Fewer than one in five Wisconsinites supports a sandhill crane hunting season in the state, according to a study conducted by University of Wisconsin researchers. And approximately half of Badger ...

Their eyes are so sharp that normal plastic decoys often don’t fool sandhill cranes. Many avid sandhill hunters now use mounted sandhill cranes that may cost more than $100 per decoy.

crop damage abatement programs and crane hunting. Sandhill cranes were nearly eliminated from Wisconsin a century ago but thanks to state and federal protections and environmental improvements the ...

The Wisconsin state legislature recently put together a committee to determine if anything should be done to prevent the sandhill crane population from damaging crops, such as by allowing hunting.

You can see the majestic birds at the Phil and Marilyn Isenberg Sandhill Crane Reserve on Woodbridge Road west of Interstate 5 near Lodi. The birds, which can stand up to 4 feet tall and have a ...