WI BHA REPORT – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome back to the Wisconsin BHA Report!

Alec & Paul highlight the Wisconsin chapter priorities for 2024, including: accessing landlocked public land, Sturgeon & the ESA, Sandhill crane hunting, doe harvest up north, and solar farm development in Wisconsin.

Have feedback or want to get involved? Email: wisconsin@backcountryhunters.org

May brings turkey hunting, fishing, and a little known conservation activity called woodcock banding. Woodcock banding involves federally inspected handlers and their dogs finding and safely netting woodcock hens and their chicks in order to band them and study their population.

This episode is all about the woodcock and how much we love them. Your hosts Kelly and Bill are joined by Kyle Daly of the Minnesota Woodcock banding program to talk all things timber doodle, dogs, and conservation.

To contact Kyle - kyle.okeefe.daly@gmail.com

What is a woodcock?

American Woodcock Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

What is bird banding?

Bird Banding: A Conservation Tool within the Migratory Bird Program (Ducks, Geese, Doves, and more) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (fws.gov) Woodcock Banding a Conservation Story

https://youtu.be/G9UZVbvebkc by Project Upland

In this Episode of the Podcast Bill, Noah Wishau (WI BHA co-chair) and Sarah Topp (MI BHA board member & Artemis Great Lakes Leader) talk non-lead ammo and tackle with Chris Parish and Leland Brown of the North American Non-Lead Partnership. We cover why their group exists, sportsperson education, and what we can all do to help their mission. We cover many of the common challenges and myths out there when it come to non-toxic and non-lead ammo and tackle.

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Don't forget to check out our newsletter for more information into our current Board Member Search and the 2021 CWD Fleet Farm gift card raffle.

Thank you to Sarah Topp for being a great co-host.

You can find her on the "Her Upland" podcast, MI BHA, as well as Artemis Great Lakes helping empower women in the outdoors.

In today's Episode of the report Bill, Kelly, and Trevor talk with Britta Peterson a Farm Bill Biologist with Pheasants Forever. 

We dive into what Farm Bill biologists do for Wisconsin habitat, mentored pheasant hunting, individual R3 efforts, and Habitat Hikes as part of their Women on the Wing series.  

Also get caught up on WI policy, hike to hunt, and more outdoor talk.  

WI BHA Rendezvous - https://www.backcountryhunters.org/wisconsin_bha_chapter_rendezvous 

Spring Green - https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Lands/naturalareas/index.asp?SNA=102

On this episode of the WI BHA report we sit down with Skye Goode to talk WI public land traps and what gun dog owners should look for and know about.  

This is part 1 of a multiple part series where we talk public lands, trapping, and hunting with dogs.    

Subscribe, review, and reach out with feedback! Help grow the network of public land users.  

Reminder for our July 17th 2021 Castle Rock Flowage clean up day. 

State Rendezvous is July 31st at Racine Instinctive Bowman Club.

In this episode Kelly VanBeek and Bill Koepke chat with Dr. Elizabeth Baker and retired DNR biologist Mike Foy talk about the state of Chronic Wasting disease in Wisconsin.  Great information for public land hunters, private land hunters, land owners, and anyone that benefits from Wisconsin's whitetail deer population.

CWD dashboard - https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/AHDServices/diseases/Chronic%20Wasting%20Disease%20Program/Pages/CWD-Dashboard.aspx

WI BHA Board Chair Noah Wishau and state member Kelly VanBeek interview Mike Carlson of Gathering Waters to talk about the WI Knowles Nelson Stewardship fund and what we all can do to help get it reauthorized.

We believe R3 is an important piece of conservation and we are excited to bring you the 2023 episode!

Hosts Bill and Kelly are joined by WI BHA R3 Coordinator Brock Rosencranz and hunters Elizabeth Baker and Erika Gonzalez to talk R3, learn to hunts, and the effect of social media on hunting culture.

WI DNR Learn to Hunt info - Learn to Hunt | FOR NEW HUNTERS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS | Wisconsin DNR WI BHA info - Wisconsin Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Save the date for our state Rendezvous on August 5th at Rib Mountain Bowmens club

We are excited to be back for the 2023 podcast season!

Your co-hosts for this episode are Kelly Vanbeek, Paul Schecklman, and Bill Koepke.

In this first episode of the year we chat with state wildlife biologist Alaina Gerrits about how hound hunting, species management with hounds, and public perception of hound hunting.

Join us at the upcoming trivia night 

March 08, 2023 at 6:00pm - 9pm

Iron Hop Taphouse
10 Brodhead St
Mazomanie, WI 53560
United States

email joe.steffen.bha@gmail.com

Important links

National Forest Petition - https://www.wpr.org/groups-seek-bar-use-hounds-while-hunting-chequamegon-nicolet-national-forest

WI bear zones - https://widnr.widen.net/s/jc2m7mmnxr/bear-management-zone-boundaries

Artemis Ambassador Search - https://artemis.nwf.org/artemis-ambassadors/

Podcast hosts Kelly, Trevor, and Bill are joined by WI BHA policy board member Mike Amman. Mike is a forester in Northern Wisconsin for Bayfield County. Mike joins the group to talk with Rebekah Luedtke the Executive Director of the WCFA. 

Rebekah shares her early experiences outside and her love of the outdoors with us. We dive into the history of logging in Wisconsin to modern day, the history of the WCFA, how Knowles Nelson fits into county land, and how we can all support it by talking to our legislators in support of County Forest.

95% of County Forest in the USA is in Wisconsin and Minnesota for a total of 5.4 million acres.

Wisconsin logging on public and private land creates a yearly product total valued at $22.9 billion and 59,000 jobs.

Knowles Nelson Funding covers half the cost of County Forest land purchases.

Learn how Foresters like Mike are caring for the land and wildlife found in these areas. (Not just game species.)

Wisconsin County Forest Association

News | Wisconsin County Forest Association (wisconsincountyforests.com)

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2022 Wisconsin BHA Rendezvous - Backcountry Hunters and Anglers