Wisconsin Hunting News
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Restored Kentucky Elk Populations Being Shared with Other States
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The $2,600 Deer Hunting License
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Wisconsin Third Highest Coho Harvest on Record, Best Since 1982 Lake Michigan anglers in 2011 recorded the highest harvest of coho salmon in three decades and the third highest on record since the state started stocking salmon and trout in the 1960s, according to recently released results from angler surveys. "Coho fishing for Wisconsin anglers on Lake Michigan last year was the best it's been since 1982," says Brad Eggold, Department of Natural Resources fisheries supervisor for Southern Lake Michigan. "Boaters were fishing hard for coho from April to early August and focused on these abundant and easily catchable fish." |
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Wisconsin Learn to Hunt Bear Application Process Open People interested in learning to hunt Wisconsin’s largest game animal have until May 25 to apply to participate in a Learn to Hunt Bear outing featuring classroom and field instruction capped with a real hunt with skilled mentors. |
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Changes in the Wisconsin Wolf Depredation Payment Program Recently enacted legislation has changed the process and timeline and may impact the compensation schedule for livestock, hunting dogs and pets proven to have been killed or injured by gray wolves. |
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Looking for a New Place to Turkey Hunt in Wisconsin? A new program to provide additional land for public access has opened up more than 30,000 acres in 31 Wisconsin counties for hunters getting ready for the spring turkey hunting season. |
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Wisconsin Spring Turkey Season Opens April 11 The April 11 opening of the 2012 spring wild turkey hunting season is just around the corner, and state wildlife officials say hunters can look forward to a good spring hunt. They also are encouraging experienced hunters to consider taking a youth out during the April 7 and 8 statewide spring turkey youth hunt. |
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Family Sweeps Both Adult and Youth Wisconsin 2011 Hunter Ethics Award Honors Brothers David Sander, of Woodville, and James Sander, of Baldwin, are co-winners of the 2011 Hunter Ethics Award, while David's son, Colton, is the recipient of 2011 Youth Hunter Ethics Award. The trio was nominated by Dan McGuire, principal at Tomahawk Elementary School in Tomahawk, and 15-year-old son, Jacob, for their efforts to help Jacob recover a deer he had shot that ran onto the Sanders’ private hunting property. |
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Program to Increase Wisconsin Lands for Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Enrolls 30,000 Acres Voluntary Public Access program expands into 12 new counties Since becoming available in August 2011, Wisconsin landowners have enrolled more than 30,000 acres in a program intended to increase the amount of land available for public hunting, fishing, trapping, and wildlife observation. Now the state is expanding the program into 12 additional Wisconsin counties. |
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Learn to Hunt Turkey Student Enjoys Rewards of the Hunt You, too, could enjoy turkey marsala after the hunt You don’t have to be a master chef to take Learn to Hunt turkey, but it definitely added to the experience in the case of one novice hunter. “I shot a tom turkey at 7 a.m. on Sunday. It worked great. I made turkey marsala last night and it was delicious. Amazing,” the new hunter told Keith Warnke, coordinator of the Learn to Hunt program. |
Now that Kentucky’s elk population has been successfully restored, the state is unafraid to share its “natural” wealth. While Wisconsin is still rewriting its elk management plan and hoping to receive elk from Kentucky soon, elk restoration is already underway in southwestern Virginia with support from Kentucky.
An old, rare Wisconsin deer hunting license sold for a record-setting $2,600 at a live, online auction held by Krueger & Krueger, LLC. Numismatologist Kurt R. Krueger said this was probably the highest price ever paid for a Wisconsin bull hunting license.
