Lack of snow aids searches

Jerry Davis For Agri-View
Feb 15, 2025
Feb 15, 2025

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A doe whitetail carries a research global-positioning-system-camera collar during a chronic-wasting-disease study in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

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Ice fishing draws a crowd at Birch Lake in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

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Skunk cabbage – though in bloom – is not recommended as a Valentine’s gift.

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Jerry Davis For Agri-View

Aaron Groves plans to search for a doe deer’s camera-global-positioning-system collar that likely dropped the camera portion. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist can search now because the white box will show against a brown backdrop.

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Jerry Davis is a freelance outdoors writer. Contact him at sivadjam@mhtc.net or 608-924-1112 for more information.