Anti-hunters want Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear dove hunting case (5/8/2003)

Anti-hunters have appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments against the state's recently established mourning dove hunt. The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation Sportsmen's Legal Defense Fund (SLDF) will ask the court to decline the request.

Anti-hunting advocates were unhappy with the recent ruling of Wisconsin's District Four Court of Appeals that said the state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has the authority to establish a mourning dove hunt. The Natural Resources Board and the legislature approved the hunt in 2000. The anti's won a lower court ruling to stop the hunt only to have the appellate court reverse that finding.

The SLDF maintains that the DNR has the authority, according to Wisconsin law, to establish a dove hunting season. It will ask the Supreme Court to decline to hear the lawsuit. If the court decides to hear the suit, the SLDF will continue its legal defense on behalf of Wisconsin sportsmen.

Several Wisconsin sportsmen's groups have partnered with the SLDF to protect the state's dove season. The Wisconsin Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Wisconsin Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI), Badgerland Chapter SCI, Lake Superior Chapter SCI and others are leading the way to defend dove hunting.

Intervenors in the original case with the SLDF included the Sheboygan County Conservation Alliance, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association and two local sportsmen, Craig Johnson from Hudson and Dean Hamilton of Waunakee.

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