Mishicot High School trap shooters earn trip to nationals, in Bob Schuh’s outdoors report
Mishicot High School FFA trap team competed at the Wisconsin High School Clay Target League state competition June 10 at the WTA Homeground in Rome. The team had 12 shooters competing.
Overall, Mishicot placed 39th as a team. Sophomore Vanessa Paquette led the varsity girls tying for eighth place, breaking 94/100 clays. Freshman Sawyer Sand led the varsity boys tying for 126th place, breaking 91/100 clays.
Paquette received her conference medal for placing second Top Female in conference and Emma Schmidt received her conference medal for placing third Top Female in conference.
The Mishicot FFA trap team will now send six shooters (Fischer Schaus, Paquette, Schmidt, Logan Murphy, McKenzie Wotachek and alternate Josh Schmidt) to the USA High School Clay Target League National Championship in Mason, Michigan, July 5-9.
These shooters will compete as a team July 7 and then individually July 8 in hopes of making it to the championship round July 9.
• Northeastern Wisconsin Great Lakes Sport Fishermen (NEWGLSF) will hold its 48th annual Salmon Derby starting at 12:01 a.m. June 30 with final fish registration at noon July 2.
Prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m. July 2 for the winners with the top five fish in each of the five fish categories.
Food and refreshments will be served throughout the three-day derby, plus on July 4 at the Fourth on the Shore celebration, which is followed by city fireworks.
A Kids’ Free Fish Derby will be from 8 to 10 a.m. July 1. Children will be fishing at the marina with assistance from parents or guardians. Prizes are awarded to all winners.
The Super Tournament runs from 5 a.m. to noon July 1. Each boat may catch up to 15 fish, but only five fish can be weighed in. Top prize is $1,000 if a minimum of 10 boats are participating.
Live entertainment during the event includes the following:
June 30 — Suzie & the Detonators, 7-11 p.m.
July 1 — Dr. Bombay, 7-11 p.m.;
July 2 — Colathe Brothers, 1-5 p.m.; and
July 4 — Happy Days Combo, noon-4 p.m. and Dave Steffen Band, 6 p.m. until fireworks at dusk.
Tickets for the derby are available at Seagull Marina, The Wharf, Popp’s Harbor Town, Manitowoc Marina and Klein’s Hardware Hank.
Go to newglsf.org for more details.
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced preliminary totals for the 2023 spring turkey season.
Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 42,439 birds this season, a 7% increase from the five-year average.
The 2023 spring season started April 15 with the two-day youth hunt for hunters younger than 16. A total of 2,972 birds were registered, a 28% increase from the five-year average.
The regular season was divided into six separate one-week periods from April 19 to May 30. These separate periods help maximize hunter opportunities while minimizing interference for a more sustainable harvest.
A total of 246,428 authorizations were available this spring, and hunters applied for 223,503 of them.
Given the robust participation and harvest numbers across the state, it’s clear there were abundant opportunities this season.
The deadline to apply for next spring’s 2024 turkey season is Dec. 10.
• Friends of the Branch River Watershed will hold a fundraising brat fry June 30 at Rob’s Family Market on Menasha Avenue, near the airport. They will be serving hamburgers and brats from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Find more about the group on its Facebook page or website. They do many projects to protect the Branch River as well as host many kids’ and family projects.
• The DNR reminds ATV/UTV riders to have fun and stay safe on the trails by always wearing a helmet and seatbelt while out on trails and ATV routes.
So far this year, 11 fatalities have resulted from ATV/UTV crashes. Most of the people involved were not wearing seat belts or helmets.
Make the safety of you and your passengers a top priority by doing the following:
Ride sober as alcohol is a top contributing factor in fatal and non-fatal crashes;
Ride at a speed that allows you to be aware of what’s around you and ahead of you at all times;
Wear your helmet, seat belt and protective clothing; and
Use extra caution when operating on pavement.
One of the best things ATV and UTV operators can do to operate safely is to take an online safety course. A list of approved safety education classes is available on the DNR Safety Education webpage. Remember, all operators born after Jan. 1, 1988, are legally required to take the course.
Wisconsin law requires every operator involved in a crash incident to report the incident without delay to law enforcement officials.
In addition, within 10 days of the incident, the operator must submit a written report to the DNR.
For more about ATV and UTV recreation in Wisconsin, visit the DNR’s ATV/UTV riding in Wisconsin webpage.
That’s it for this week, so have fun in the great outdoors.
Outdoors columnist Bob Schuh’s “Scoping the Great Outdoors” column appears each Sunday in the Herald Times Reporter. He can be reached at 920-682-3106 or bobschuh@lsol.net.
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