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Second half of October is prime time for grouse and woodcock!

Hi. There is some very detailed info on wolf / dog encounters here: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/wolf/dogdeps.html The only one that jumps out at me is the german shorthair near Crescent. There was a long article about it in Minoqua's Lakeland times. Sorry, don't know the date of...

The media loves to report on wolf attacks. Yes, they have happened to bird dogs, but they are extremely rare. You said I am asking for trouble running bird dogs in the northwoods. Sorry to disappoint, but I've been doing it year round with 2 or 3 dogs for 13 years without any trouble. I am...

Hi. You have to use non-toxic shot on state game production areas and waterfowl production areas (the red and green patches on the public hunting map). You can use lead on walk in areas (the yellow patches), but we use non-toxic all the time so we don't have to worry about it. I find that...

Hi. I joined this forum to respond to this post. I am an avid grouse hunter with three german shorthairs. I have also been in the DNR's volunteer wolf tracking program for four years. I have spoken to the long time head of the DNR's wolf program more than once about the risk to bird dogs...