DNR Report Lansing – The DNR has announced the preliminary estimate of the white-tailed deer harvest during the 2008 firearms season. Statewide, an estimated 272,000 deer were taken during the firearms season, Nov. 15-30. Of that total, about 157,000 were antlered bucks and about 115,000 were antlerless deer. That compares with a 2007 estimated harvest […]
Firearms harvest is close to that of ’07
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