Area deer management unit added to Earn-a-Buck program
I think this earn-a-buck program is a very good idea. In certain area’s this will help balance the deer population to a more even figure.
By: Rick Kratzke
Wildlife officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources have included an area deer management unit to the list of the state’s Earn-a-Buck units for 2008.
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| Deer management unit 60B has been added to the state’s Earn-a-Buck program for the 2008 deer season. Map courtesy Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ||
Area 60B was one of eight deer management units recently added by DNR officials.
Boundaries for the unit are Highway 29 on the south and Highway 64 on the north. The western boundary is Highway 65 and Highway 128 marks the eastern boundary.
Under Earn-a-Buck rules, hunters have to harvest an antlerless deer before they can take a buck.
The goal of the Earn-a-Buck program is to properly manage the state’s deer herd.
Hunters who shot an antlerless deer in one of the eight new Earn-a-Buck units during the 2007-2008 deer hunting season are pre-qualified for a buck authorization sticker and should check online (www.dnr.state.wi.us) to see if they are included in the pre-qualification database, according to DNR officials.
Those hunters will receive a buck authorization sticker in the mail in mid to late August. The stickers will be valid in any 2008 Earn-a-Buck or chronic wasting disease unit.
More information is available on the DNR Web site at www.dnr.state.wi.us.