By Kevin Naze Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Fall has arrived and with it the cooler temperatures that get hunters excited about the changing season. Northern Wisconsin greenery is already mixing in plenty of reds, oranges, yellows and rusty browns, with color likely to peak in many areas the first week of October. Closer to home, …
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By Kevin Naze Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Hundreds of area hunters are gearing up for the season’s first opportunities, with thousands more ready to join them in the coming weeks. The first of more than a dozen “fall” season openers get underway Wednesday, Sept. 1, including early Canada goose, early teal and mourning dove hunts. …
By Kevin Naze Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Christmas in July is something you rarely hear nowadays, but charter captain Chris Kadletz of Luxemburg got a gift recently he’ll never forget. On the eve of her 71st birthday, Susann Jacques of De Pere was on a Lake Michigan fishing trip out of Algoma with her daughter …
By Kevin Naze Correspondent For many Wisconsin kids, opening day on the lakes/rivers doesn’t “o-fish-ally” arrive until schools close for summer vacation. Across the state, that time is now, and it’s a great opportunity to introduce youngsters to the sport you’ve grown to love. Many years ago, National Fishing Week had “Catch a Smile” as …
By Kevin Naze Correspondent One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned through the years is to not judge a book by its cover. Take hunters and wildlife watchers, for example. Nationwide, statewide and locally, those who don’t hunt far outnumber hunters. But, credible national surveys find nearly 80 percent of non-hunters support legal, regulated hunting. …
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By Kevin Naze Correspondent If you forgot to apply for a spring wild turkey permit – or got yours but want another helping – there are still leftovers available. About 53,000 tags remained last week week, including more than 20,000 in Zone 3 west of Green Bay and about 2,000 locally, in Zone 2. Hunters …
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By Kevin Naze Correspondent There’s something special about the season’s first trip on the frozen waters of Packerland. More than a dozen anglers were scattered on the iced-over surface of the Fox River off Voyageur Park at sunset Jan. 28, hoping to score some gold. “There’s one now,” said Michael Moder of Howard, glancing at …
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