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VOL: FEBRUARY 11, 2012     ISSUE: SHOW #706

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• Meet Wisconsin’s new big-game ecologist
• Tips for calling black bears and cougars




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• Jeff competes in the Ice Fishing World Championship in Kazakhstan
• Dan gears up for winter expo season
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RESULTS FOR POLL S705
Do you favor legalizing statewide motor trolling?
YES 37.5% | NO 50.0% | MAYBE 6.3% | UNDECIDED 0% | COMMENTS [4]
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Do you favor the adoption of statewide fishing regulations for bass, muskies and northerns?

Advisory question will ask spring hearings attendees’ opinion on simpler regs

pollpicThis year’s spring fish and game rules hearings will feature a question aimed at determining whether sportsmen favor the elimination of the current north/south zone regulations for bass, muskies and northern pike. In the Jan. 27 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor News, editor Dean Bortz writes:
“The DNR has managed bass, muskies and northern pike with different regulations for northern and southern zones for many years because spawning and growing seasons may differ from north to south. The agency is now wondering whether it still makes sense to have those zones because of variations in spawning seasons and weather patterns within the zones and from year to year.
The DNR will ask if sportsmen support the idea of going to a statewide regulation if the agency finds ‘that management zones are not biologically necessary to protect or improve certain fish populations.’”
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WAYNE CARLTON

Animal calling expert shares some advice for calling big game animals from his entertaining seminar at the SCIWI Big Game Hunters Expo, Mar. 9 & 10 in Milwaukee
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KEVIN WALLENFANG

New big-game ecologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provides an update on statewide management of deer, elk and bear
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CHARLIE GRIMM

Spokesman for the Madison Fishing Expo previews highlights of this year’s expo, Feb. 24-26 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison
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LARRY GOHLKE

Deer-trailing expert from Neshkoro, Wisconsin, shares some tips from his seminar on recovering wounded deer with dogs at the Field & Stream Deer & Turkey Expo, Mar. 30-Apr. 1 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin
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DUFFY KOPF | Pro-staffer for HT Enterprises and Jiffy Ice Drills reports on ice fishing on Lake Puckaway and in the Madison area
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Free Turkey Hunter Education Clinics offered, starting in late February

pollpicMADISON – Free turkey hunter education clinics will again be offered this year in Wisconsin. These free clinics are presented by volunteer instructors and are sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Clinics typically last two to three hours and are designed to cover wild turkey biology and behavior, hunting methods, regulations, safety precautions and landowner/hunter ethics, as well as tips for scoring trophy birds and a few ideas for preparing turkeys at home. The turkey hunter education clinics are for all ages and experience levels, from beginning turkey hunters interested in learning wild turkey hunting techniques to experienced hunters looking to brush up on their skills and learn new techniques.
These clinics will be held from late February through late March. Information and a listing of the dates and locations for each clinic will be available soon on the wild turkey page of the DNR website, or may be obtained by calling the DNR Customer Call Center from 7 a.m. through 10 p.m., seven days a week, at 1-888-WDNRINFo (1-888-936-7463). For the latest additions or changes to the schedule, please refer to the DNR website.
Hunters may have noticed that the number of turkey hunter education clinics offered has gone down in recent years. Department staff and clinic instructors are planning how to combine the success of the turkey hunter education clinic program with that of the Learn to Hunt program. Over the years, as Wisconsin hunters have become adept at the art of turkey hunting, interest and participation in the turkey clinics have declined. However, novice turkey hunters will be well-served by the Learn to Hunt Turkey programs, which offer a valuable combination of classroom and field instruction as well as a hands-on mentored hunting experience. To learn more, visit the Learn to Hunt page of the DNR website.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
  • Scott Walter, upland wildlife ecologist, 608-267-7861
  • Krista McGinley, assistant upland wildlife ecologist, 608-264-8963

Winds, fluctuating temperatures, runoff mean changing ice conditions for sturgeon season

OSHKOSH, Wis. – Sturgeon spearers anxious to start the season this Saturday are urged to check with local clubs and sport shops around Lake Winnebago and the Upper River Lakes for the latest information on ice conditions and to keep safety as the top priority when participating in this year’s season.
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As of Monday, the thickness ranged from 3 to 13 inches – and it has been constantly changing thanks to temperature fluctuations, runoff and wind. Department of Natural Resource conservation wardens in the spearing region credit local fishing clubs members for checking ice conditions and thickness.
Despite poor ice conditions now, the spearing season is set and goes on as scheduled, according to Ron Bruch, DNR sturgeon biologist as Oshkosh. The long-range forecast over the possible 16-day season (if spearers do not reach a harvest cap that would close the season earlier) includes colder temperatures that could improve ice conditions.

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Four generations of Schumachers -- three pictured here -- gather every year for sturgeon spearing season. See DNR's multi-media sturgeon spearing news feature for more photos, videos and stories. WDNR Photo
“Working with the public, Natural Resources Board, and the legislature, the DNR sets the seasons for fishing and hunting,” Bruch says. “The anglers, spearers, and hunters who participate in these seasons are responsible for their own actions in the pursuit of their sport. Sportsmen and women make their own decisions, and may elect not to go out on the lakes to fish during thunderstorms, to hunt during ice storms, nor to spear or ice-fish on marginal or dangerous ice. Make sure you use good judgment when going out there.”
Winds can cause ice shifts which, in turn, cause cracks in the ice. Water flow from creeks that are running also help to weaken ice in spots.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
  • Todd Schaller, DNR recreation safety chief, 608-267-2774


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