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VOL: 8 ISSUE: 844 - 02 NOVEMBER 2013
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• Deer Hunt Wisconsin 2013 airs on Public TV Nov. 7 & Nov. 9
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Should the DNR have special rules for fishing tournaments?
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The Question: "Should the DNR have special rules for fishing tournaments?"
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Revised fishing tournament rules topic of hearings
MADISON – Draft changes to fishing tournament rules aimed at
increasing tournament angler satisfaction while addressing concerns
about crowding at boat ramps and fish mortality potentially associated
with tournaments are the topic of public hearings in late October and
early November.
The current fishing tournament rules
have been in effect for more than three years and the Department of
Natural Resources has taken a critical look at the rule to identify
areas for improvement, says DNR Fisheries Director Mike Staggs.
“The rules have generally worked well since they went into effect in
2011, but we’ve learned that some aren’t needed and found ways we can
streamline others to make them work even better in the future,” he says.
“We thank the various tournament organizers who have provided input the
past several years.”
Jonathan Hansen, the DNR tournament program coordinator, says the
changes include defining new permit exceptions and participant limits,
streamlining tournament permit application procedures, and clarifying
boat and live well requirements.
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Wisconsin deer hunters will once again contribute deer (venison) to food pantries across the state
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Hunters urged to donate venison for food pantries
MADISON – Hunters can donate deer to help feed the hungry through a
partnership that over the past 13 years has provided food pantries
across the state with 3.7 million pounds of ground venison, state
wildlife officials say.
The Wisconsin Venison Donation Program and its affiliates, Hunt for
the Hungry and Target Hunger, along with more than 120 participating
meat processors, are ready to accept and distribute venison donated by
hunters during this deer hunting season, according to Dan Hirchert, the
Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist coordinating the
venison program.
“There has been great interest this year from hunters who are
anticipating a productive season” Hirchert said. “We need your help
again this season to share the harvest and help families in need.”
In the past 13 years, hunters have donated 83,120 deer which were
processed into more than 3.7 million pounds of ground venison and
distributed to food pantries across the state.
Two separate programs for donation are available for hunters, one in
the chronic wasting disease zone and another in the rest of the state.
Be sure to view the list that applies to your area. Both lists of
participating meat processors, and instructors for donating, are
available on the DNR website: keyword, Deer Donation.
Hunters can donate a deer by following a few simple steps:
- Field dress the deer and register it at a Wisconsin DNR registration station before 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 zone are registered with a
silver metal tag. These deer can be dropped off at a participating
processor by Jan. 5, 2014.
- Deer legally harvested and sampled for CWD outside the CWD zone will
be marked with a round medal medallion. Processors that will accept CWD
sampled deer, in addition to regular silver tagged deer, are identified
with an asterisk (*) on the Wisconsin Deer Donation 2013 poster [PDF]. Not all participating processors are equipped to process CWD sampled deer.
- Deer legally harvested in the CWD 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 be distributed 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 log sheet
indicating your desire to donate the deer and the deer will be processed
and the venison will be distributed to charitable organizations to help
feed Wisconsin’s needy.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
- Dan Hirchert - (608) 267-7974
- Jenni Pelej - 608) 264-9248
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WDNR is working to map out the future of walleye stocking -- your opportunity to let your voice be heard
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Online survey will help shape the state’s future walleye stocking strategy
MADISON -- Walleye anglers and others interested in walleye
management are invited to take an online survey to help shape the
state’s future stocking strategy for walleye now that a $13 million
investment to upgrade facilities and increase operating funds is
expected to significantly boost the number of larger walleye stocked in
Wisconsin.
“The Wisconsin Walleye Initiative has the capacity to increase seven,
eight, even 10 times the number of larger walleye for stocking in
Wisconsin waters where natural reproduction isn’t getting the job done,”
says Ron Bruch, a Department of Natural Resources fisheries section
chief co-leading public involvement efforts.
“That increase is significant, and we need to take a look both at our
walleye stocking strategy and our walleye management plan in general.
We want to hear what the public thinks are the most important
considerations for how we manage walleye fisheries in the future and for
where we put these fish.”
The survey is found on DNR’s Wisconsin Walleye Initiative Web page,
which contains a variety of materials relating to the walleye
initiative. It can be reached from DNR’s home page by searching for walleye and clicking on the “take the survey” link.
The survey is part of DNR’s ongoing efforts to reach out to walleye
enthusiasts, tribes and business interests with a stake in walleye
fishing in Wisconsin to help chart the future, Bruch says. Earlier this
month, the same survey was shared with people who attended public
meetings in Hayward, Rhinelander and Oconomowoc and with participants in
two business focus groups.
Bruch says that results from the survey will be incorporated into the
stocking strategy that state fisheries officials present to the state
Natural Resources board in December. That stocking strategy needs to be
determined soon for DNR to figure out logistics for where to raise the
fish, how many of particular strains, and where to deliver them next
year.
The Wisconsin Walleye Initiative is a two-year investment of fishing
license fees and state tax dollars to help produce for stocking in more
waters more of the larger walleye that have better survival rates in the
wild. In addition to DNR hatcheries receiving $8.2 million for repairs
and upgrades and more money to raise more fish for the next two years,
the initiative provides for a one-time, $2 million competitive grant
program for municipal, tribal and private fish hatcheries for upgrades
to increase their capacity to raise fish, and $500,000 for the state to
purchase fish from non-state hatcheries.
Sign up for free updates on the walleye initiative
Get the latest stocking reports, videos, and other information about
the walleye initiative, walleye management and walleye fishing in
Wisconsin by signing up for free email updates or mobile alerts. From
the Wisconsin Walleye Initiative web page, click on the subscribe button and enter your email address or cell phone number for mobile alerts.
Read more here:
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
- Ron Bruch - (608) 267-7591
- Steve Avelallemant - (715) 365-8987
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