Waterfowl Hunting Wisconsin
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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]
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8/8/2012 12:15:00 PMCONTACT: Kent Van Horn, 608-266-8841 GERMANTWON, Wis. -- Wisconsin will have a 60-day duck season and an extended exterior zone Canada goose season of 92 days, under a waterfowl hunting season structure the state Natural Resources Board approved at its meeting today in Germantown. “Despite this year’s unusual weather patterns Wi...
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8/7/2012 2:15:00 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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8/6/2012 9:45:00 AMClick on the image below to read Wisconsin Waterfow eNews - August 2012 August is here again, and with it comes the determination of this year's waterfowl seasons, the excitement of the State Duck & Goose Calling Championships, and the return to a series of fundraising & Member outreach events, hosted by our hard working volunteer teams,...
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7/26/2012 4:50:00 PMPublic Hearings - Plan to Attend! s always, when things are good there may be less concern about providing input, but these meetings are also a great way to find out more about the status of waterfowl populations and management. Of particular note this year is the fact that we are anticipating a bag limit of 4 scaup and extending the Exter...
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7/26/2012 10:20:00 AMWWA has scheduled an event at Wern Valley for all waterfowlers. 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 you will be permitted to use three shots to hit two targets (lead shot, of course)....
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7/25/2012 10:35:00 AMWildlife officials expect a 60-day duck season and 92-day goose season MADISON – While waterfowl hunters won’t know the official season dates and bag limits until after federal wildlife officials set the annual framework and the season is approved by the State Natural Resources Board, state wildlife officials expect another 60-day seas...
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7/17/2012 12:00:00 PM451 McCormick Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108(412) 262-4044www.ruffedgrousesociety.org Conservation group to host fundraiser dinner in FitchburgProceeds used to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat The John M. Keener Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) will host its 33rd Annual Sportsmen’s Banquet on Thursday, August 16, 2012...
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7/17/2012 11:25:00 AMClick on the image below to learn more about WWA, USFWS & DNR Partner to Offer New Learn to Hunt Events At Horicon Marsh!
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7/9/2012 11:45:00 AMBy Dick Ellis Reader Note: Published in fond memory of decoy carver Charlie Brisky of Berlin Wisconsin, who passed away unexpectedly May 14, 2012. This story was published after a November 2011 duck hunt on Lake Winnebago with Brisky that featured his decoys. A beautiful bluebill carved and sent by Brisky in appreciation of the s...
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7/5/2012 4:05:00 PMClick on the image below to read article Delta Waterfow Press Release: Duck Populations Hit All - Time Record Press Release
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6/20/2012 10:35:00 AMBy Dick Ellis The hen mallard cut the middle of the 50-acre Sawyer County lake, leading her new brood of three tiny ducklings on a meandering and endless search for food. The loon cried again, and disappeared. New life. A loon’s song on gentle winds. Warm sunshine, white clouds, blue skies. Heaven hung over northwest Wisco...
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6/19/2012 4:20:00 PMWeekly News article published: June 19, 2012 by the DNR Central Office MADISON – Many people see state wildlife areas as good places to take dogs for walks and exercise, but doing so during the spring nesting season is not good for many ground and shrub-nesting birds. That's why, with the exception of designated Class 1 dog training areas, t...
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6/12/2012 10:35:00 AMJust in time for Father's Day, WWA has two different Sporting Clays shoots for you to consider as great gift ideas. Both shoots will take place on Saturday, June 23rd - the weekend after Father's Day! The Fond du Lac team will host their first ever shooting event at Pheasants on the Ledge (near Beaver Dam) and the Green Bay team comes back ...
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5/29/2012 12:55:00 PMA Delta Waterfowl study has confirmed what veteran duck hunters have long suspected: harvests of many waterfowl are taking place significantly later in the year than in previous decades. The Delta Duck Migration Study, commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center, was written by science director Dr. Frank Rohwer, Louisiana State University graduat...
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5/2/2012 2:30:00 PMWisconsin waterfowl hunters, even traveling Wisconsin waterfowl hunters, see more fabulous sunrise scenes every season than most people see in a lifetime. John Volkman captured these sunrise scenes of geese in Saskatchewan, Canada in late October. “There was a mass exodus of birds that day when temperatures dropped near...
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5/2/2012 1:15:00 PMWaterfowlerJohn Volkman of Door County took Hunter Honorable Mention with two photos submitted to the 2011 DU Hunting Magazine Photo Contest. While on a solo hunt on the Lake Michigan shoreline with his lab, Ready, Volkman bagged a limit of drake Oldsquaws and snapped this award-winning photo of Ready. There is nothing more striking th...
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5/2/2012 12:55:00 PMAvid waterfowler John Volkman and best friend ‘Ready’ of Door County found another special hunt on the wetlands the waterfowler had designed and constructed on his property several years ago. Volkman bagged a perfect Wisconsin puddler limit; four drake mallards, a drake black duck, and a drake woodie. V...
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5/1/2012 5:00:00 PMClick on the image below to read Wisconsin Waterfow eNews - May 2012
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4/12/2012 3:05:00 PMIncreasing funding for waterfowl conservation on the prairiebreeding grounds is critical to the long-term future of duck hunting. Bismarck, N.D.—Delta Waterfowl applauds the recent decision by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (MBCC) to increase the percentage of duck stamp dollars going to the prairie breeding grounds for habit...
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2/8/2012 11:45:00 AMby Don KirbyJanuary. Sigh. February. Ugh! Unless you’ve got plans for some spring snow goose hunting (you lucky dog!), this is perhaps the slowest time of the year for dedicated waterfowl hunters. The last hunt was weeks ago or more; any trophies from this year’s wing shooting have already been delivered to the taxidermist, the waders a...
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2/8/2012 7:55:00 AMBy Don Kirby As we near the end of winter and head toward the beginning of spring, it’s time for those who are interested in waterfowl in Wisconsin to get busy on some projects to help our returning migratory birds improve in their nesting success.Perhaps the best known means of making this aid is to build, install and maintain wood duck hou...
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2/5/2012 4:35:00 PMOn Wisconsin Outdoors is pleased to present this press release from Delta Waterfowl which provides helpful preparation and cooking tips for Ducks and Geese. Winnipeg, Manitoba—Ice-fishing with friends recently on a lake near Winnipeg, Delta Waterfowl President Rob Olson deep-fried four rice-fattened California mallards in peanut oil, a dark-...
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1/18/2012 7:05:00 PMThe Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Final Approach Hunter's Pincic, Saturday, January 29, 2012 [read more ...]
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1/8/2012 6:20:00 PMBy Dick Ellis Joe Porten had forecast the impending, late afternoon storms moving off of Green Bay and destined for the mainland. As the day died though, blue skies, sunshine and gentle breezes challenged the prediction and offered no hint of the dark clouds growing on the horizon. A calm before a perfect storm hung over Door County. A spec...