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common phrase around the Hayward Lakes Area is “Welcome to the Northwoods.” This warm greeting is based on much more than geography. It embodies a retreat to where the trees are towing, the air smells of pine, and wildlife roams. There is no better way to immerse yourself in this outdoor paradise than to mount an ATV and drive in.

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Use technology to find new Wisconsin waters to fish

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By Rob Hanson

If you’re a poor, working stiff like so many of us — planning fishing around a job and kids and everything else instead of vice versa — getting out to explore new water isn’t always a top priority.

best fishing in the Midwest. Of that land, 1.5 million acres make up the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, through which the White River and dozens of lost lakes provide a wide array of angling opportunities.

On those rare occasions when you can actually eke out some time to wet a line, you probably head to that same old pond, tie on ol’ faithful and catch those same hammer handle pike, barely legal bass or buckets of bite-sized bluegills. Let’s face it: Your time on the water is precious, and you don’t want to waste it casting to nonexistent fish in unfamiliar territory.

The Northern Highland American Legion Forest in Iron, Oneida and Vilas counties also contains its share of fishable water. It’s a lot to explore, but these maps and apps will at least get you in casting range of your next fishing adventure.

However, the future is here. And despite what the era of the ‘selfie’ and the ‘meme’ have shown us so far, it’s not all totally annoying. In fact, the relatively recent availability of advanced mapping technology on your mobile device of choice makes it a heck of a lot easier to find that new fishing hotspot and put an end to apathetic angling before you even leave the house. Dedicated local fisherman and women, especially those of the younger generation, will be the first to tell you — the first stop in their pre-fishing routine is no longer at the local bait shop or watering hole, it’s on the World Wide Web. “It’s counter-intuitive for an outdoor activity, but my first stop is online,” said Tristan Kloss, president of the Southern Wisconsin chapter of Trout Unlimited based in Madison. “There are so many great resources available to the internet-savvy angler that it’s ridiculous. “The trick is knowing they exist and how to use them.” Kloss’ love affair with trout fishing is rivaled only by his chasing of Wisconsin River smallies, although he is dedicated to pursuing both with a fly. “My first stop is the Wisconsin (Department of Natural Resources) website, where there are a number of resources available,” Kloss said. “The PDF trout stream maps are a good start, as they highlight waters considered by the DNR to host trout and are broken down by county. “The DNR’s Driftless Area Master Plan also offers a host of data, for those willing to cut through the dry, technical writing and interpret the many maps and tables given there.” According to a 2013 report by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Wisconsinites were lucky to call 5.89 million acres of public lands their own – much of which contains some of the

Once Kloss has identified a potential honey hole, his next step is to figure out how to access that spot – yet another piece of information just waiting to be found on the DNR website. The Public Access Lands map tool, or ‘PAL’ for short, essentially is Google Maps with an additional layer highlighting public easements and accessible lands. That information is also available on the DNR’s Pocket Ranger mobile app, which shows points of access in the form of boat landings and piers. Kloss said PAL can be buggy from time to time on mobile devices, so he often uses the DNR’s Private Forest Lands for Public Access feature instead, which has the same information, but runs more smoothly on Android and iPhone devices. In the near future, Trout Unlimited will be rolling out some online tools of its own. Kloss said a new website will include resources for finding local waters and a YouTube page currently under construction will host a variety of short fishing videos. In addition, the group holds Google chats from time to time where all questions related to trout fishing are answered. “We love to share this information, because if it gets people out on the water, and gets them to care about the resource, it helps all of us in the long run,” Kloss said. Jesse Cox, a 24-year-old hardcore angler from the Hurly area, takes a similar approach to Kloss’ when exploring the waters of the far northeastern part of the state, where he works in forestry and chases a great variety of fish from big Lake Superior browns to walleye to his favorite species of all, the great muskellunge.

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Cox tries to get out at least once a week, year-round, and regularly travels long distances to fish, all the way from Green Bay to Ashland and everywhere in between. Before he goes through the trouble to get to new water, he does his homework. In addition to DNR maps, a quick peek at Google Earth also gives him a good sense of what to expect when you arrive at ground zero — allowing one to prepare waders, his boat or whatever else one might need to access new water.

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“I use various tools to aid me in scouting new areas and getting to know an area better,” Cox said. “Most of them involve electronics or online resources. I typically first check out a lake online, the DNR typically has resources where you can find a topographic map of the lake that I am targeting and stocking records and species information for those waters.” Even when Cox arrives at ground zero the gadgets are still within an arm’s reach. “I use an app called Navionics that allows me to have those depths right on my phone and allows me to see where I am at on the lake,” he said. “That has proved to be invaluable to me when I am targeting fish that prefer a certain depth or contour change. “I always carry a handheld GPS with me whether I am on my boat or on the ice. So if I ever encounter a good spot or a unique piece of structure that I think can hold fish I can revisit it in the future.” Karl Scheidegger, fisheries biologist — marketing, communication and training for the DNR, said the impact of technology on the angling community has become apparent over his 25 years working in fisheries. “I believe social media and the various tools it embodies has had a significant impact on how Wisconsinites recreate,” he said in a recent email. “Whether it’s Facebook and sharing information/events with your friends or Lake Link and sharing fishing information with forum subscribers, there is now an immediacy to everything. “Twitter, for example, could be used to distribute tweets on events happening at that very moment (i.e., stocking of catchable

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size trout). There are ample opportunities to engage current and prospective users — and users expect to be engaged.” Besides a perceived hot tip on the bite, some online fishing resources also allow anglers to interact and show off their catch. “Social media has entered the fishing world, too,” Scheidegger said. “Fishidy is an angler social media tool where you can find local fishing reports, log catches and spots on interactive fishing maps, and connect with local anglers. “FishBrain is another tool where you can find fishing locations, track your catches and connect with other anglers.” Scheidegger added that local surveys show anglers are willing to travel further to recreate, something he attributes to the sharing of information online. At the end of the day, however, online tools are just that — instruments for getting you to the water. Both Cox and Kloss agree there’s no substitute for knowledge of your quarry and its habitat. For that kind of information, some of the old tried and true methods can be best. “It also never hurts to ask local bait shops what specific colors and baits might be working for a specific species you might be targeting,” Cox said. “Online forums such as LakeLink can be helpful too, but take what you read on these with a grain of salt. Some people post bogus stuff on these sites or stretch the truth on what they actually caught a bit.” And above all, just getting out is half of the battle. “You can’t catch fish on the couch,” Kloss said. “No amount of preseason scouting makes up for actually being on the water. Fish a section of water three of four times before you judge it. Get to know the bends and runs and don’t be afraid to blow up a hole now and then and observe where the fish spook from and where they go to hide, and remember those spots the next time you fish it.” Hanson is a freelance writer living in the Madison area.

First hunting trip to Manitoba satisfying for writer, dog

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A sinking full moon cast a silvery sheen over the frosty duck marsh as I quietly closed my truck door and watched my dog Ellie curl up on the front passenger seat. A few more “Zs” would be fine with her. “Back to get you in a bit,” I said to her, and turned to follow some friends pushing into the dark beyond of this Canadian marsh.

After 13 seasons of bird hunting, her eyesight and hearing are fading. But not her spirit or drive. Still, I did not want to lose her in the darkness. I would come back for her after the sun rose, with plenty of chances at ducks and geese circling over the marsh. Getting Out

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This trip was as much for Ellie as me, a “bucket list” journey into the wild stream of migrating waterfowl and local upland game birds making southern Manitoba one of the continent’s top bird hunting destinations for more than a century. Over the years, Ellie has tasted the feathers of northwoods woodcock and ruffed grouse, dragged ducks and geese from pothole ponds and snowy picked croplands and flushed sharp-tailed grouse and pheasants from set-aside grasslands. For decades, I had heard many stories of Canada’s diversity of bird species and liberal bag limits. While I had crossed the border more than 100 times over 45 years to fish four different provinces, my dog and I had absolutely no experience hunting north of the border. That changed in the fall of 2016. Thanks to the invitation of Jeff Lane, a Comstock taxidermist and guide who understands passions for hunting waterfowl and upland birds, and motivated by all those colorful tales shared by our veterinarian, Jeff Stepanek, who has missed only one Canadian game bird trip with friends and family over the past 31 years, scheduling a bird hunting trip to southern Manitoba finally became a reality. Lane, 53, started hunting in Canada as a boy with his father and friends,

accompanied by a line of fieldtrained yellow and black Labrador retrievers. His hunting notes are flush with contact information for landowners and choice productive habitat in a region of southern Manitoba near the Turtle Mountains on the North DakotaCanadian border. “I’ve alway found that Canadians are far more friendly to ‘stranger’ hunters,” Lane said. “Ask, and the majority of the time we’ve gotten permission to hunt. Even when we don’t, they’ll refer us to who does allow hunting. They all know each other.” Stepanek, who started hunting in Saskatchewan province in 1986 with hunting buddy Ron Flynn, and later sons Mike and Matt, said, “We’ve gotten to know the landowners over the years, take them out for dinner and become friends, and some will call us when the birds are migrating and even save fields for us. People are splendid. They’re pro-hunting and many see the ducks and geese as threats to their crops.” Lane said: “North Dakota has a lot of birds, but also a lot more hunting pressure and the bag limits are less.” Both agree hunting in Canada takes considerably more planning and gear than fishing in Canada. “You don’t find lodging and food everywhere, and when you come back at night you’ve got to gas up,”

Stepanek said. “Hunting takes a lot more gear, more set up and a lot of time. And there’s never a guarantee the birds will be there.

Here are some other observations: Canadian hunting regulations change, but are similar to those in the U.S. The best advice is to check the internet or visit with Canadian tourism officials at sport shows. For general information on prohibitions and fines, permitted hunting methods and equipment, retrieving and transporting birds, baiting restrictions, hunting zones and seasons and other useful information go to the website of the Canadian Wildlife Service’s office of Environment and Climate Change at ec.gc.ca or call 800-668-6767. You must have a valid passport to enter Canada. Pistols, explosives or pepper spray cannot be taken across the border. Non-residents must declare hunting firearms at the border. The process is relatively easy and quick. The paperwork can be done in advance. Expect to pay a fee of $25 per gun. Ammunition is limited to 200 shells, more by paying duty. The Manitoba nonresident waterfowl license and conservation stamp cost $180 Canadian. Bag limits are more liberal than in the U.S. For example, in Manitoba non-residents are allowed eight

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ducks daily, compared to six in the U.S. Non-residents’ ducks possession limit in Manitoba is 24. Non-toxic shot is required for waterfowl hunting, shotguns limited to a three-shell capacity, and have current vaccination certificates for all the dogs.

In addition to ducks and geese, non-residents also can focus on sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge. “It’s the only place in my lifetime I’ve seen Huns sitting on a highline like they were doves,” Lane said. “Like everything else, though, they can go up and down.”

Manitoba asks hunters to log their hunting harvest by listing the variety and number of species, plus when and where harvested on the back of the hunting permit. Referring to that will be most helpful filling out a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service harvest importation form prior to crossing back into the U.S.

A lot of the waterfowl hunting takes place out of layout blinds on land next to sloughs and ponds. “We do a bit of freelancing,” Stepanek said. “Once you’re there, you’ll see birds in numbers you’ve never seen before. I’ve seen up to 15,000 mallards on a field. That’s why you come here. You go where the ducks and geese are coming from. Finding them is the challenge. But it’s a vacation first, hunting is second. It’s taking everything in.”

“Best way to transport birds is gutted and whole, and put them in a freezer,” Lane said. “It simplifies everything at the border. “ (At minimum, leave the bird’s head or wing attached.)

Walking back to the truck, I noticed moose tracks cutting

through the field bordering our vast marsh. Ellie would notice them and the distant blasts and falling ducks from my companions on the way back to the blind. In the mornings and evenings of several days ahead, the two of use would hunt slowly but effectively with a rediscovered youthful enthusiasm, downing and recovering floating ducks from open water and hiding in the cattails where an old dog’s nose clicks with exciting scent of a duck about to be added to the day’s kill. In Manitoba — where it only takes a few birds and a dog’s tail-wagging swagger to make a full bag limit.

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Mark Endris, left, Chris White and Patrick Durkin pose with a bull elk that White harvested during a recent doit-yourself bowhunt in Idaho.

While driving home from two-week bow hunting trips to Idaho each September, I silently debate what gear to add or leave home the next year when returning to chase elk. But when September rolls around 12 months later, I usually pack more gear than the previous year. After all, two weeks in a tent camp in unpredictable weather tends to identify stressors and shortcomings you try to eliminate the next time you forsake home’s comforts. To compensate for the extra gear we always pack each year, we usually reduce the size of some items and pack more efficiently. Still, when we arrive at our chosen Idaho river to unload the truck and transfer everything to my 14-foot cedar rowboat and 14-foot car-top fiberglass boat, we somehow make it all fit for the ride to the muddy beach 6 miles south. But that’s the easy part. Once we arrive on-site and unload the boats, we shake our heads, vow again to downsize next year, and start the first of five quarter-mile (one way) hauls up the valley to our campsite. Two weeks later, we reverse the process, repeat our futile pledges about downsizing as we repack the boats, and again ignore those promises once home. We get away with those broken vows because experience has helped us make better choices in gear and campsites during the 11 years we’ve bow hunted Idaho. For instance …

• If you desire solitude, choose an area that doesn’t allow motorized access by ATVs or trucks. Realize, though, you’ll be lugging gear several hundred yards, which requires freighter packs and maybe a collapsible cart. But if you’re in a federally designated wilderness area, wheels of any sort often aren’t allowed. Avoid camping near established hiking trails maintained by the U.S. Forest Service or other agencies. It matters little if your campsite is miles from a trailhead. If the trail can be hiked, other hunters will always explore it and stumble into you at the worst times. Our campsite in Idaho is roughly 2 miles over several ridges from the nearest road or hiking trail. We’ve yet to encounter other hunters while in the woods. Another factor that reduces competition is an uphill slog to the best elk habitat. Those ascents last 30 to 90 minutes each morning and evening, depending on the destination. Cont. on page 15

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• Choose a campsite near a creek, spring or other reliable water source. We bring three 5-gallon collapsible water jugs, and a 10-liter Katadyn Base Camp water filter and spare filter. Tip: The clearer the water you pour into this bag, the longer you’ll go between replacing its filter. • For cooking, we like the Jetboil personal stove and Mountain House dehydrated meals. We buy a meal per person for each evening we’re in camp, and eat from paper plates and bowls with plastic “silverware.” The eating ware can we wiped clean and reused repeatedly. The Jetboil is also great for heating water each morning for coffee and instant oatmeal. For sandwiches, use bagels instead of bread. Bagels are indestructible inside a daypack. • For lighting your camp and tent, ditch your fuel-based lanterns and go with battery- or solar-powered lanterns. Propane tanks and white-gas cans are heavy and bulky, and potentially dangerous. My Streamlight lantern lasts nearly two full weeks on three D-cell batteries, and I recharge my Energizer solar lantern by facing it south outside our tent before leaving camp each day. • Speaking of tents, if you’ll be in one place more than two or three days, choose the best and biggest tent you can tote. If you’re caught in the rain while hunting, you’ll appreciate having space to dry gear overnight. And if it’s too stormy to hunt, you’ll appreciate having room to hang out all day. Also, if you’re undecided which tent to buy, choose one that lets you stand up. And if you doubt its ability to keep you dry in a downpour, bring a lightweight tarp to put over it. We switched from a six-person dome tent in 2016 to the “industrial strength” Crua Loj for our base camp. The Crua features an insulated sleeping room, a large uninsulated great room for our hunting gear and a covered porch that makes a great cooking and dining area. • Keep your camping gear packed and organized for easier storage and transport. As you pack your truck for the trip, stuff all individual items into backpacks, duffel bags and empty coolers. For instance, we pack our first-aid kits,

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water filtration/jugs, cooking/eating gear, solar panels and lanterns/Jetboil gear in the same large backpack. Packing and hauling goes faster when everything is bagged and secured. Before storing everything after the trip, I replace everything we wrecked or consumed during the trip. When it’s time to pack the following year, I don’t need an inventory list. • Should you bring cots and folding chairs? I say yes. You can get by with a good ground pad like an inflatable Big Bertha, but you’ll sleep even better if it’s on a cot. And if you’re stuck in camp all day, or just want to relax while eating dinner, you’ll like a folding chair. • Bring a high-end cooler or two. In years past when we arrowed an elk, we rushed the boned-out meat to a freezerlocker 50 miles away. In 2016, I picked up an Orion 65 cooler, packed it with about 12 half-gallon and gallon jugs of frozen water, and clamped it shut. When we killed a bull 10 days later, we opened the Orion and found plenty of ice to cool the meat inside the Orion and another large cooler. Before heading home five days later, we bought four ice blocks while gassing up, and repacked the coolers. • My work requires at least one 12-hour day behind the laptop each week, so I need a backup power source. A good deep-cycle 12-volt battery keeps me in business for one to two days. After shutting down, I hook the battery to a Brunton solar panel to recharge. When my next work day arrives a week later, the battery is back to full power. • Whether you’re camping with your spouse, children or friends, bring a portable shower stall/outhouse. Everyone will appreciate the privacy. While you’re at it, bring a solar shower. Simply fill the shower bag with water, face its clear side toward the sun, and when you return after dark you’ll have warm water for showering. And don’t forget your portable shovel and fold-out toilet seat/stool. Dig a hole inside the portable shelter, place the toilet seat/stool over it, and shovel in dirt after each use. Obviously, the gear and setups recommended in this article aren’t meant for hunting or fishing trips that require hiking a mile or more by foot. But if you hunt or fish from drive-up or water-access sites, and you make camp within arm’s reach or a half-mile of your truck or boat, this gear will do the job.

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Local shops can help bicyclists cut through the modern maze of bike types and models, making sure customers ride away feeling comfortable.

The Chippewa Valley always has been a pleasant place to ride a bicycle, with quiet streets and back roads and relaxing scenery. In the last two decades, with the addition of hundreds of miles of paved and unpaved bike trails — and more planned — and bike lanes on streets, it’s become a great place to ride. The key to enjoying the area’s biking assets and culture, of course, is to have a bike. Not just any bike but one that matches the type or types of riding you enjoy. And a bike that fits your body to make trips down the trail, to work, through the neighborhood or out in the country more enjoyable.

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With an explosion in recent years of bike types and styles, from high-end racers to mountain bikes to around-town comfort bikes, a visit to a local shop can ensure the bike you buy is the right bike for you. “It’s important to buy a bike for the style of riding you intend to do,” said Terry Hintz, owner of Eau Claire Bike & Sport, 403 Water St., Eau Claire. “There’s pretty much something for everybody.” Dave Flanagan, co-owner with Joe Wawrzaszek of Spring Street Sports, 12 W. Spring St., Chippewa Falls, agrees and says an equally important aspect is making sure the bike fits your body. “Fitting has become such a huge part of the industry. It’s one of our main focuses and what we hang our hat on — customer service,” Flanagan said. Hintz, Flanagan and their staffs can easily walk — and test-ride — customers through the maze of bike types, models, handlebar positions, tire sizes, gears, components, accessories and more because they’ve been doing it for most of their lives. They also sell winter outdoor gear and clothing and other outdoor recreation equipment.

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In 1972 choosing a bike was simple. Schwinn made the Varsity, Continental and Supersport in three colors with or without fenders, Hintz said, and that was about it for selection. These days, Eau Claire Bike & Sport carries about 110 of Giant’s 195 models and fat-tire bikes made by Salsa. Spring Street Sports carries more than 50 models of Trek and Specialized bikes. And they can get the models they don’t carry.

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Giant, for example, makes a mountain bike designed only for riding down a steep mountain. Hintz has one in stock, even though the nearest mountain trail may be in Colorado. “Now there are so many choices out there that trying to make the right decision can be a little overwhelming. We try to zero in on what people are going to do,” Flanagan said. Most bike models fall into five categories, starting at about $400 and rising well into the thousands: Road, hybrid, comfort, mountain and fat tire bike, the latter generally for going through snow. Road bikes, lighter and designed for speed, have smooth 1-inch tires and drop-style handlebars; they look like the bikes professional cyclists use. Hybrid bikes, with straight handlebars, have 1½-inch tires and work well on the road and paved or unpaved trails. Comfort bikes have 2-inch tires and raised handlebars, best for leisurely riding around town. Heavy-duty, gnarly mountain bikes have knobby tires for dirt-trail riding or racing and come with suspension systems to help absorb the bumps. “All the bikes have options with tires. You can fine-tune them to a person’s riding style,” Hintz said, such as putting a road bike tire on a hybrid. Most bikes are made with aluminum frames and a little steel, making them significantly lighter than the all-steel frames of decades ago. A road bike can weigh as little as 15 pounds and a comfort bike up to 34. Old 10-speed Schwinns weighed 50 pounds or more. The most expensive bikes have carbon fiber frames, making them the lightest

on the market. “We tend to think of less weight with carbon fiber, but it also dampens road shock and makes for a much better ride,” Flanagan said. Most bikes are 24 speeds. With index shifting at the press of a thumb, riders easily can transition to different gears as the terrain changes, allowing them to maintain a steady rhythm and cover more ground with less effort. “Bikes today are lighter and have better components,” Flanagan added. The bicycling industry even has an answer for bikers who are having trouble climbing hills or other issues— e-bikes, which come with a motor that kicks in and provides “some assistance” when it senses the rider needs it. E-bikes start at about $1,600 for a kit and $2,500 for a fully assembled model, Flanagan said. “Cycling is cross-training for a lot of people. It’s not that hard on your joints, and you can do it into your 90s,” Flanagan added. Eau Claire Bike & Sport and Spring Street Sports don’t just allow test rides, they encourage full test rides to make sure customers are comfortable with the type of bike and how it fits.

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thanks to computer-aided-designs and high-tech engineering. “The last 10 years for sure, across the board, the fit of bikes is much better,” Flanagan said. After frame size is determined, adjustments are made to the seat — height and distance from handlebars — and to the position of the handlebars. The perfect seat and handlebar height and right amount of reach and back position varies from rider to rider. “If people are comfortable, they’ll ride more,” Flanagan said. The real joy in selling bikes is seeing customers enjoying them, Hintz said. “It’s really fun four months later when a customer comes in and says their bike was a good choice, they’re having fun, feel better or lost 10 pounds. They’re living a healthier lifestyle and having a positive experience,” Hintz said. Eau Claire Bike & Sport and Spring Street Sports take trade-ins, sell used bikes and service the bikes they sell. They also sell children’s bikes. The shops have all the accessories — Flanagan refers to them as “necessities” — that go with bikes, such as helmets, lights, gloves, computers to monitor speed and distance, jerseys and padded shorts, locks and water bottles. Accessories have gone high-tech too. One new flashing tail light by Garmin turns on by itself during the daytime when a car approaches from behind. It also beeps when a car approaches from behind and has an icon on the handlebar to track the position of the car. Poling is a freelance writer from Eau Claire.

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Archery & Crossbow: Sept. 16-Jan. 7, 2018 Youth deer hunt: Oct. 7-8 Gun hunt for hunters with disabilities:* Oct. 1-9 Gun: Nov. 18-26 Muzzleloader: Nov. 27-Dec. 6 Statewide antlerless hunt: Dec. 7-10 * This is not a statewide season.

Cottontail rabbit: Northern zone: Sept. 16, Feb. 28, 2018;

Southern zone: Oct. 14 (9 a.m.)-Feb. 28, 2018 Statewide Sept. 16-Jan. 31, 2018

Squirrels (gray & fox):

Coyote: Hunting, continuous

Wild turkey

Youth turkey hunt: April 15-16

open season; Trapping, Oct. 14-Feb. 15, 2018. Fox, red & gray: Hunting & trapping, Oct. 14-Feb. 15, 2018. Beaver: Trapping only, Zone A, Nov. 4-April 30, 2018; Zone B, Nov. 4-April 30, 2018; Zone C, Nov. 4-March 31, 2018; Zone D, Day after duck season closes to March 15, 2018. Mink & muskrat: Trapping only, statewide, Oct. 28-March 4, 2018; Mississippi River zone, opens day after duck season closes or Nov. 13, whichever comes first-March 4, 2018. Bobcat: Hunting and trapping, Period 1, Oct. 14-Dec. 25; Period 2, Dec. 26-Jan. 31, 2018.

Open Turkey Hunt, Spring: Period A, April 19-25; Period B, April 26-May 2; Period C, May 3-9; Period D, May 10-16; Period E, May 17-23; Period F, May 24-30; Fall: Zones 1-5, Sept. 16Dec. 31; Zones 6 & 7, Sept. 16–Nov. 17. 31

Other game birds

Pheasant: Statewide, Oct. 14 (9 a.m.)-Dec. 31. Bobwhite quail: Statewide, Oct. 14 (9 a.m.)-Dec. 6. Sharp-tailed grouse: Season under review. Ruffed grouse: Zone A, Sept. 16-Jan. 31, 2018; Zone B, Oct. 14-Dec. 8. Hungarian partridge: Statewide (closed in Clark, Marathon and

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Crow: Statewide, Jan. 18-March 20; Sept. 16 - Nov. 16; Jan.

18-March 20, 2018. Woodcock: Statewide, Sept. 23-Nov. 6. Mourning dove: Statewide, Sept. 1-Nov. 29.

Waterfowl

Early Canada goose season: Statewide, Sept. 1 – 15. (Early Teal and regular waterfowl seasons TBD.)

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