings into Wisconsin in May as the avian equivalent of the 24-hour endurance race: birders have a day to find as many bird species in Wisconsin as possible to raise money for bird conservation. It’s an event that&rsq...
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4/26/2013 9:40:00 AMApril 25, 2013 Contact(s): Andy Paulios (608) 534-0092; Kim Grveles (608) 264-8594 MADISON – With warmer temperatures finally arriving in much of Wisconsin, migrating birds are starting to arrive en masse, with bird-watching opportunities and events expected to peak in May. Dozens of communities, nature centers and organizations hold festi...
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3/28/2013 10:10:00 AMSpring is here and so are more events and activities at Horicon Marsh. Celebrate Earth Day with one of the marsh-wide events, learn how to create your own rain garden or come enjoy the birds during the annual Bird Festival in May. For information on these events and more please visit here!
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3/25/2013 5:05:00 PMBy Jerry Kiesow Editor’s note: To keep track of what he is doing and where, to see his photos and read some of his other writings, including his book, “Tales of The Peshtigo Putzer,” check out his website: www.jerrykiesowoc.com Things haven’t been dull considering the weather It is the middle of March. I have been t...
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3/25/2013 11:50:00 AMNews Release Published: March 13, 2013 by the Northeast Region Contact(s): John Huff, Area Wildlife Supervisor, Peshtigo, 715-582-5047; Yoyi Steele, Planner, Madison, 608-266-8169 PESHTIGO, Wis. -- The public will have an opportunity to review and comment on preliminary planning documents for a variety of wildlife areas, fisheries areas and a sta...
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1/15/2013 4:45:00 PMMADISON - Land managers are invited to attend one of three February workshops to learn how to address the threat of stopover habitat loss for migrating songbirds in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan watershed. “Every spring and fall, tens of millions of migrating birds sweep through the Great Lakes region on their way to breeding grounds, rely...
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1/15/2013 4:30:00 PMMADISON – People with experience in wildlife rehabilitation, wildlife health, and the captive wildlife industry can apply through Jan. 31, 2013, to serve on a newly formed Wisconsin Wildlife Rehabilitation Advisory Council. The council was established to assist the Department of Natural resources with recommendations pertaining to decisions ...
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11/1/2012 2:35:00 PMContact(s): Kent Van Horn - (608) 266-8841 Based on hunter feedback, the season will close for 5 days in the North MADISON – Waterfowl hunters in the North zone are reminded of a season split from Nov. 5-9. The season will reopen on Nov. 10 and continue through Nov. 25. A split is a short closure that helps to balance the desires of hunter...
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10/31/2012 11:25:00 AMNew updates for the Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area have been updated and can be viewed here!
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10/26/2012 3:20:00 PMBy Dick Ellis Reader Note: This trip took place in 2004. Be sure to check current regulations when planning your own trip. Connect with Flyway Fowling Guide Service, Captain Todd Lensing and the Grandview Motel at 608-734-3235, grandviewmotel@centurytel.net or www.flywayfowling.com. Connect with the Ferryville Tourism Council in...
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10/26/2012 1:55:00 PMMike Yurk Tales to warm you As I write this article, western Wisconsin, where I live, is having the first blizzard of the season. It is early fall and this snow is completely unexpected, but it does tell us that winter is not far behind. There will be a lot more blizzards and freezing temperatures coming our way that will keep us indoors this wi...
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10/26/2012 10:15:00 AMScott Heitman of New Berlin and Ellis’s dog, Micah found no woodies coming to the acorns on the oak ridges in the northern unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest in Sheboygan County. The hunt was only two hours and often creek hunting with a few decoys set can be extremely effective especially in the e...
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9/28/2012 11:35:00 AMBob Johnson of Mukwonago and John Ellis of Muskego wait for the opening morning of the northern zone Wisconsin duck season to officially open. Mallard, wood duck and teal decoys are set with one roboduck in a wild rice bordered pothole in Vilas County during opening morning of the Wisconsin northern duck season o...
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9/27/2012 3:35:00 PMby Dick Ellis One of the fringe benefits of outdoor writing is that new products are oft en offered for field testing at no cost. Manufacturers of outdoor gear want their products showcased. In 25 years in the field with camera and notebook, I could count with three fingers, or less, the number of these products I have accepted for field use from ...
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9/17/2012 4:15:00 PMCONTACT: Tami Ryan, DNR Wildlife Health Section Chief, 608-266-3143 MADISON – About 50 sick or dead ducks reported on Beaver Dam Lake in Dodge County in early August tested positive for botulism, federal wildlife health officials have confirmed. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife officials investigated reports of ducks...
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9/10/2012 11:30:00 AMNews Release Published: September 7, 2012 Contact(s): Bill Cosh, DNR Spokesman, 608-267-2773; Tom Hauge, Director DNR Bureau of Wildlife Management - 608-266-2193; Bill VanderZouwen - DNR Wildlife Management, 608-266-8840 or Frank Trcka, DNR Wildlife Managment, 608-267-7472 MADISON -– The 2012 Fall Hunting and Trapping Forecast [PDF, 7.1 MB...
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8/28/2012 3:35:00 PMBy Seth Steinhauer Wisconsin’s early goose season gives hunters the first shot at birds that haven’t been pressured in over seven months, along with young geese who have never been pursued by hunters. This does not suggest that early season geese are “dumb” by any means. There are, however, certain tricks that can be used e...
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8/27/2012 3:35:00 PMDelta Waterfowl has hired J.D. "Pepper" Petersen to be the foundation's new chief fundraiser. Petersen, of Helena, Mont., has more than a decade of professional fundraising experience in a variety of conservation and political organizations, including the National Rifle Association, Prickly Pear Land Trust, The Montana Conservation Voters and Pr...
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8/22/2012 4:25:00 PMBy Dick Ellis It seemed more than appropriate, to be having this conversation with Burt Bushke, Executive Director of Wings Over Wisconsin, in a duck blind on a 440 acre restored wetland, as the awakening flights of teal, wood ducks and mallards cut the predawn sky, or chattered on the water. Morgan Bushke, 14, slipped three shells of ...
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8/21/2012 12:30:00 PMTom’s Guns in Marshall, Wisconsin will host a Youth Waterfowl Hunt September 15 and 16. Contact Julie Bergholz by August 27 if interested at Tom’s Guns, 215 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 115, Marshall, WI 53559. tomsguns@gmail.com. 608-655-3772. “We are going to have the watch the weather and see how the rain g...
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8/21/2012 10:15:00 AMDear On Wisconsin Outdoors' Waterfowlers, WWA's 13th Annual State Shoot is taking place next week Saturday and you are invited to join in the fun! We have personally worked with the Sporting Clays Course Manager at Wern Valley to make this course attractive to Waterfowlers. YOU WILL HAVE FUN!!! Bring your duck guns because at each station...
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8/21/2012 10:00:00 AMHunters and trappers, now that the 2012 waterfowl seasons have been finalized, you can view all hunting and trapping season dates on the DNR website. You can also download a 2012 Wisconsin Hunting and Trapping Seasons factsheet in portable document format [PDF]