Outdoornews
May 13, 2021
Ashland Team / March
Wardens Amie Egstad, of Bayfield, had received a report of a tribal member harassing/killing a seagull on Lake Superior. The information was turned over to a tribal warden who interviewed the person and enforcement action was taken.
Wardens Matthew Koshollek, of Drummond, and Phil Brown, of Iron River, took enforcement action against a crossbow hunter after he admitted to shooting a large 11-point buck in September 2020 and then tagging the deer with the license of a relative. The hunter then shot another buck with his crossbow in November 2020.
Wardens Koshollek and Brown took enforcement action against a North Dakota resident after she admitted to shooting a buck without having a license during the 2020 archery season in Bayfield County. The hunter admitted to North Dakota wardens she shot the buck with a crossbow and then bought her license the next day. The hunter was also found to have shot a buck in Wisconsin in 2018 and never
Outdoornews
January 7, 2021
Waukesha-Walworth Team / October
Warden Marcus Medina responded to snagging complaints regarding the salmon run while on patrol. He found two men snagging salmon using spoons and plain treble hooks. The two violators had also been found guilty of similar activities in the same year.
Warden Medina contacted an archery hunter found hunting over illegal bait and on county land that is closed to hunting.
Warden Medina took enforcement action against an individual who was found shining deer while in possession of a .380 Ruger handgun, a shotgun and archery equipment.
Warden Andrew Starch responded to two calls to help deer in predicaments. The first was a doe stuck in a new construction foundation basement. The second was a buck with its antlers tangled in a nylon cargo net in a backyard. Starch was able to release both deer back to the wild.