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| APRIL 02, 2011 | SHOW #614
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 Would you support legislation to ban deer baiting and feeding statewide 10 days before and during the nine-day gun deer season? BACKGROUND: Restrict deer baiting and feeding ten days before and during the traditional 9-day firearm seasonNatural Resources Board Advisory Question #46 in this year's Spring Fish & Game Rules Hearings reads as follows: We have heard hunters talk at many meetings and hearings in recent years and they say that feeding and baiting deer affects deer distribution and natural daytime movement. When deer need to move less to find food, and are concentrated in areas where access and/or hunting are restricted, the quality of the hunt is reduced. For the department, this makes managing the herd difficult and it contributes to the debate about the accuracy of deer numbers. In 2006 and 2008, Conservation Congress spring meeting attendees voted in favor of banning baiting for deer hunting by 56% and 54%. Another question in 2006, which proposed banning both baiting and feeding just 10 days prior to and during the traditional 9-day firearm season, had a greater level of support with 62% voting in favor. These votes have not led to any changes. The Natural Resource Board feels banning baiting and feeding in counties where it is currently allowed will encourage deer movement during shooting hours and result in a more even distribution of deer available to hunters on both public and private lands. Baiting and feeding would still be allowed at other times of the year. This compromise would still allow those who believe they need to hunt with bait to do so during most of the archery and some firearm seasons. This compromise is not ideal for reducing disease transmission risks associated with baiting and feeding, however, it would result in less deer feed being placed on the landscape at a time of year when much food is currently place. The DNR is not able to modify baiting and feeding regulations by administrative rule. Changes to baiting and feeding regulations must be made in state statute by the legislature. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FISHING CONTESTS: Find them ALL online @ American Fishing Contests OTHER EVENTS
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Volunteers sought to help protect spawning sturgeon from poachers
Guards are scheduled in pairs, in 12-hour shifts, with shift changes at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. While it is impossible to predict the exact dates that spawning will occur each year, guards are routinely scheduled somewhere within a window from April 15 through May 5, but exact dates and locations are not predictable, so some shifts have to be cancelled. Spawning generally occurs for a five to seven day period. Prior to assignment, guards check in at “Sturgeon Camp” just north of Shiocton, where they receive a meal, a sack lunch, two-way radios to stay in contact with conservation wardens, and a Sturgeon Guard identification hat. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
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| MARCH 12, 2011 | SHOW #611
| RESULTS FOR POLL s610 UNDECIDED 13% | OTHER 0% | IMPRESSIONS: 191 RESPONSES: 8| COMMENTS: 0
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| Do you favor changing the minimum size limit from 15 inches to 18 inches and the daily bag limit from 5 fish to 3 fish for walleye, sauger and hybrids in 19 southern Wisconsin counties and other waters? BACKGROUND: Proposed Walleye Regulation ChangeThis year's Spring Fish & Game Rules Hearings Questionnaire includes a question on this topic. An 18-inch size limit is expected to increase walleye populations in southern Wisconsin waters and, in turn, increase angler catch rates. Anglers will harvest fewer walleyes, but the total pounds of walleyes harvested is expected to increase over time. | |||||||||
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Wisconsin Deer Management Unit Information Forums to Be Held Around the StateMADISON – A series of deer management public information forums are scheduled across the state in March. These forums are for anyone interested in deer and the most up to date deer management unit information.
The meetings are intended to share information with the public about Wisconsin deer management and how it is applied in the local areas where they live, hunt or farm. The local wildlife biologist will provide a brief presentation followed by a question and answer period. Some meetings may also have an open house format, allowing attendees to stop in anytime during the scheduled time. People are encouraged to attend the meetings that cover the deer management units they are interested in (see the list of deer management unit meetings in the DNR Hearing and Meeting Calendar), but are welcome to attend any of the meetings. People who are unable to attend any of the forums also have an opportunity to discuss the units with DNR wildlife staff at the:
Additional information about the forums is available on the DNR website FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Hirchert, Madison (608) 264-6023, Bob Manwell (608) 264-9248 or area wildlife biologists listed for the meeting locations in the meeting calendar. | |||||||||
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