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Wisconsin’s second wolf hunting, trapping season opens Oct. 15 cation on the DNR website, and on the wolf call-in number, 1855-299-9653. Successful applicants can purchase wolf harvest licenses at any license sales location or online at dnr.wi.gov now or during the season. The cost is $49 for residents, and $251 for non-residents. A wolf license authorizes both hunting and trapping. The license holder must meet the appropriate education
requirements for trapping, hunter education, or must be participating in the hunting mentorship program. Anyone seeking additional information about the hunt should call the DNR at 1-888936-7463. The Call Center is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. For more information on the wolf hunt, regulations, and maps, please visit dnr.wi.gov and search “wolf.”
Hunters asked to check for invasive species MADISON, Wis. — With waterfowl hunting seasons under way and trapping on the horizon, it’s a good time for outdoor enthusiasts to consider whether their gear might be transporting harmful invasive species to and from a favorite hunting spot, Wisconsin invasive species experts say. Invasive species are nonnative plants and animals that can cause severe economic or environmental harm. Species like zebra mussels, garlic mustard and non-native phragmites spread when people move water, mud or plant fragments between
sites. Once established, invasive species can wreak serious havoc on waterfowl and game habitat, damage gear and make sites harder to access, says Deborah Seiler, aquatic invasive species outreach specialist. “By taking a few minutes to inspect and clean your hunting equipment and dogs before you leave a site, you can stop the spread of invasives that can harm the habitat waterfowl and other wildlife depend on,” Seiler says. “It all boils down to knowing where to look.” Seiler and Bob Wakeman, who coordinates DNR’s aquatic inva-
sive species efforts, says that hunters who use a skiff or wade should keep in mind that Wisconsin’s invasive species law requires the removal of all aquatic plants, animals and water from boats and equipment before leaving a water body. Duck hunters in particular should take a close look at their gear, including decoys, lines and anchors, says aquatic invasive species specialist Diane Schauer of Calumet County. Schauer says AIS can hide in places from the obvious, “Don’t use phragmites for your blind,” to the surprising.
MADISON, Wis. — Three years after the idea was first proposed by a citizen resolution during voting at a Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring meeting, rifles will be allowed statewide for firearm deer hunting as of Nov. 1, unless a local municipality has enacted a more restrictive ordinance. “Hunters are strongly urged to check with the local officials to see if rifles will be allowed for the November nine-day gundeer hunt,” Scott Gunderson, assistant deputy secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, said of the law change which was not in effect for the youth gun-deer hunt Oct. 5-6. Gunderson said the law change has attracted much public debate. “After the first statewide vote on this proposal at the Conservation Congress in 2011, when 61 counties supported it, the DNR held hearings in each county,” he said. There was a citizen resolution offered in 2010 with the statewide advisory question the following year. “We again found widespread public support for this rule change in 2013.” This means that unless there is a local ordinance restricts use of rifles in a town, hunters will be able to use rifles of calibers legal for hunting deer statewide in 2013. People need to contact their local units of government to determine if there is such an ordinance. The DNR did not enter into this decision lightly, Gunderson said. “The department has not identified any safety-related advantage to shotguns and there is no deer herd management purpose for the old regulation,” said conservation warden Todd Schaller, chief of the DNR’s Bureau of Law Enforcement’s Recreational Enforcement and Education Section. “The key to safe hunting is that the safety rules must be followed with all types of firearms.” The new regulations will be a simplification. Under previous rules, the DNR was frequently asked if people could use highpowered rifles for other species outside of the firearm deer season, if they could use muzzleloaders, or if they could use high-powered rifle and other
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IN THIS July 16, 2004, file photo, a gray wolf is seen at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn.
Wisconsin’s second wolf hunting and trapping season begins Oct. 15 in all six harvest zones across the state and runs through Feb. 28. Around 2,500 hunters and trappers will pursue a harvest of 251 wolves. If harvest levels reach the quota for a zone, the DNR will enact an early emergency closure in that zone. The DNR will announce such closures by news releases, notifi-
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