EARN-A-BUCK COULD TAKE-A-BREAK
Friday, April 10th, 2009 -- 11:26 AM
The state Department of Natural Resources is recommending a 1-year moratorium on an unpopular rule that requires deer hunters to shoot an antlerless deer before they kill a buck.DNR Secretary Matt Frank said Thursday the earn-a-buck moratorium would be in effect in all of Wisconsin next season except the chronic wasting disease zone in the southern part of the state.
Frank says the move responds to hunters' concerns and frustrations and recommendations from the Wisconsin Conservation Congress.
Hunters killed 19% fewer deer during last fall's 9-day hunt, raising criticism that the DNR's population estimates were too high.
Last season, there were 31 earn-a-buck zones that covered about one-third of the state.
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