DNR Releases Preliminary Deer Harvest Numbers For Gun Deer Season

The DNR Thursday released the preliminary harvest totals for the 9-day gun deer season. Although hunters in Fond du Lac County got off to a better start opening weekend, for the season they killed 99 fewer deer than in 2014. The totals were 2,762 this season compared to 2,861 last year. That’s a decrease of about 3.5 percent. Statewide totals were up a little over 1 percent to 201,812 deer compared to 199,583 in 2014.

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