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Anglers at statewide hearings.V'-‘V- *'■ v • - •'lt;• - !■ • -v- - ill' /lt;’ ; '* ' W'V - .. . A ' V'r * ^VV'-: VI*'* ’7 'r l? .v‘ ’i?- * '■ ■/ 7- . / ■ ’a; ,*►», • V' yX * ' ~. *. ■' ' •'tv.; * 7-M.//*' 'fiyV: W'CT /% ' ivr'.VV ••’/:? 77. • . 7' , ■R.,v.•• A*; rvft,. • i'*’1 tAtf*. •£?/ r-V .*• -1*V 77 • '* . ,7,7V' •^v- 7 • v • :aL\'V -• . *vV ■' • *ve* - -7 vA*7 • -••'■* 7 ; ' ' * .7*-. . '• ■ ■' . ' y/ rc.1 : \ ■ , .' : . ■'■in ‘ ‘ /• :' 7 7 /. . lt;?.. y .- fcj:' • r- ••• • sj \ \ *. • ,* / y*Associated PressMADISON—Outdoor enthusiasts rejected a state Department of * Natural Resources proposal to create trophy muskie waters in northern Wisconsin, according to voting results from the state’s annual spring conservation hearings.Hunters and anglers statewide voted 38,470 to 21,560 to defeat a package of 17 DNR resolutions that would increase the minimum muskie size limit to 50 inches on the Minocqua, Rhinelander, Manitow-ish and Presque Isle lake chains as well as more than a dozen other lakes and flowages in Oneida and Vilas counties.They say the muskie is one in every 10,000 casts. A muskie is the catch of a lifetime,” said Peggy Stor-moen, a Sun Prairie muskie angler who voted against the resolutions. “A lot of people who would get a 40-inch trophy for themselves are knocked out of the game.”The DNR and the Wisconsin Conservation Congress held joint hearings simultaneously in all 72 Wisconsin counties Monday. The Conservation Congress is a collection of outdoor enthusiasts from around Wisconsin that advises the DNR.The two groups each presented dozens of proposals and asked hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts to vote on them.The votes are not binding. The results on DNR resolutions ill go the Natural Resources Board, which will weigh them as it decides the issues. Conservation Congress proposals that passed statewide will be presented at the group’s state convention and could be forwarded toResults of statewide voting at Monday’s spring hearings:■ Should the DNR increase theminimum muskie length limit to 50 inches on the Minocqua, Rhinelander, Manitowish and Presque Isle lake chains as well as more than a dozen other lakes and flowages in Oneida and Vilas counties? 21,560 yes, 38,470 no.■ Should the DNR implement a limited December hunt for bull elks in the Clam Lake herd when the herd size reaches 200 and additional bull and cow hunting seasons when the herd size reaches 600? 3,279 yes, 443 no: 70 counties approved: 2 counties rejected.■ Should the state continue with its traditional nine-day gun hunting season starting the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving Day and running through the Sunday after Thanksgiving Day: conduct special antlerless seasons in units unlikely to be within 20 percent of their population goal sometime after the nine-day gun deer season; hold spe cial antlerless seasons only in units that have had at least one year of free antlerless tags available? 2,722 yes, 641 no: 66 counties approved: 6 rejected. uni phi ■ i mmmmmm■ nip the board.The trophy waters package was the most contentious issue statewide, said A1 Phelan, DNR liaison to the Conservation Congress.Casual anglers such as Stor-Turn to HEARINGS/6B
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Janesville Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Apr 16, 2003
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