Once when I was a younger man, I remember visiting the Bond Falls Flowage.  In Paulding Michigan.  I had seen the area more then once. But one of the memories that stand out in my mind was the Fly Fishermen and women at the bottom of the falls standing in the running water that flowed off into the forest.  It was captivating. Very beautiful to see. It was in the spring of the year and getting toward dusk.  Picture a beautiful falls and the river bottom below with a wooden bridge in the background along with rolling hills of forest and a sunset and fly fisher men and women standing there in their Waders and back pouches  trying to catch a rainbow trout or brown trout in bottom clear waters.  It is a site to behold.    

Black bear are being sighted in lower Wisconsin and the DNR has confirmed some of those sightings. The numbers appear to be growing. The Wisconsin DNR has relocated a few back up north to try and keep them out of areas where more people live. But they keep showing up. In most cases black bears are shy of humans. Although there have been a few incidents where they have attacked. But no attacks in lower Wisconsin. Attacks are rare from black bears, but they are a wild animal. A mother sow bear with cubs could be a threat if you encounter them to close. Any wild animal can be a threat. However because bears are large, they sometimes appear to be more threatening to humans, then they really are.  It is best to contact wildlife officials if you should see one.

Outdoor Wild is Recognized by Great Lakes Fisheries Commision for the work and efforts to bring to public attention the problem with invasive species (Asian Carp) in local waterways. Click here to read the full article. This is a .pdf document and you will need to have Adobe Acrobat installed to view this document.

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Hunters are needed to help manage wildlife. Hunting is a good way to help control the spread of disease, and thin heavy populated game that need to be tined out in certain areas.

It's been many years since I had to part with my model 94 Winchester 30 -30, but I remember it well.  When I was a young man which I still feel like I am even if my body tells me different at times, I bought my first deer rifle.  It was my Winchester 30-30 model 94. Man, I loved that gun. I was young and it was awesome looking to me back then. Although it may still be awesome looking to some because it was an original built Winchester with screws and wood and steel. Not popped together with almost real material. It was the real Winchester with a saddle ring and all.