Wisconsin, Dam Near Russia

From the Wausau Daily Herald.

"Updated: Hunters take Wis. officials to task over poor hunt
By TODD RICHMOND • Associated Press Writer • December 17, 2009

MADISON — State conservation officials should re-evaluate their deer population formulas and stop encouraging hunters to kill antlerless deer, hunters and lawmakers said during a hearing today.

The hunters and lawmakers pounded away at the Department of Natural Resources for hours, blaming the agency’s herd control measures for a weak November gun hunt.

The agency’s overzealous strategies have led to so many dead deer they have put Wisconsin’s $1 billion-a-year deer hunting heritage is in jeopardy, they said."
Updated: Hunters take Wis. officials to task over poor hunt | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald

“We run the risk of ruining this state’s great deer hunting tradition for our sons and daughters,” said Tom Klieman, a Kewaunee hunter and member of Northeastern Wisconsin Concerned Deer Hunters.

Election time around the corner.

Legislators heading into an election year have tapped into the uproar. Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston, called earlier this month for every DNR employee involved with deer management to be fired, a move Frank rejected.