MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Trappers and outdoorsmen are urging the Assembly’s natural resources committee to approve a bill that would let people hunt and trap woodchucks. The Republican-authored measure would remove woodchucks from Wisconsin’s protected species list and establish a season on them that would run from July through December with no bag limits. Scott Zimmermann, president of the Wisconsin Trappers Association, told the committee during a public hearing Wednesday, said woodchucks are causing damage by burrowing around building foundations. Wisconsin Conservation Congress Chairman Rob Bowman told the committee that all 72 Wisconsin counties approved the idea of removing the animal from the protected species list during the congress’ 2009 spring hearings.
