Nearly 600,000 Hunters Headed to the Woods Opening Weekend
Wednesday, November 25th, 2015 -- 8:33 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Nearly 600,000 hunters donned blaze orange attire and headed into the outdoors for opening weekend of the annual nine-day gun deer hunt in Wisconsin.The state's natural resources department says as of opening morning, nearly 592,000 gun deer licenses had been sold, compared to 589,800 licenses during the opening day of 2014. As of Monday afternoon, 119,495 deer have been registered using the GameReg system, compared to 103,746 as of the Monday evening following opening weekend last year.
Meanwhile, the DNR investigated two non-fatal and one fatal hunting accident during opening weekend. Through the continued efforts of hunters and hunter education volunteers, Wisconsin remains a safe place to hunt. The gun-deer season ends Sunday at dusk.
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