And it’s way down from the peak harvest of the last 20 years: in 2003, hunters took almost 300,000 deer.
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The disease doesn’t threaten humans, but it could seriously damage the herd if it’s not contained.
He says bow hunters have used the new registration system by electronically registering more than 62,000 deer harvested so far. They also can obtain the number from any license agent.
Eyes heal amazingly quickly, but I find myself trapped in deer hunting’s version of Catch 22: I’m medically cleared to hunt, to shoot and to field dress a deer, but I’m strictly forbidden to drag one from the kill site to my vehicle.
A 2015 Vermont Deer Hunting Guide can be downloaded from the department’s website at www.vtfishandwildlife.com.
“The harvest is typically lower in a year like this, because the deer are not attracted to bait”, said Andrew Labonte, a wildlife biologist with the DEEP.
When hunters talk about the heyday of quail hunting in Oklahoma, they are talking about the past.
Prior to the opening of the firearm season, archers report seeing a lot of deer while they were in their stands. MI has a Hunting Access Program that allows hunters to hunt on private land, Stewart said.
The fastest way to register your deer is with a computer, tablet or smartphone at gamereg.wi.gov. Instead of patiently answering several questions after listening to instructions and explanations on the phone, you can quickly read menu options and questions on your computer or mobile device, and check the appropriate boxes.
“This is an insidious disease and it’s going to take partnership by all people concerned – hunters, DNR and other folks – to make sure that not only do we not get it, but if we ever do get it, that we don’t spread this disease across the peninsula”, Terry Minzey, MI DNR regional wildlife supervisor said in a press release. A white-tailed deer from a privately owned facility in Kent County tested positive for CWD.
“Hunters should not feel bad about going out and shooting a few antlerless deer”, said Kevin Wallenfang, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources big game ecologist. Preliminary testing suggests the year-and-a-half-old buck may have had the fatal illness. A sample has been sent to a federal laboratory for a final assessment. All were from Ingham County.
The harvest was up across the state, with the number of deer killed up 8.2 percent in zone 1 (generally northeast), up 5.9 percent in zone 2 (most of the state), and up 3.2 percent in zone 3 (southeast Minnesota), according to the DNR. There is no known treatment. 64, which runs easterly from the Stillwater Bridge across the state to Marinette, the local councils are seeing such an abundance of deer that hunters will again have the option to buy “bonus” tags to shoot more than one antlerless deer. Spokesman John Pepin says hunters should educate themselves and others about restrictions on transporting deer to the U.P.
Minnesota’s firearms deer hunting season is ends (in most of the state) on November 15.
He said license sales heading into the season are even with a year ago.
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The culling season began October 25 and 15 hunters have not been very lucky.
