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Three bighorn sheep are latest additions at the Racine Zoo

From The Journal Times.com:

Milana Doné 

RACINE — Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep are the latest additions to the Racine Zoo's Mountain exhibit.

Helga and Mantis were born in spring 2023 at Hemker Park and Zoo in Freeport, Minnesota.

Helga and Mantis are pictured with Mantis’s baby at the Racine Zoo. After being quarantined off-exhibit, the three are now enjoying the Mountain exhibit.

Courtesy of Racine Zoo

They arrived in Racine on Feb. 23 and were held in an off-exhibit quarantine, but are now at their new home in the exhibit, which underwent construction and renovations during the last year, according to a news release from the zoo.

Mantis delivered a baby May 12, and residents can vote on his name via the Racine Zoo Facebook page.

According to the release, Bighorn sheep are the largest sheep native to

North America. They are named for the males’ large, spiraled horns, which can weigh up to 30 pounds.

The sheep are native to alpine grasslands of Western North America. In the mid-1800s, there were an estimated 200,000 sheep in the region, the release said. Their numbers declined as a result of hunting, habitat loss and the spread of disease from domesticated animals.

The numbers are now somewhat stabilized, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists them as “least concern.”

Recent stories by Racine Journal Times reporter Milana Doné

From: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/article_df5245ff-78f6-4e6e-beca-369b59bd1a85.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

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Bobcat stalks and strikes at Wisconsin turkey hunter

From JSOnline:

Carson Bender

Turkey hunter Carson Bender of Wisconsin Rapids recorded a video of a bobcat that stalked and lunged at him as he hunted April 18, 2026 near Nekoosa, Wis.

From: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2026/04/19/bobcat-stalks-and-strikes-wisconsin-turkey-hunter/89690132007/

The complete story: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2026/04/19/bobcat-stalks-and-strikes-wisconsin-turkey-hunter/89690132007/

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Change proposed to state's disabled deer hunting season

From JSOnline:

Paul A. Smith

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The format of Wisconsin's disabled deer hunt could allow more flexibility in coming years under a proposal being considered by the Department of Natural Resources.

Read more: 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2024/10/08/change-proposed-to-wisconsins-disabled-deer-hunting-season/75504785007/

I think that hunting disabled deer is horrendous.  It's bad enough that a deer has to live with a disability, but to add hunting it to the mix is terrible.

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Former Racine County Circuit Court Judge Michael Piontek given DEJ (Deferred Entry Judgment) for illegal hunting practices (poaching)

From Racine County Corruption:

 Former Racine County Circuit Court 

Judge Michael Piontek given DEJ

 (Deferred Entry Judgment)

 for illegal hunting practices (poaching)

                                                                    Michael Piontek

An Ashland County judge gave former Racine County                    judge Michael Piontek a deferred entry judgement concerning charges of baiting and poaching of wildlife.

Michael Piontek was charged with numerous wildlife offenses between the dates of April 24 and April 27, 2020 as follows.

Piontek was charged with four offenses concerning wildlife offenses in 2020.

Piontek was found guilty of one out of four charges, a civil forfieture and was assesed a fine.

 

Below is the Public WCCA record entry of his criminal charge. 

Ct orders- Def will enter into a DEJ for 8 months, if the def successfully completes the DEJ the case will be dismissed, if he does not the case will come back in for sentencing. Deferred prosecution agreement hearing scheduled for December 10, 2021 at 01:00 pm.

Here is a great article written by Bruce Vielmetti of the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal detailing the court's events.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2021/04/13/former-racine-co-judge-pleads-no-contest-illegal-deer-hunting/7187214002/

From: http://racinecountycorruption.blogspot.com/2021/04/former-racine-county-circuit-court.html

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Shooting incidents rise during 2020 Wisconsin gun deer season

From JSOnline:

Paul A. Smith

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Eight shooting incidents, including one fatality, occurred through the first seven days of the 2020 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

This year's number is twice as many as were recorded in the entire 2019 season and represents an uptick from the five-year average of 5.2 incidents.

While many factors are at play, accident rates in boating and other forms of outdoor recreation have generally increased this year as more people utilize the state's woods and waters during the coronavirus pandemic.

"With every data trend and average there is a high and a low side," said Jon King, DNR hunter education administrator and conservation warden. "This year with the increase in outdoor activities we have seen an increase in users and incident rates."

Shooting incidents have generally fallen in recent decades due to mandatory hunter education, blaze orange clothing requirements and changes in hunting tactics, especially greater use of elevated stands from, which bullets are shot at a downward trajectory, and reduced use of deer drives.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2020/11/28/wisconsin-gun-deer-season-includes-more-shooting-incidents/6440742002/

Three quarters of the hunters are drunk at any given time.  The only mystery here is how so few of them end up shot.

Deer hunter mistakenly kills two elk in northern Wisconsin

From JSOnline:

Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A Wisconsin bull elk is shown in a trail cam photo. (Photo: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)

A deer hunter mistakenly killed two bull elk on Monday in northern Wisconsin, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

The incidents occurred on private property in Rusk County during the state's 2019 nine-day gun deer season, according to the agency.

The hunter, an adult female, reported the shootings to law enforcement officials, said Todd Schaller, DNR chief conservation warden.

The hunter's identify is not being released pending consultation of charges with the Rusk County district attorney, Schaller said.

The elk were described as young bulls.

Elk are typically at least twice as large as white-tailed deer. Elk also feature different coloration and antler shapes than deer.

Schaller said the hunter failed to adhere to one of the cardinal rules of hunter safety - to be sure of the target.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2019/11/29/hunter-mistakenly-kills-two-bull-elk-northern-wisconsin/4332050002/

Drunken fools with high powered rifles.

Good News: "Big game hunter crushed to death by elephant"

AP Photo

"A south African big game hunter was crushed to death by an elephant on a Zimbabwe game reserve, according to South African outlet News 24.

"Theunis Botha, 51, was leading a hunt when his group stumbled upon a breeding group of elephants at a game reserve near Hwange National Park Several on Friday afternoon, Zimparks spokesman Simukai Nyasha told The Telegraph. The group of elephants charged at the group and the hunters shot at them, the agency reported.

"Botha was crushed after one of the members of the group shot an elephant after she lifted Botha with her trunk. The elephant collapsed and fell on top of Botha, crushing him."

Read more: http://journaltimes.com/now/today/history/big-game-hunter-crushed-to-death-by-elephant/article_e3ae82c0-e905-58dc-9988-516c23ae5d42.html 


It's not a "sport" when you're carrying heavy arms and the animals are defenseless.  Go hunt the animals naked, with no guns or tools.  After all, that's how the animals are.  May all the big game hunters meet the same fate. 

I know one.  When he said, "Let me show you the game room," I was expecting a room with a pool table or card tables or pinball machines.  Instead, it's filled with animal heads on the walls and a couple of full-size ones. He was so proud.  I was getting sick.  After his desath, may his head be stuffed by a taxodermist and hung in the "game room."

The New Hunters

Those look like trophy kills.  Congratulations!