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Article: HUNTERS DON'T ACCEPT DNR'S DEER HERD DATA AGENCY STRUGGLES TO CONVINCE THEM THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY DEER IN WISCONSIN.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2001
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Byline: Ron Seely Environment reporter
In the 1940s, Wisconsin conservationist Aldo Leopold was practically tarred and feathered for suggesting there were too many deer in the state.
Leopold, who established one of the nation's first wildlife ecology programs at the UW-Madison, even proposed killing more deer, especially does. This, in those days, was blasphemy among hunters. Good sportsmanship meant shooting only bucks, leaving the females to reproduce and sustain the herd size.
Leopold's fight is still being fought by today's wildlife managers, even as the first statewide gun deer hunt of the new millennium approaches. The season begins ...