Gary Engberg Outdoors

Safety is cool, hip — and fashionable. And today the Friday look for DNR customer service staffers is business “safety” casual. If you stop in at a DNR Customer Service Center today, you may be served by someone sporting a life jacket. That’s because tomorrow starts National Safe Boating Week, May 18 – 24 — [...]

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IN THIS ISSUE Cabela’s and The Walleye Federation (TWF) Announce 2014 NTC LocationDay 1 Results for MWC Lake Erie at Huron, Ohio Day 1 Results for MWC Pueblo Res. Cabela’s 2014 NTC Tournament to Take Place in Green Bay, Wis. Date to be announced. SIDNEY, Neb. (May 17, 2013) – Cabela’s Incorporated, the World’s Foremost [...]

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  http://dnr.wi.gov/news/BreakingNews_Lookup.asp?id=2806     GORDON, Wis. – Department of Natural Resources law enforcement officials have identified the owner of the land where the Germann Road Fire originated as well as the logging operation responsible for unintentionally igniting the fire. On Tuesday, May 14, at approximately 2:30 p.m., a nearly 8,000 acre wildfire devastated the Townships of [...]

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May 17, 2013    I watched my dad mentor the young neighborhood kids in the backyard.  He taught them hunting and fishing skills.  He indirectly taught them how to be good citizens in his lesson The next generation of anglers and hunters need to be pried out from in front of the television and video [...]

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Third Season of Series Kicks Off July 3rd  WHAT:              Award-winning entertainer Joe Mantegna returns to Outdoor Channel when the third season of “MidwayUSA’s Gun Stories” kicks off July 3rd at 8:00 pm ET. Until then, the busy actor has a number of projects in the works! The Tony Award® winner will bring his talent to [...]

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    For immediate release May 17, 2013   NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, has joined with 54 county sheriffs, Magpul Industries, the Colorado Outfitters Association, several firearms retailers, disabled individuals and other parties in a federal lawsuit brought today in the United States [...]

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  Hello – thanks in advance for helping us let trout anglers know we are wrapping up stocking of catchable-size trout now that ice has melted. Here’s today’s report from David Giehtbrock, DNR hatchery production manager, (608) 266-8229, David.Giehtbrock@wisconsin.gov, who has been getting repeat calls from anglers anxiously awaiting the stocking of their favorite water. [...]

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Weekly Preview: May 19, 2013 Thanks for being a fan of BirdNote—a radio program about birds, the environment, and more. Upcoming Shows Barn Swallow SUNDAY Barn Swallow Splendor by Bob SundstromLISTEN NOW ? Ovenbird MONDAY Spring Birds Arrive In the Eastern Forest by Bob SundstromLISTEN NOW ? Exploring Wenas TUESDAY Celebrating 50 years and One [...]

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Conquer Cold Water Spring Striper Fishing with This Easy Technique Nice stripers like this one can be tough to catch during unseasonably cold springs, but putting some fresh clams on the hook often turns them on. It’s been a long winter followed by an unseasonably cold spring that has been keeping water temperatures down. These [...]

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            | May 17, 2013   The Department of Natural Resources would like to remind anglers to get ready for the fishing seasons that opened this Wednesday, May 15. The Upper Peninsula seasons for walleye, northern pike and muskellunge; and the catch-and-immediate-release bass season for all Upper Peninsula waters including the [...]

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