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And it was the knifing curves of the Columbia, through Cascades and into a Pacific tomorrow, that carefully caught me up to this torrent of words.
Introduction of Eurasian watermilfoil to the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage
One hundred years of change have modified the aquatic landscape held behind an impoundment first crafted at the confluence of two rivers. Now a century old, there’s a more recent transformation taking root in it’s tannin-dimmed waters.
Hardwoood Hearings
Green controls a lot of our daily lives. Green(heads) maybe more so for me than the average Jane or Joe, especially come that flare and fire of late September and early October. Going a green further, Lakeland Times editor Trevor Green(e) gets an outdoors column every week as I ferociously grip my pen, chomp on my gum, and watch the second hand grind around the clock ‘til deadlines come.
Early waterfowl seasons begin Sept. 1
Wisconsin’s two early waterfowl seasons kick off Tuesday, Sept. 1. Early teal starts at sunrise on Sept. 1, and concludes Sept. 9. The Northern Duck Zone regular season starts Sept. 26. Early goose begins 30 minutes before sunrise on Sept. 1, and runs through Sept. 15. Regular goose seasons for the Northern and Southern zones start Sept. 16.
Hardwood Hearings
Wind is one of the names of the game when it comes to hunting waterfowl. It can help with their restlessness and their wanting to get up and be on the move, especially when it’s cold out. Typically this movement has bettered my chance at harvesting birds.
50th annual World Musky Hunt Aug. 27-29
The 50th annual World Musky Hunt will take place Aug. 27-29 in Lake Tomahawk. The hunt meshes contestants, local guides, past hunters, volunteers, and other community members in pursuit of the legendary fish. It’s an event designed to preserve the legacy of Wisconsin’s state fish, the muskellunge. All fishing is catch and release and no live bait is used during the hunt.
Hardwoood Hearings
The bending banks in rivers wild brought me my first Badger State fish on a late summer day over a decade ago. Archaic branches of a fallen tree bent upward out of the water, but the structure beneath felt the freelance fins that tightened my line.
Cameras capture auxiliary marker resight information
Prior to the sentences that follow, take a look at your pinky fingernail and imagine there are two or three letters or numbers engraved on it. It could be 859, LH, 3XJ, OHH, 6XH, JN, 5NV, or some other combination of alphanumerics.
Hardwoood Hearings
One of the more impassable objects in a duck hunter’s world are cattails. A flimsy little green thing, when laced, looped, twisted, turned, and knotted together provides a near impenetrable barrier.
