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NOVEMBER 27, 2010 |  SHOW #548 • Gun deer season special featuring highlights from past shows. • Safety tips from a DNR warden. • Wisconsin’s deer donation program • Winter grouse hunting opportunities. • Hunting advice from the creators of Da Turdy Point Buck. • A woman’s first successful deer hunt. • Dan and Jeff are at deer camp this week! • More hunting tunes from Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson’s Bone Collector Brotherhood CD.	RESULTS ► POLL s547 Should the restitution levels for Wisconsin fish and game be raised? YES 100% | NO 0% | MAYBE 0% | UNDECIDED 0% | OTHER 0% IMPRESSIONS: 179 | RESPONSES: 2 | COMMENTS: 0
INSTANT SURVEY VOTE ON - POLL s547 Do you think Wisconsin should allow concealed carry of handguns?  BACKGROUND: Supporters of concealed carry point out that Wisconsin and Illinois are the only states that do not allow concealed carry of handguns. Read more here: But not all gun-rights activists believe concealedcarry would be a good thing for Wisconsin. Read more here.
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TED DICK regional biologist for the Ruffed Grouse Society, reports on a new grouse hunter satisfaction survey. TIM LAWHERN Wisconsin DNR Hunter Education Administrator, shares some tips for safe hunting and gun handling.   KIM LEPAK tells the compelling story of her first successful deer hunt. LEE DUDEK director of Hunt for the Hungry in Green Bay, asks hunters to donate their extra venison to help feed families in need. UNCLE FINNEY & LARS "SCOOP" Christenson  of Bananas at Large whoop it up for gun deer season with the story of Da Turdy Point Buck.
Looking for Fishing Contests?   Find them ALL online @ American Fishing Contests RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY BANQUETS & EVENTS  Online Info: OTHER EVENTS WISCONSIN Hunting & Fishing Seasons: Nov. 29: Wisconsin muzzleloader deer season opens Dec. 5: Wisconsin southern zone duck season closes Dec. 10: Deadline to apply for Wisconsin spring turkey and bear permits
Hunters register 106,404 deer on opening weekend of 2010 season MADISON – Good to very good hunting conditions on opening day gave way to misty-rainy weather on day two of the 2010 gun deer hunt. Hunters participating in the traditional November nine-day gun deer hunt registered a preliminary tally of 106,404 deer over the first two days of the hunt. The 2010 preliminary count was up about 6.3 percent from the opening weekend count of 100,330 from 2009. Preliminary buck harvest statewide in 2010 was 54,263 and preliminary antlerless harvest was 52,141. “We want to remind folks that these preliminary numbers come from a staff call-around to deer registration stations this morning,” said Tom Hauge, director of the DNR wildlife management program. “The final opening weekend tally will likely be somewhat larger, when all the registration stubs are entered into the data base over the next couple of months.” A breakdown of the harvest by DNR Region and county (pdf;35 kb) is available in portable document format. “The hunters I talked to opening day were upbeat with most saying they were seeing deer,” said Hauge. “Conditions were especially good in the northwest where they had some snow on the ground improving both tracking and visibility.” While the opening weekend is the deer hunting event of the year, “there is still a lot of hunting left,” according to Keith Warnke, DNR big game ecologist. As of early Monday afternoon, 450 “opening weekend” hunting trip reports had been recorded on the department’s new online reporting database. This is down from 2009 when hunters filed 570 reports. Data from the reports is used to track wildlife population trends and abundance. “We encourage hunters to continue to file reports,” said Warnke. “The value of this information increases over time and with the number of reports filed each year. We share this information with hunters on our website and it gives hunters an idea of what other hunters are seeing when they are in the woods. Enthusiasm for hunting remains high. The department’s license sales office reported 607,926 gun deer licenses sold by the start of shooting hours on Nov. 20. This number was down 3 percent from the comparable day in 2009 but in at least one important category, 10 and 11 year old hunters, sales were up 15 percent from 2009. Deer license and tag sales will continue through the hunting seasons. The long custom of buying a license on the way to deer camp is also intact. DNR licensing managers reported selling 89,593 licenses on Friday, Nov. 19. At one point in late afternoon Friday, computers showed license sales coming in at a rate of 333 per minute. Hunters purchased 235,547 licenses in the five days preceding the season opener. Of the hunters hitting the woods on Saturday: 564,825 were residents and 32,056 were nonresidents; More than 86,000 youth hunters under 18 years old participated in this year’s hunt. Females represent 8.6 percent of the total hunters, and 20 percent of new 10- and 11-year-old hunters; Hunters throughout the U.S. and 22 foreign countries purchased a Wisconsin gun deer license. The highest number of nonresident hunters came from Minnesota (16,017), Illinois (7,968), Michigan (1,012), and Florida (838); The greatest number of foreign hunters came from Canada (32), Germany (19) and U.K. (9). Injury report There were no fatal shooting incidents recorded during the first two days of the hunt but there were five non-fatal firearms-related incidents, reports DNR Hunter Education Administrator Tim Lawhern. “We wish a speedy recovery to the victims, but the fact remains that all five could have been prevented if strict firearm safety rules had been observed by the shooters.” Four incidents occurred on Saturday. In Wood County, a hunter was struck in the chest by a bullet fired at a running deer from more than 600 yards away. In Marquette County, a hunter suffered a grazing surface wound to the head as the victim and the shooter both fired at a moving deer. In Marathon County, a hunter was wounded below the left shoulder. The victim was a stander in a deer drive and the shooter was a member of the drive. In Door County, a hunter was shot through the right thigh. Both victim and shooter were participating in a deer drive. On Sunday, a Douglas County hunter was wounded in the high right shoulder. Both the victim and the shooter were participating in a deer drive. Hunter Safety Administrator Tim Lawhern noted that historically about half of Wisconsin’s shooting incidents happen during deer drives, usually because someone wasn’t where they were supposed to be or someone shot at a deer when they did not have a safe backstop or in a direction they should not have been shooting. “Always be sure of your target and anything behind it, and if you aren’t sure, don’t shoot.” Know where your bullet will impact if you miss. “It is really important that hunting parties wanting to drive deer have a plan and that they follow that plan to the letter. Knowing where your hunting mates are and where safe shooting lanes are is critical,” he said. Statistically, about half the hunting incidents happen during opening weekend. “I am hoping we buck that statistic and can avoid further incidents this year,” Lawhern said. “Compared to the ‘good ole’ days,’ hunting is safe and getting safer. In 1915, of the state’s 155,000 hunters then, 24 were killed and 26 were injured. That meant 1 in about 3,100 hunters could expect to be killed or injured. Today it’s 1 in 100,000 or better. Still any shooting incident is one too many. Hunters need to remember the shooting TAB-K safety rules and be careful with deer drives later this week,” he said.
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DSORe eNews s547

NOVEMBER 20, 2010 |  SHOW #547 • More big bucks fall to Wisconsin bowhunters. • Fishing contest website going great guns! • Jiffy launches a power ice drill you can fire up indoors! • Another Outdoors Radio associate named to Outdoor Life 25 for 2010. • Dan receives award from DNR. • New hunting/fishing-themed country music CD featured this week.	RESULTS ► POLL s546 Governor-elect Scott Walker has proposed to appoint a “deer trustee” to oversee the DNR’s deer-management practices. Do you think this is a good idea? YES 60% | NO 20% | MAYBE 13% | UNDECIDED 7% | OTHER 0% IMPRESSIONS: 227 | RESPONSES: 15 | COMMENTS: 0
INSTANT SURVEY VOTE ON - POLL s546 Should the restitution levels for Wisconsin fish and game be raised? BACKGROUND: Wisconsin state statutes (29.983) provide that if a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of a provision of this chapter or an order issued under this chapter for the unlawful killing, wounding, catching, taking, trapping, or possession of a wild animal or any part of such a wild animal, the court may impose a wild animal protection surcharge. The amount of the surcharge ranges from $2,000 for an elk to $8.75 for a muskrat, rabbit, squirrel, walleye or other game fish. A bear, turkey or wild swan is worth $175, while a deer, sturgeon or muskie is worth a mere $43.75. Read more here ...
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DON KALDUNSKI founder of the website American Fishing Contests, explains the features of his website. BEN HOBBINS CEO of Lake Resources Group and inventor of IronClads soft baits, announces his being named to the Outdoor Life 25 men and women who have had a significant positive impact on hunting and fishing for 2010. PAUL BABCOCK general manager of Feldmann Engineering in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, introduces the new Jiffy Pro 4, the first propane-powered ice drill.
Looking for Fishing Contests?   Find them ALL online @ American Fishing Contests RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY BANQUETS & EVENTS  Online Info: OTHER EVENTS Deer Hunting Sight-In Clinics. Contact clubs for days and times: McMiller Sports Center, S108 W38754 County HWY NN, Eagle, daily, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (262) 594-5900 WISCONSIN Hunting & Fishing Seasons: Nov. 20 – gun deer season opens Nov. 23 – duck season closes in northern zone
DNR reminds hunters to consider venison donation MADISON – The Wisconsin Venison Donation Program and its affiliates, Hunt for the Hungry and Target Hunger along with more than 140 participating meat processors, are ready to accept and distribute extra venison donated by hunters. A list of participating meat processors is available on the Department of Natural Resources website. In this, the program’s 11th year, there are participating meat processors in 65 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. In 10 years, hunters have donated more than 73,000 deer providing 3.3 million pounds of venison to food pantries across the state. “Hunters have been generous providers in this program,” said Laurie Fike, venison program coordinator, “but it has been the volunteers who have put a shoulder to the wheel and accomplished the huge job of distributing the product to the pantries, making it available to families needing some food assistance.” In the southern Wisconsin CWD management zone, Target Hunger has taken on the task of making the program work smoothly. It involves a partnership of community action groups including Southwest Community Action Program (Dodgeville), Community Action, Inc., Janesville, Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Madison, and Central Wisconsin Community Action Coalition, Wisconsin Dells. Hunt for the Hungry operates the program in the Green Bay area. Additionally, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services staff help administer the program in 49 counties. How to donate For hunters, the process for donating a deer hasn’t changed. There is no charge to the hunter except for transporting the deer. There only a few simple steps: Field dress the deer and register it at a Wisconsin DNR registration station prior to donating the deer. Call First! Contact one of the participating processors before dropping the deer off to verify the processor has space to accept your deer. Deer legally harvested outside the CWD management zone are registered with a silver metal tag. These deer can be dropped off at a participating processor by Jan. 10, 2011. Deer harvested in the CWD management zone are registered with a red metal tag. Red-tagged deer can only be donated to a processor participating in the Target Hunger program. Donated red-tagged deer are tested for CWD and only deer that test negative will go out to pantries. Donate the entire deer to receive the processing for free. (Head and/or antlers may be removed for mounting.) When dropping a deer off at a processor, sign the simple log sheet indicating your desire to donate the deer and the donated deer will be processed and the venison will be distributed to charitable organizations to help feed Wisconsin’s needy. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Fike – (608) 267-7974
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