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Theme11/4/98 Deer Hunt '98!by Dan Small
©2000 Milwaukee Public Television
September 22, '98:
Tiger in the
Woods
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The big news around here this
fall is "Deer Hunt '98," our eighth annual live broadcast,
which aired last week on Channel 10. Since this is
Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial year, we followed that theme in
the live program. We looked back on 150 years of deer
hunting and wildlife and habitat management here in
Wisconsin. We also looked at three deer-hunting situations
that can lead to accidents: the use of tree stands, deer
drives and low-light conditions. There was also an exciting
feature on the status of timber wolves, a native deer
predator that was extirpated but that has now reestablished
itself in the state. And we looked ahead to the Deer 2000
project and challenges that await us down the road in all
these areas and more.
As always, Department of
Natural Resources experts were on hand to answer your
questions and to provide a region-by-region forecast for
this year's firearms deer season, which runs Nov. 21-29.
Viewer questions have always been a highlight of the show,
and thanks for calling in with items you wanted to know more
about. In keeping with the Sesquicentennial theme, we were
even wearing buckskins that night! If you'd like to catch up
on all the hunting fun facts we covered in this annual show,
surf on over to the 
Later that week, I was at
the all-new Wisconsin Winter Sports Show at the Wisconsin
Center Arena and Auditorium in downtown Milwaukee, Nov. 5-8.
Showgoers found exhibits on every facet of winter sports,
from hunting and ice fishing to snowmobiling, snowshoeing,
skiing, winter camping and more. The familiar fish pond was
transformed into an ice fishing pond, complete with clear
plexiglas "ice" with holes cut out for fishing. The ice
fishing gear and tackle exhibit was actually the biggest of
its kind ever assembled in one place.
In the Outdoor Wisconsin Pavilion, located
in Juneau Hall, between the Arena and Auditorium, we had
daily seminars on every aspect of winter sports. You could
also strap on a pair of Sherpa snowshoes and hike around on
the "snow" hill we built just for this event. Thousands met
"Mr. Tuna," of the Screamin' Tuna Surf & Ski Shop and
entered to win a free kite-skiing lesson.