White Tail Deer and Wisconsin

Study of whitetail deaths continues

The multi-year, $2 million project by the DNR and other wildlife researchers to follow and document the causes of death in bucks, does, and fawns passed the halfway mark this past winter.

By Dan Hansen Contributing Writer

Gerrits buck is record typical bow kill

The 14-point white-tailed buck shot by William “Dusty” Gerrits, of Waupun, on the morning of Nov. 6, 2012, is not only the biggest typical buck tagged by a bow-hunter in Fond du Lac County.

By Dan Hansen Contributing Writer

No tribal ‘off-rez’ night deer shining, for now

A procedural error as judged by the Western District of federal court will keep Chippewa tribal members from legally shooting deer at night in off-reservation settings.

By Dean Bortz Editor

Adams County the latest in CWD-Postive deer Grant County also added to the list

Experiment with new rules

No ruling yet in tribal deer shining case

Fighting over wolf and deer shining

State’s gun deer kill up 7 percent

Although harvest numbers for the last seven days of the 2012 gun deer hunt failed to keep pace with the opening weekend tally, preliminary registration totals show a 7.7-percent increase in the overall statewide deer harvest compared with last year.

By Dan Hansen Contributing Writer

Tribal night deer hunting hearing underway

Shooting of White and Albino Deer