Wis. board considers deer control options
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials want to nearly double the length of the November gun deer hunt.
Biologists are looking for ways to control the state's deer herd after the Natural Resources Board suspended its Earn-A-Buck program this spring. That program required hunters to kill an antlerless deer before they could take a buck.
The Department of Natural Resources has proposed extending the 9-day gun hunt to 16 days.
The agency also wants to add another two weeks or so to the archery season in January. Hunters who kill an antlerless deer in herd control zones after Dec. 25 would get a bonus buck tag.
The changes would begin in 2010. The Natural Resources Board is expected to decide Sept. 23 whether to send the new seasons to public hearings.
Learn more about CWD in southern Wisconsin in Sunday's Janesville Gazette.
Sep 11, 2009 at 10:11 p.m.
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Good luck tomarrow fellow bowhunters!
Sep 11, 2009 at 3:25 p.m.
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It must be working, dq...I haven't heard any deer! (Sorry, I don't normally jump on misspellings, but I couldn't resist that one!)
Sep 11, 2009 at 2:08 p.m.
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the wolves they are importing seem to have taken care of the problem. What h--l do they(DNR) and there buddies in the insurance company's want zero deer heard?
Sep 11, 2009 at 1:48 p.m.
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Where are all the Deer they want us to shoot????
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