Hunters Applaud Governor For Signing Youth Mentored Hunting Bill
August 13, 2009 – Madison – Today Wisconsin Hunters and young people got a big win as Governor Doyle signed the “Youth Mentored Hunting” Bill. This new law creates a new me...
2009 Governor's Tag Raffle Winner Announced!
Madison, WI - Tuesday evening brought some good fortune for one bear hunter, as the 2009 Governor's Tag Black Bear Harvest Tag drawing was held. On hand were Scott Meyer and Rep. Ann...
Mike's Bear
by Dan Mrotek
My son, Mike, recently participated in a disabled youth bear hunt provided by the United Special Sportsmen Alliance. Mike is 15 years old, 4 ft 7 inches tall, 64 lbs, and h...
Learn To Bear Hunt
This past August, my son Anthony Schemenauer, who was 11 at the time, was chosen to be one of the hunters in the WI Learn to Hunt. Anthony's mentor was Larry Paulson of Cornell. Anthony had the ple...
State Political Leaders Address Hunters’ Rights Coalition
Wisconsin sportsmen representing a broad cross-section of state hunters and trappers gathered recently at the second annual Hunters’ Rights Summit. The summit was sponsor...
Hunters Rights Coalition and US Forest Service Reach Deal On Road Closures
Madison – Today the Wisconsin Hunters Right Coalition (HRC) agreed to drop its appeal of the Forest Service’s (USFS) decision to close 53% of Wisconsin’s Forest Roads in r...
Consolidated comments and recommendations from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
This letter contains the consolidated comments and recommendations from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in regard to the environmental assessment for the Travel Management Proj...
Joint Comments GLTPA and LSLA
In the matter of:
US Forest Service Travel Management Plan
Comments:
Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association
and
Lake States Lumber Association
STATEMENT ON TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PROJECT PROPOSED BY US FOREST SERVICE
The Hunters Rights Coalition would respectfully like to comment on the proposed road closures anticipated by the US Forest Service’s Travel Management Project (TMP).
We are asking fo...
STATEMENT ON TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PROJECT PROPOSED BY US FOREST SERVICE
The Hunters Rights Coalition would respectfully ask the Board to comment on the proposed road closures anticipated by the US Forest Service’s Travel Management Project (TMP).
We are ...
US Forest Service Proposes Closing Half of all National Forest Roads
ATTENTION:
Attention all WBHA Members:
This Alert is part of a new service from WBHA to keep you informed on urgent action items.
...Sportsmen Defeat Wacky Brown County Dog Proposal
The Hunters’ Rights Coalition, of which WBHA is a part, was formed in part to allow sportsmen to respond quickly to challenges. The coalition was recently put to the test in Brown County in respon...
WBHA Hosts Candidate Interviews
Fans of Gilligan’s Island will recall an episode where a navy ship was sinking and the admiral was asked what the navy was doing about it. He jokingly replied, “Well, we’re teaching our men how to ...
Jaggy's First Bear by Chris Peplinski
Opening day of training season, we were up at the cabin - just hanging out after lunch. One of the boys spots the bear by the bait barrels down on the driveway. So, we are just watching him for a...
Swamp Creek Bear Hunters
It has been another great training season. We have treed quite a few bear and have had some awesome chases. We have had a blast introducing our 2-year-old son to the love of our lives. As you ca...
Sleepy Hollow Bear Hunters
Submitted by Joe Janak
Training season is finally upon us here in Wisconsin and there seems to be plenty of bear for everyone. Several of the baits are getting hit several times a day, or...
A story by NICK MURAWSKI:
Here's the story of the 1st bear we killed last year. I found the track in the bait and knew it was a bear that had been chased by us for the last five years or so. It had always managed to give ...
Letter writing “Do’s and Don’ts”
Do…
Keep your letters brief -- You want your representative or senator to be able to quickly learn and understand the point you are trying to make – don’t let it get lost in a 10 p...
Dogs and Deer Ticks – Running Into Illness
By: Delores Gockowski, DVM
Fever, fatigue and lameness are often signs a dog is sick with a tick-borne disease, but some dogs will not show any signs of illness. Of regional importance a...
Heat Stress in Hunting Dogs
by Delores E. Gockowski, DVM
What canine is more genetically motivated and chase-persistent than the hunting dog? In hot weather, this warrior mentality can end a dog’s life quickly if o...
Why Join?
Why join the WBHA? Because we have strength in numbers and if bear hunters don’t stand up to defend our sport, who will?
Below is a story about three bear hunters. Their names are Everyb...
About the WBHA
Welcome to the website of the Wisconsin Bear Hunters' Association. For over 40 years the WBHA has been at the forefront of protecting the rights of sportsmen and sportswomen in Wisconsin as well pr...
U.S. House Rejects Polar Bear Hunting Ban
(Columbus) – The nation’s sportsmen have stood up on behalf of polar bear conservation. Congressmen have refused to impose restrictions on big game hunters that would have crippled polar bear cons...
USSAF Gets Nod to Enter Wolf Delisting Lawsuit
USSAF will represent hunters in suit brought by anti's to manipulate ESA
A federal judge will allow the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation to represent hunters in a lawsuit brought by a...
Wolf News
MADISON – The Department of Natural Resources has re-established a caution area for individuals training bear dogs this year after wolves injured a dog being trained for bear hunting in southwester...
Sportsmen Make Presence Known At State Capitol
Sportsmen in Wisconsin have always been large in numbers and now they want to make sure that those numbers translate into political clout at the state capitol. That was the purpose behind the first...