Warden Blotter: Ashland, Woodruff warden teams
November 9, 2012
By: Bureau of Law Enforcement
Ashland warden team
Warden Amie Egstad organized a “learn to hunt” pheasant hunt in the Ashland area with help from Warden Matt Mackenzie and Wildlife Biologist Todd Naas. Ashland Team wardens and other enforcement officers from the area along with volunteer sportsmen mentored youth and hunted with dogs during the event. The Ashland Bayfield County sportsmen provided a dinner during the training portion of the program the evening prior to the event.
Warden Jill Schartner of Drummond taught an archery program to a youth church group of 12 children and 8 adults. Schartner and her husband also taught basic bow equipment skills so those attending would feel comfortable with the equipment. The Schartners also spent time with the group, helping them practice shooting skills. A follow-up letter to the couple stated the event was the best “Youth Event” the church has ever had.
Warden Schartner also worked the Buck O Rama in Hayward this month, answering questions from the public while walking the grounds, manning the DNR booth and helping DNR wildlife staff.
Several wardens from the Ashland Law Enforcement Team attended tracking/sign-cutting training presented by the U.S. Border Patrol Agents. Preparation training was completed in Ashland and practical field training exercises were conducted in the Cornucopia area.
Woodruff warden team
Wardens Kelly Crotty of Florence and Tim Price of Eagle River certified seven Basic Archery Instructors for the National Archery in the Schools (N.A.S.P.) program in Pembine. The new instructors will teach students archery in both in-school and after-school programs.
Warden Crotty assisted the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and the Homestead-Aurora Rescue Squad in a search for a missing elderly grouse hunter. The subject was located approximately 45 minutes into the search. Crotty later received a check for $100 from the man’s hunting companion with a note that the money is to be donated to the Homestead-Aurora Rescue Squad.
Warden Brad Dahlquist of Crandon investigated several complaints of illegal night-time hunting activities, illegal bear hunting activities, and environmental violations. Warden Dahlquist held a Youth Bear Hunt involving two youth hunters battling illness from Omaha, Neb. Both hunters are diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and during the hunt one black bear was successfully harvested.
Warden Pat Novesky of Three Lakes observed a subject in the middle of the night shining deer with a small flashlight from his vehicle while possessing a bow and arrow. Enforcement action was taken.
Warden Novesky assisted Three Lakes Police with a search for a lost person. The person was located unconscious and was transported by ambulance for medical attention.
Warden Rich Thole of Boulder Junction and State Forest Ranger Mark Kubisiak contacted a group of campers on the state forest near Big Lake, and one member of the group was found to be in possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. The group was evicted from the campground and Kubisiak took enforcement action in reference to possession of marijuana on state property.
Warden Tim Ebert of Woodruff took enforcement action for violations including: hunting within 50 feet of the roadways center, discharging a firearm within 50 feet of the roadways center, leaving deer stands/blinds on state properties overnight, group deer hunting, and motor trolling. One case involved an archery hunter who shot a 9-point buck in his backyard, purchased an archery license for his wife the following day and placed her tag on the buck. Another case involved a hunter who exited his vehicle when he saw a grouse and shot at it while standing on the pavement.
Warden Supervisor David Walz of Woodruff investigated a complaint of a deer being shot off a highway. The investigation revealed a hunter shot an antlerless deer in a buck only unit. Upon finding the dead deer on the highway, the hunter drug it home with his unregistered ATV and failed to tag it. The deer was seized and enforcement action taken along with several warnings.