Wisconsin Ag Connection - Nominees Sought for Annual DNR Ethical Hunter Award

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Nominees Sought for Annual DNR Ethical Hunter Award
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 11/04/2009

Nominations for the 13th annual Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources/La Crosse Tribune Ethical Hunter Award are again being accepted to recognize those hunters throughout Wisconsin who do good deeds and who set positive examples for all other outdoor users. Warden Supervisor Steve Dewald with the state Department of Natural Resources says the agency is asking hunters to acknowledge ethical behavior in other hunters when they see it.

Dewald, outdoor writer Jerry Davis and La Crosse Tribune outdoor editor Bob Lamb created the award in 1997 in an effort to bring attention to the positive contributions made by Wisconsin's safe and ethical hunters.

"This is a statewide award, and every year we get nominations from all across Wisconsin," Dewald said. "That's a good sign."

The award signifies the qualities of hunters helping others rather than pursuing personal gain and hunters engaged in behavior that positively reflects on the tradition of hunting.

Dewald encourages people who have nominated hunters in the past to consider whether the person they nominated would still qualify and to consider nominating that person again. There have been persons nominated in the past who would have won the award if nominated in a different year.

Last year, an 18-year-old Rhinelander hunter received the award for helping a young woman hunter whom he met out in the field to trail, field dress and retrieve a 17-point buck that she had shot but was unable to find.

For more information about the nominating process, call 608-785-9970.