The feasibility of a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin has been fiercely debated for years. A current bill — the ...

For the third time in 14 years, a bill to open a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin has been introduced in the Legislature. The previous proposals failed to advance to the governor, even ...

When the new legislature meets it should take recommendations of the Legislative Council’s Study Committee on sandhill cranes with a grain of salt. The committee was established with the strong ...

The return of the sandhill crane to Wisconsin is a conservation success, but now the state needs to manage the population and the crop damage the birds can cause. (Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

In a recent op-ed, Tim Eisele lamented that consideration of a sandhill crane hunt will increase the divide between hunters and non-hunters. His heart is in the right place, but his piecemeal ...

HORICON − A legislative study committee on Thursday reviewed data on the growing population of sandhill cranes in Wisconsin and discussed a potential crane hunting season in the state. But the ...

The sandhill crane descending on the Wisconsin countryside is a beautiful thing. Its gray wings are long and graceful, and it doesn’t swoop — it floats in, like a cloud slipping from the sky. Its ...

State legislators this summer will lead a committee to review and recommend options for sandhill crane management in Wisconsin, possibly to include a hunting season for the species. The Legislative ...

Tennessee is coming up on its third season for hunting the sandhill cranes that are celebrated every winter with a festival at Birchwood and the nearby Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. In fact, a permit ...

WEST FARGO — Have you ever been sandhill crane hunting? Not just a chance opportunity when a few sandhills drifted through while goose or duck hunting. If you haven’t, I’d suggest it might be a new or ...