Wisconsin Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse season is underway in both Zone A and Zone B in Wisconsin. Here's an article from Gun Dog Magazine of one man's adventure in finding his prey in Price County.

Gunning The Tickets - Ruffed grouse lessons in Wisconsin's North Woods By William C. Parlasca

It isn't funny anymore. I have been personally tutored by such noted authorities as Joe Arnette, Bill McClure and Charlie Waterman and, for all the good it has done me, I might as well have studied ruffed grouse gunning under The Wizard of Oz.

As yet undaunted, however, here I am headed for Wisconsin's Ruffed Grouse Capital of the Universe with wife Nancy, Jack the Brittany, and a wagonload of trout tackle and grouse hunting gear.

Full Story Gunning The Tickets

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Antlerless Deer Gun Hunt This Weekend

From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

MADISON – Wisconsin’s antlerless deer-only gun hunt takes place Oct. 14-17 in herd control and chronic wasting disease deer management units.

The hunt will take place in the following herd control deer management units (DMU) 1M, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 21, 47, 51A, 51B, 54B, 54C, 57, 59C, 59D, 59M, 60M, 61, 62B, 63A, 63B, 64, 64M, 65B, 66, 67A, 67B, 68A, 68B, 72, 73B, 73D, 74B, 77C, 77M, 80A, 80B, and 81.

And in the following CWD management units 54B, 70, 70A, 70B, 70C, 70D, 70E, 70F, 70G, 71, 73B, 73E, 75A, 75B, 75C, 75D, 76, 76A, 76M, 77A, 77B, and 77C.

Only state parks within the CWD Management Zone that allow deer hunting will be open to the Oct. 14 – 17 antlerless only hunt. State parks in herd control deer management units are not open to deer hunting during the Oct. 14 – 17 antlerless only hunt.

Full Article Antlerless Deer Hunt October 14-17

For a Wisconsin Deer Area Map and Permit Information click here 2010 Wisconsin Antlerless Deer Permit Information

For a copy of the 2010 Deer Hunting Regulations click here 2010 Wisconsin Deer Hunting Regulations