One point seven million whitetails!
The DNR is reporting:
Regardless. I'll be taking son #1 out for the youth hunt in October. Earn-a-buck does not apply. Repeat: earn-a-buck does not apply.
The state's deer herd is at near-record levels, and harvest tags are plentiful.Coming down? I seem to remember hearing the population was around 1.6 million last year.
"We estimate the deer population at 1.5 million to 1.7 million," said Keith Warnke, big-game specialist for the Department of Natural Resources. "That's down slightly from last year. We believe we are on the right side of record deer populations. They are coming down."
Regardless. I'll be taking son #1 out for the youth hunt in October. Earn-a-buck does not apply. Repeat: earn-a-buck does not apply.
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