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Articles from December 2005

Friday, December 30, 2005

Anglers Reminded to Register for Black Lake Sturgeon 2006 Spearing Season
By Team JustNorth :: 1845 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Michigan Outdoor News

State fisheries officials today reminded interested anglers to register for the lottery that will determine the participants for the Black Lake sturgeon spearing season, which runs Feb. 4-12 or until the total harvest of five fish has been reached. To register for the lottery...

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Friday, December 30, 2005

December 2005 Michigan Elk Hunt Results
By Team JustNorth :: 1551 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Michigan Outdoor News

Michigan Department of Natural Resource officials announced today that 80 elk were harvested during the December elk season. In the last 20 years, 4,783 elk licenses have been issued resulting in the harvest of 3,984 elk.
The objective is to maintain...

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Friday, December 30, 2005

Wisconsin DNR Outdoor Report as of December 22, 2005
By Team JustNorth :: 789 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Wisconsin Outdoor News

As of mid week, most of Wisconsin remained snow covered with snow ranging from about 5 to 10 inches in most areas, with a few isolated areas in the north having as much as 15 inches. Cross-country ski trails at most parks and forests were open and conditions ranged from fair to excellent. Snowmobile trail conditions are highly variable. Because of warm temperatures in the forecast...

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Friday, December 30, 2005

Hunters take more than 10,500 turkeys in 2005 fall season
By Team JustNorth :: 729 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Wisconsin Outdoor News

MADISON – A preliminary harvest estimate shows Wisconsin turkey hunters harvested 10,591 wild turkeys this fall. This is just a slight increase compared to the 2004 fall season where hunters harvested 10,362 wild turkeys...

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Friday, December 30, 2005

DNR provides guidelines for vehicles on ice
By Team JustNorth :: 913 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Minnesota Outdoor News

With the unseasonably warm temperatures Minnesota, ice thicknesses on lakes, ponds and streams vary from open water to 14 inches or more in the northern part of the state...

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Friday, December 30, 2005

DNR hosts first podcast show on ice fishing
By Team JustNorth :: 886 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Minnesota Outdoor News

For all the Apple Ipods, Dell DJs, Creative Zens and dozen or so other brands of portable audio players that were given as gifts this holiday season, the DNR has just released a 'podcast' called "Ice Fishing Tips" for recipients to try them out on...

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Friday, December 30, 2005

DNR reminds anglers licenses are good through February
By Team JustNorth :: 980 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Minnesota Outdoor News

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds anglers the 2005 license year runs through the end of Feb. 28, so customers can still use their licenses for a couple more months...

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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Conservation Officer Tales - December 2005
By Team JustNorth :: 3082 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Minnesota Outdoor News, DNR - Minnesota CO Tales

Conservation officer (CO) Tricia Plautz (Osage) received a call of a poached deer on the White Earth Indian Reservation. The complainant came across a car with a trunk open late one evening. When asked what she was doing, she indicated she was using the outdoor facilities. They also found a deer lying just off the road in the ditch. The case was turned over to...

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Friday, December 02, 2005

Pleasureland RV Center Becomes New Justnorth Outdoors Sponsor
By Team JustNorth :: 1130 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: JustNorth Outdoors - Site News

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Friday, December 02, 2005

2006 Grants Program Booklet Available on DNR Web Site
By Team JustNorth :: 1843 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Michigan Outdoor News

The 2006 Grants Program Booklet, a comprehensive listing of all grants available to the public from the DNR, is now available on the Web...

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Friday, December 02, 2005

Hunters register 312,519 deer over nine-day season
By Team JustNorth :: 883 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Wisconsin Outdoor News

MADISON – A preliminary total of 312,519 deer were registered by hunters at the close of Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season. Hunters registered a preliminary 303,162 deer during the same period in 2004...

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Friday, December 02, 2005

New law requires a sticker to ride snowmobile trails
By Team JustNorth :: 904 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Minnesota Outdoor News

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds people that a Minnesota snowmobile state trail sticker is now required for all snowmobiles operated on any state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail in Minnesota. A new law requiring the sticker was enacted during the 2005 legislative session. It took effect Oct. 1...

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Friday, December 02, 2005

51 Minnesota schools receive archery grants from DNR; physical education archery program growing rapidly
By Team JustNorth :: 1036 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Minnesota Outdoor News

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded grants to 51 schools to purchase archery equipment. The grants, which are part of Minnesota's National Archery in the Schools Program, enable schools to acquire state of the art archery gear at a greatly reduced cost...

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Friday, December 02, 2005

DNR issues ice danger warning for parents
By Team JustNorth :: 882 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Minnesota Outdoor News

Ice is beginning to form over some of the smaller ponds in the Minnesota and it worries state water safety officials...

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