Hello All, esp eastern Minnesota hunters.
I am a new guy here but I wanted to tell you about possible changes in Wisconsin that could benefit hunters on the Mississippi River. We all know that we share one of the premier waterfowl areas in North America.
Currently Wisconsin will have a question on their Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearing ballots that will ask the state to work on establishing a tundra swan season in Wisconsin.
More than likely if this were to go through, it would be in zones, and I would most definitely assume that the river would be a major one. in 2011, more than 70,000 swans were counted on the river.
If this did go through, this would be non resident opportunists to hunt swans here in Wisconsin. You can already go west to the Dakotas to hunt, why not have an option to head east as well?
Nothing is set in stone as far as cost or number of permits. We need to get this question passed though.
Monday April 14th a 7:00pm Wisconsin will hold a hearing in all 72 counties. We sure could use more votes in favor of this hunt. I am expecting a large turn out of anti hunters, esp in our more populated counties. That is what makes our less populated boarder counties critical in winning this vote. All you need to do is arrive at the meeting with a photo ID and vote yes for the swan question. It may benefit you to stay the whole meeting but it is not required.
If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message and I can help the best I can.
Thanks everyone.