Posted: 03.17.2010

The Natural Resources Board has adopted
increases in deer population goals in more than 40 management zones
under pressure from hunters.

Outraged deer hunters complained last fall the Department of
Natural Resources' herd control strategies have so thinned the herd
their sport is in jeopardy.

The DNR in October proposed raising population goals in 13
zones. Legislators, feeling pressure from hunters, threatened to
reject the plan without revisions.

The DNR's new plan calls for higher goals in 43 zones, raising
the state's overall population goal by 60,000 to about 800,000
animals.

The changes will form the basis of rules for this fall's hunting
seasons. They're still subject to legislative review.
 

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