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Hunters are always looking for another way to spend more time in the outdoors.

Here in Wisconsin we have had the deer seasons extended and a few years back a dove hunting season was added after statewide voting.

This year, Wisconsin will have an early teal season, an early Canadian goose season, and later a fall turkey season. More and more hunters are also turning to predator and varmint hunting as another way to spend more times in the woods. Wisconsin is also going to have a crossbow season this year for the first time for those who aren’t disabled.

Predator hunters are lucky because the state has a good coyote population and the season is open year-round, with no bag limit, no closed season, and night hunting is allowed. Since there is no daily bag limit on coyotes, a hunter may shoot as many as they choose or can. All that is needed is a small game license.

The past decade has seen a surge in the coyote population in Wisconsin and most of the Midwest. Ricky Lien, a Department of Natural Resources wildlife specialist, confirmed the growth of coyotes in Wisconsin. But since the state doesn’t do any surveys on coyotes, Lien said “most of the information on coyote numbers come from word of mouth, information from hunters, and fur sales.”