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FEWER DEER HARVESTED IN OPENER
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 -- 10:10 am
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
The opening weekend of the 9-day gun-deer season saw fewer hunters bagging a deer.
The hunt opened Saturday and attracted some 630,000 hunters.
Preliminary counts show hunters registered just under 134,000 deer after two days of shooting, which is down 22% from a year ago.
Totals in the 19-county West Central Region of the state were down 18%.
Clark County hunters bagged 1,846 bucks and 2,822 does for a total of 4,668 deer. That is down 17% from the opening weekend last year.
Wildlife officials say several factors likely contributed to the lower count including lower deer numbers after several years of herd reduction strategies, very cold hunting conditions on opening morning in northern units, a late opening weekend that missed the peak of the rutting season, poor fawn recruitment this year, and tough winter conditions last year after a string of mild winters.
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