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Archive for March 9th, 2010
Leftover Spring Turkey Permits On Sale March 22
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Turkey Hunting News | Comments Off
Remaining permits for the Wisconsin 2010 spring turkey hunting season will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis starting March 22. Leftover permits will be first issued for sale by zone, one zone per day, with each zone having a designated sales date. In total, 225,729 permits were available for the spring 2010 turkey season. More than 149,000 permits were issued to hunters who applied for permits by the Dec. 10 application deadline, leaving more than 76,000 permits available after the drawing. Hunters should check the turkey zone map [PDF] to verify where they want to hunt and then check the turkey permit availability page to see if permits are available for the period and zone they want to hunt in. Read more..Turkey Youth Hunt To Take Place April 10 & 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Turkey Hunting News | Comments Off
The fourth annual spring Wisconsin Youth Turkey Hunt is set for April 10-11. The hunt is intended to give youth hunters (both residents and non-residents) an opportunity to hunt turkeys and gain valuable hunting experience. The youth hunt occurs each year, and is held the weekend prior to the opening Wednesday of the spring turkey season. As in previous years, youth ages 12-15 who have successfully completed a hunter education program and have purchased a 2010 spring turkey license, 2010 turkey stamp, and have a valid carcass tag for spring 2010 may participate in the 2-day youth hunt. Read more..Wisconsin Archery Buck Harvest Up 19 Percent
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Archery Hunting News, Deer Hunting News, Hunting Reports | Comments Off
Hunters registered 329,103 deer for the 2009 deer hunting seasons. This includes a total antlerless harvest of 191,715 and antlered (buck) harvest of 134,156. The grand total includes 3,232 deer recorded as unknown. The closely watched total buck harvest for all archery and gun seasons was down 3 percent compared to 2008. The 2009 archery buck harvest was up 19 percent over 2008 at 41,402 making it the fourth best archery buck harvest in history. Archers accounted for 31 percent of the total buck harvest in 2009. This was up from the 2008 archery buck harvest which accounted for 25 percent of the total buck kill. Gun buck harvest declined by 11 percent last year from 103,845 in 2008 to 92,754, the 29th highest gun buck total on record. Read more..DNRE Examining Legal Options in Little Bay de Noc Gill Net Case
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Law Enforcement | Comments Off
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment will seek other legal options in the 2009 Little Bay de Noc gill net case. “In light of the U.S. Attorney’s Office decision to not pursue charges, we are continuing to explore our legal options regarding potential violations of state law outside of the jurisdiction of the 2000 consent decree,” said DNRE Director Rebecca Humphries. In 2000, the United States, the state of Michigan, and five separate Native American tribes in Michigan entered into a consent decree that established an agreement between all the parties regarding allocation, management, and regulation of fishing in 1836 Treaty waters. Read more..