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WBHA Members and Vendors,

I am sorry to announce that the 2020 WBHA Convention is canceled due to circumstances beyond our control. We are still going to hold the Annual Raffle and Governor Tag Raffle on May 30th. We will stream the drawings live on Facebook to share with our members and individuals that purchased tickets.

PLEASE GET YOUR TICKETS TO A WBHA BOARD MEMBER OR MAIL THEM IN BEFORE MAY 30th!

All vendors, prepaid member raffle ticket, and banquet ticket sales will be refunded and mailed out.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, The Wisconsin Conservation Congress and the Wisconsin DNR have cancelled the in-person portion of the April 13 Spring Hearings in every county.

However, the online input option will still be available.

The opening of the bear permit application period for the 2021 bear hunting season will be delayed this year while the new 2021 zone structure works its way through legislative review. The application period, which normally opens in March, will open shortly after the review process is completed in late spring/early summer.

As frequent users of the CNNF, we wanted to make sure you were aware of an upcoming gathering taking place the first week of July. Check the map linked to below: If this is an area you train your hounds, you might want to consider alternatives for this time period.

Wisconsin Bear Hunters, please consider spending a few minutes before the July 15, 2019 deadline to submit a comment in support of Grey Wolf Delisting.

Here are the facts:

The Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association (WBHA) is proud to be a part of Wisconsin’s long sporting heritage. While hunting and training with hounds, our members exhibit the strong ethical standards that Wisconsin hunters are known for.

It is disappointing to see the recent cases in Florida and Wisconsin where a small group of hound owners did not abide by any reasonable ethical standards, nor have any regard for following state game laws.

Wisconsin’s premier bear hunting group is calling on our state’s Congressional delegation to support legislative efforts to remove wolves from the endangered species list.

The Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association (WBHA) has long been a leading advocate for allowing the state to manage our population of gray wolves. “It is long past time that we allow our state Department of Natural Resources to manage the wolf population,” said WBHA President Carl Schoettel.

When looking at the past year in the bear and hound hunters world, we have made some progress. We have about doubled harvest tags for Bobcat, which is long overdue. This would not happen without the constant push by the WBHA and the Wisconsin Trappers Association. We got some relief from the Hunter Harassment legislation that was passed by our friends in legislature and some help from our members taking the extra step to help the state’s Department of Justice to finally build a case against these eco-terrorists. Thanks to our members and BOD the WBHA played a large role in getting legislation passed so parents now can decide when their children are ready to hunt.

WBHA Members,

If any of you are interested in getting more involved with the DNR’s wolf population monitoring program, consider attending one of their track training courses.