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Article: DEER HERD NEEDS CULLING DEER SEASON, INCLUDING THE EARN-A-BUCK PROGRAM, CAN HELP REDUCE THE WHITETAIL OVERPOPULATION. YOU CAN HELP, TOO, BY REFRAINING FROM FEEDING DEER.(OPINION)(Editorial)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- November 19, 2004
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All of Wisconsin should wish good luck to the 600,000 deer hunters expected to participate in Wisconsin's nine-day gun hunting season. A successful hunt would be a welcome step toward reducing the state's deer population.
The deer season, which starts Saturday, highlights how important it is for Wisconsin to trim the size of its whitetail herd. The state's estimated whitetail population -- 1.7 million -- has increased 21 percent from a year ago and has nearly tripled in the past 30 years. While that might sound like a good thing -- after all, the whitetail is the state wildlife animal -- it most assuredly is not.
A study released by UW-Madison scientists ...