Deer Hunt Proposals Put On Hold; Snowmobilers Object to Late Date of Antlerless Hunt

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Madison Despite opposition from state deer hunting organizations, this fall's deer hunting rules will be the same as last year and will include a four-day antlerless-only Zone T hunt in October.

A standoff between the Natural Resources Board and state legislators will delay for at least a year implementation of a wide- ranging experimental rules package, which was supported by hunting groups and included a two-year trial moratorium on the October Zone T hunts.

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Deer Hunt Proposals Put On Hold; Snowmobilers Object to Late Date of Antlerless Hunt

"We've put off the decision to say 2005 rules or new rules as long as we can," Keith Warnke, big game specialist with the Department of Natural Resources, told board members at their meeting Wednesday.

The issue causing the deadlock is when to schedu...

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