Due to the 30% drop in deer kills this year in Wisconsin, should deer season be extended.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- State wildlife officials say hunters killed dramatically fewer deer during the opening weekend of Wisconsin's
traditional gun deer season than last year.
The Department of Natural Resources says hunters took about 100,000 deer, down about 25 percent from 133,800 last year. They killed about 49,500 bucks, down about 3,000, and 50,400 antlerless deer, down 31,000 from last year.
DNR officials caution the numbers are preliminary. But they say they anticipated a smaller harvest this year.
They say the deer population has decreased in some areas. They also point to the suspension of the earn-a-buck program, which required hunters to take an antlerless deer before a buck as a means of controlling a burgeoning deer herd.
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The 30% drop in deer kills indicates the guidelines that have been set up are working and fewer deer kills are to be expected. What is the point of extending the deer season? If hunters are complaining they didn't get a deer and there are fewer deer available, extending the season will only create a smaller population for hunting next year. Side: hunting
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