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Taylor County hunters to take aim at rebounding herd
by Star News Sports Editor Matt Frey
The rebuilding process for the local
white-tailed deer herd certainly isnt
finished. But when Wisconsins nine-
day gun deer season begins on Saturday,
Nov. 19, hunters in Taylor County will
have the potential to see some improve-
ments over 2015.
Two consecutive mild winters and
limited numbers of antlerless permits in
the 2014 and 2015 hunting seasons should
be allowing deer numbers to slowly but
surely increase. Taylor Countys Deer
Advisory Council set an antlerless quota
of zero again on the countys public hunt-
ing grounds for this fall, while the quota
remained at 1,550 for private lands with
a slight bump up in available permits at
3,875.
It sounds from the bow hunters and
people Ive talked to who have been out
doing early scouting that they are see-
ing a few more deer, Mark Schmidt,
the DNR wildlife biologist for Taylor
and Rusk counties said. It looks like we
could have a pretty good season. There
should be some older bucks out there
now, more 3-year-olds than the last cou-
ple of years. Thats a good thing.
The numbers show things did im-
prove in Taylor County last year over the
rock-bottom season of 2014 when north-
ern Wisconsin was left reeling due to one
of the most severe winters on record. Ac-
cording to the DNRs 2015 Big Game Har-
vest Summary, the buck harvest in the
county increased 9.9 percent, crossbow
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11-year-old Trevor Shore
with the 13-point buck he got
on Sept. 17, opening day of this
falls archery season.
hunters took 13.9 percent more bucks
and users of vertical bows saw a 6.6 per-
cent increase in buck harvest. Antlerless
harvest numbers obviously increased
dramatically in the county as there were
no permits available to most hunters on
private and public lands in 2014.
Harvest updates posted on the DNRs
web site as of Nov. 2 showed similar
success when compared to last year for
the archery seasons and the October
youth hunt. The tally showed 290 deer
taken by traditional archers, down from
391 at this time a year ago, but 429 deer
taken with crossbows, up from 402 last
year. Youth hunt totals were virtually
the same with 254 deer registered. In all
three cases, Taylor Countys totals led
the DNRs 18-county Northern Region by
wide margins.
Schmidt said the conservative ap-
proach by the Taylor County council in
setting quotas, plus some winter help
from Mother Nature should be having a
positive effect on the herd.
I think so, he said. The biggest
thing now is we have to be careful if the
numbers do show we are going up be-
cause they can quickly get away from
you. Were hoping the numbers show
we do have a pretty good population.
Im hopeful well do very well during the
hunting season. That will really tell us
where were at.
As always, weather will be one of the
big factors in overall success. The over-
whelming majority of the states gun
deer kill takes place the first two days of
Chippewa Co. Outlook 3 Taylor Co. CDAC update 4
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the season.
November 19 is right in the middle of
potential season starting dates, which
may help increase the odds for good
opening weekend weather. It may help
the odds of hunters catching some bucks
trailing does at the tail end of the rut as
well.
The rut will probably pretty much
be over. Its really starting to get going
now, Schmidt said in this Oct. 31 in-
terview. We saw some older bucks out
chasing a little last week. This week and
next week will be the peak (referring to
the first two weeks of November). But
we always hear of some bucks trailing
does no matter how late the gun season
starts.
Summer and fall observations indicat-
ing solid numbers of young bucks and
does with multiple fawns are indicators
of a healthier herd.
We lost a lot of older bucks in that
hard winter, Schmidt said. A few made
it as is always the case. In aging deer, I
havent aged one doe over 6 years old in
the last two years. But we should have a
few older bucks now, which will make
people happy. Weve seen some good
bucks in the 3-year-old age class and a
few 4- to 5-year-olds, especially in Taylor
County. Were getting closer to a more
normal age structure.
Schmidt said his doe and fawn obser-
vations still dont equal the early 2000s
when populations were at their highest
See TAYLOR on page 5
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Chippewa Co.
Learn to Bear
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Luck of the
grandpas helps
young hunter
by Star News Sports Editor Matt Frey
Deer hunters heading out for the open-
ing day of the upcoming nine-day gun
season next weekend will be dreaming of
having the same kind of success 11-year-
old Trevor Shore had on the opening day
of the archery season.
Shore, a sixth grader at Medford Area
Middle School and the son of Chris and
Alise Shore, was hunting with his dad
when he took down a 13-point buck just
before darkness hit on Sept. 17. The
rack had a spread of 16.5 inches and the
deer weighed all of a couple hundred
pounds, according to Chris.
Trevor said the hunt was the luck
of the grandpas as he used a crossbow
willed to him by one grandfather to shoot
the buck on Taylor County land owned
by his other grandfather.
Its already the young hunters sec-
ond buck and third deer. He harvested a
spiker and a doe on the same day with a
rifle in 2015.
A lot of my relatives were telling
me its going to be hard to top that next
year, Trevor said.
Trevors success story pretty much
starts and ends at the end of hunting
hours that September evening.
We got in the stand and there was
just nothing, just zip, Trevor recalled.
Then around when the sun was just
getting below the trees, some turkeys
came out. That was kinda cool. They
just came and went. Then my dad was
looking through the binoculars and hes
like Trevor, a spikers coming out of the
woods. Im like, OK. And he said some-
things following it, and my heart just
starts beating really fast. Then hes like,
whoa, theres something behind that
also. The 8-pointer came out after the
spike and then the 13-pointer came out.
The two smaller bucks slowly worked
their way to the Shores stand, first feed-
ing on clover, then on acorns closer to
their stand. As they waited things out,
the Shores nearly got busted by the
8-pointer.
He looked up at us and I was shaking
really bad, Trevor said. He looked up at
us. Looked back. Looked up again. Then
he just came in. Looked up.
Then what did dad tell you to do? Just
breathe and relax, Chris said.
He started eating some acorns,
looked up at us and then bounded away
a little, then the spiker followed, Trevor
continued. The 13-pointer was farthest
out in the field. My dad said, hes within
shooting range. Use the second dot in the
scope. Im like OK. I aim and I shoot and
he goes down right there.
Chris said the buck was about 30 yards
away when Trevor made the clean shot.
That was exciting for me, he said.
See SHORE on page 5
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Electronic registration reminders

The 2016 deer season marks the sec-
ond year where deer hunters must regis-
ter their kills through GameReg, an elec-
tronic registration system that collects
harvest information from the hunter
and returns a 10-character confirmation
number as proof of registration.
Hunters may register harvests over
the internet or phone. Deer hunters may
visit an in-person registration station to
register using one of these methods.
Some registration reminders offered
by the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources include:
 Online is the fastest and easiest meth-
od to register your deer. On a computer
or mobile device, go to gamereg.wi.gov
and enter your harvest information.
 By phone, dial 1-844-GAME-REG (1-
844-426-3734) and follow the prompts to
provide harvest information.
 In person, visit a designated in-person
registration station that offers a phone
or computer to hunters for registration.
According to the DNR web site, such sta-
tions in Taylor County include Bellinger
Sportsmans Bar north of Thorp, North-
woods Country Store in Jump River and
the Chelsea Conservation Club (nine-day
gun deer only). Chippewa County sta-
tions include Kwik Trip in Bloomer, Ar-
nold Bar and Grill in Sheldon, Glen Loch
Road House in Chippewa Falls and River
Country Co-op in Jim Falls.
 Registration of all deer is mandatory.
It is not an option.
 Upon successfully registering, hunt-
ers will receive a confirmation number
that must be written legibly in the desig-
nated space on the carcass tag. This will
indicate to a conservation warden, wild-
life biologist or meat processor that the
animal has been properly registered.
 The validated carcass tag does not
need to be immediately attached to the
animal as long as the hunter does not
leave the animal. If you leave it, tag it.
 The carcass tag with confirmation
number written on it must be retained by
the hunter until the meat is consumed.
Protecting paper tags in a plastic zip top
bag is recommended.
 All deer must be registered by 5 p.m.
the day after the animal was recovered
and tagged.
 If you inadvertently exit the system
before writing down the confirmation
number, you may log into your online
GoWild account to retrieve it or call
1-888-936-7463 for assistance.

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Citizen-based plan continues to

increase Chippewa Co. deer harvest
by Courier Sentinel reporter Kayla Peche
With back-to-back calm winters and
harvesting goals laid out, deer popula-
tions should have increased for the 2016
season all over the state, including in
Chippewa County.
Based on last year, we had a lower
harvest of antlerless deer, which should
mean increased reproduction, and
hence, more deer in the country, said
Bill Hogseth, wildlife biologist for Wis-
consin DNR.
Hogseth said likewise, the area had a
mild winter, suggesting does will be in
better conditions to reproduce.
We anticipate that Wisconsins deer
hunters are poised for a great deer sea-
son, said Cathy Stepp, WisDNR secre-
tary. Hunters have indicated that they
had seen deer more frequently while
hunting in many counties in 2015.
Stepp received the deer-sighting infor-
mation directly from hunters after the
County Deer Advisory Councils (CDAC)
were established in 2014.
Hunting seasons are now shaped by
local citizen-based councils, said Hogs-
eth. Its really provided an opportunity
for people, who do care about the status
of the deer herd, to get involved at a local
level and have their voices heard.
This is the second year the CDAC ad-
vised counties on antlerless deer quotas
and permit levels, and each county in
Wisconsin has a CDAC to provide input
and recommendations to the department
on deer management within their area.
According to dnr.gov, councils work
with local department staff to schedule
meetings, provide community outreach
for public input, review population data
and deer impacts, and develop three-year
recommendations on deer population ob-
jectives.
Im very proud of all the CDAC mem-
bers and department staff for their ongo-
ing efforts to embrace these changes and
find innovative ways to manage Wiscon-
sins invaluable deer herd, said Stepp. I
want to thank hunters for their patience
as we continue to refine our process,
and we offer our commitment to provide
world class deer hunting opportunities.
Continuing this year, 10 counties
within the Northern and Central Forest
zones have been labeled buck-only areas,
allowing the herd to grow after harsh
winters set back their numbers.
Barron and Chippewa counties are set
to increase or maintain populations in
the three-year plan, therefore, the coun-
cil recommended that antlerless tags is-
sued with the purchase of a firearm and
archery license are not valid, unless the
permit is issued to persons holding a
Class A or C disabled permit or a person
who obtains a tag while under 18 years
of age. Submitted photo
Chippewa County falls under the
Three bucks
bucks plus antlerless by permit category, During the two-day youth gun hunt Oct. 8-9, young hunters 10 to 15 years had
meaning antlered tags are given with li- the opportunity to hunt and gain experience without competing against adult hunt-
censes, but antlerless tags are limited. ers. Displaying their trophies are (l. to r.) Aubrie Bell, 12, Spooner; Taniele Ducom-
With tag sales beginning in August, mun, 10, Gilman, and Carter Bell, 14, Spooner. In back, are father mentors Tony Bell,
the county provided 2,500 bonus antler- Spooner, and Chad Ducommun, Gilman. This was Aubrie and Tanieles first time gun
less deer permits on only private land hunting for white-tailed deer, while Carter has hunted before. Tony said the group was
just hoping to enjoy time outdoors with friends and family, but as it turned out, each
See CHIPPEWA on page 4
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Hwy 64 split, CWD response on
Taylor Countys CDAC agenda
by Star News Sports Editor Matt Frey
Having established a three-year popu-
lation objective and gone through two
rounds of antlerless quota setting, Taylor
Countys Deer Advisory Council (CDAC)
expects to tackle a couple of new issues
when it next convenes in January.
The Wisconsin Department of Natu-
ral Resources is asking all of the states
county councils to discuss and gather
public opinion regarding recommenda-
tions that will be forthcoming from a
Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan
Review Committee.
On the local front, Taylor Countys
council expects to seriously debate the
idea of splitting the county, currently
considered a Northern Forest unit, into
two different units Northern Forest
north of Hwy 64 and Central Farmland
south of Hwy 64. With the implementa-
tion of recommendations from the 2012
Deer Trustee Report, most deer manage-
ment units in Wisconsin started simply
following county boundaries in the 2014
hunting season.
An exact meeting date has yet to be an-
nounced.
The concept of a county split has been
a common topic of discussion since the
councils first meeting of September
2014. But under CDACs Governance of
Operations, 2017 will be the first time
unit boundaries can be reviewed by the
councils. Any changes to unit boundar-
ies and population objectives for the next
three-year cycle wouldnt go into effect
until 2018.
I think Taylor County has a good
case for (a split) just simply because his-
torically it was a split, Taylor Countys
CDAC chair Mike Riggle said in an Oct.
24 interview. You cant find a county
thats more split as far as forest and ag
on one highway. Will we get that done? I
dont know. I have mixed emotions.
Through two years of public discus-
sion in meetings or through on-line sur-
veys, its fair to say most agree there
are two vastly different habitat types
in the northern and southern halves of
the county and two different densities of
deer population. The southern half, dom-
inated by farmland, has good numbers of
deer too good in some pockets. Deer
numbers are considerably lower in the
northern half, dominated by forest land,
for various reasons with back-to-back
tough winters, years of overharvest, pre-
dation and loss of quality habitat among
the issues people have raised.
The council has tried to address the is-
sue in its quota-setting process the past
two years, issuing no antlerless permits
for public lands in the county and a siz-
able, yet modest, quota on private lands.
If the Taylor County recommends a
boundary change and it gets approved
through DNR channels, Riggle said set-
ting antlerless permit and quota num-
bers becomes more complicated. Thats
one of the drawbacks to the idea.
Once youre in a farmland unit then
you have to set two quotas, Riggle said.
Youd have to have one for north and
one for south. I believe there is some pub-
lic land south of 64. I believe youd have
the Diamond Lake area, and there might
be a couple of other blocks. Not a lot, but
youre going to have to set a quota on it.
Then you have to deal with a holiday
hunt. Then youd have to decide are you
going to have free farmland tags.
Local CDACs in farmland units can
determine how many free farmland tags
hunters are eligible to use in their county
(zero to three) with the purchase of their
regular license. For example, hunters
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couldnt get any farmland tags in Chip-
pewa County, but one farmland tag for
each license purchased could be used in
Marathon County and farmland portions
of Clark County.
I dont like free tags up here. It treats
deer like varmints, Riggle said. But
down south, without the free tags they
wouldnt kill nearly the amount of deer
they kill.
Another consideration is the poten-
tial success of the Deer Management
Assistance Program, where owners of
large blocks of land can get herd manage-
ment assistance from the DNR, including
bonus antlerless tags. If it continues to
grow in southern Taylor County, is there
a need to split?
DMAP has really helped I think in
the south here (in the county) because
its taken out some of those problem ar-
eas, Riggle said. A group of people get
together and they get 50 or 70 doe permits
and theyre shooting them. Theyre keep-
ing their herd under control. But then
you get up to the north where, OK, youve
got 80 acres. DMAP isnt going to help.
When the Taylor County CDAC last
met in April, it planned to meet in De-
cember to start debating the issue. Riggle
has since been told he has to wait until
January for an official meeting, but hed
still like to start the discussion soon.
The Taylor County Sportsmans Club
may have an informational meeting of
sportsmen in December just to kind of
get the feeling for what people are think-
ing on this, Riggle said.
CWD Response Plan
While the DNRs current CWD Re-
sponse Plan covers the years 2010-2025,
it is open to review every five years. The
committee to do so includes Riggle, Tay-
lor Countys Wisconsin Conservation
Congress chairman and a member of the
Congress Deer and Elk Advisory Com-
mittee. The review is being coordinated
jointly by the DNR, the Conservation
Congress and the Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Pro-
tection.
The committee, which first met Oct.
27, will meet once a month before turning
its recommendations over to the CDACs
and internet surveys for public comment
in January. The next meeting is Nov. 14
in Madison.
People come to me and say we dont
have CWD, what do we care about it?
Well, exactly. We dont have CWD. We
need to care about it, Riggle said. Thats
going to be one of the things Im going to
bring up on this committee is that there
are so many things that we need to do
and be proactive on.
A wide range of topics related to CWD
are expected to be discussed by the com-
mittee, including best management prac-
tices for the captive cervid industry.
CWD-positive deer found at Apple Creek
Game Farm in Oconto County and Three
Lakes Trophy Ranch in Oneida County
have made headlines and triggered bait-
ing and feeding bans in northern Wiscon-
sin in the last year.
Forty-three of Wisconsins 72 counties
now have baiting and feeding bans under
the states CWD policy.
The fatal disease that attacks deer and
elk is caused by an infectious abnormal
protein called a prion. Normal prion
proteins are converted into a disease-
associated, mis-folded form that is highly
resistant to degradation. CWD is charac-
terized by slow accumulation of abnor-
mal prions in tissues, especially nervous
and lymphoid tissues, where subsequent
tissue degradation eventually results in
Back into the cover
The photographer interrupted this Taylor County bucks early-evening dinner this
past July. However, he could not escape before being caught on camera.
host death.
Who owns the deer? We do, Riggle
said. Everybody does. We need to have
a biosecurity plan and we need to have a
plan that says if this happens, we need to
do that.
Riggle, a longtime veterinarian, said
common-sense approaches to fencing
around deer farms, baiting and feeding
of deer, use of urine-based scents, dis-
posal of deer carcasses and just keeping
outdoor equipment clean are just some
of the ways the spread of CWD can be
slowed in Wisconsin.
You get down in Iowa County down
in the core area, theres 40 percent preva-
lence rate. Thats huge, he said. Youve
got people who live down in Iowa County
that like to four-wheel. They might go
four-wheeling on their 20 acres and then
what do they do? They throw it on a trail-
er and lets go to Washburn County or up
to the Clark County forest and ride the
trails. Now if that was somebody with a
boat were telling them make sure theres
no invasive species, no plants on your
boat, drain your live wells. But do we tell
those people that they should probably
pressure wash their ATVs before they
come north. No we dont.
A good process
As the countys Conservation Con-
gress chair, Riggle got the nod to chair
Taylor Countys CDAC. The councils,
also implemented as a Deer Trustee
Report recommendation, are aimed at
increasing public involvement in deer
management. He was skeptical at first,
but said that, at least in Taylor County,
the process has been a success.
Im real happy with the way Taylor
County has embraced the CDACs, he
Chippewa
Continued from page 3
this year, with 1,000 set as the target
number for antlerless deer.
There was perceived low deer num-
bers on public land, said Hogseth. The
rationale is, if you protect breeding deer,
the female deer, youre going to have
more production and more herd growth.
In Chippewa County, Hogseth said 40
percent of hunters are estimated to be
successful each season, which is why
more tags are given out (2,500) than the
target number required (1,000).
Despite their success or failure, hunt-
ers are encouraged to shoot bucks this
season, and will continue to grow the
deer population throughout the county.
I dont have a crystal ball, said
Hogseth, but conditions point toward
hunters seeing more deer in Chippewa
County than in previous years.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Photo by Matt Frey
said. I think its been a good process
in our county. I think people have gone
away from the old lets bash the DNR. I
think theyve kind of stepped up and said
lets be part of the process. And I think
everybody realizes whats good for their
little neck of the woods might not be the
best thing for the whole county. You
cant manage deer on a 40-acre parcel.
Here, it was a no-brainer to set an in-
crease objective in the councils first or-
der of business.
I think from what I understand and
what I see myself, with three years of the
no doe permits on public land has made
a difference, he said. When I drive
through the Chequamegon now Im see-
ing deer. Am I seeing tons of deer like I
see down in the Town of Maplehurst or
something like that? No. But I definitely
think weve made an impact.
The difficulty in managing two differ-
ent types of habitat in one county mag-
nifies how difficult it was for the DNR to
do it at a statewide level. Riggle said he
would like to see CDACs eventually get
more tools to manage their local deer
herds, particularly where overpopula-
tion is a problem.
What CDACs have really brought to
light is how different the northern part
of the state and the southern part of the
state are and how weve tried for years to
manage it as one state and to try to man-
age our deer population as one thing,
Riggle said. I was skeptical of this whole
thing when it first came out. But I think
See CDAC on page 5
Taylor County Deer
Advisory Council
Chair: Mike Riggle
Alt. Chair: Tracy Swedlund
Forestry: Russ Aszmann
DMAP: Brian Bucki
Agriculture: Benjamin Stanfley
Hunt/Conservation Club: Chip Courtney
DNR Wildlife Liaison: Mark Schmidt
DNR Law Enforcement: Brian Harrenstein
DNR Forestry: Scott Mueller
Chippewa County Deer
Advisory Council
Chair: James Morning
Alt. Chair: Jack Christenson
Transportation: Mitchell Gibson
Tourism: Benjamin Lane
Forestry: Michael Dahlby
DMAP: Paul Pettis
Agriculture: Daniel Masterpole
Hunt/Conservation Club: Allan Brown
DNR Wildlife Liaison: Bill Hogseth
DNR Law Enforcement: John Schreiber
DNR Forestry: Dennis Hutchison

Thursday, November 10, 2016
Taylor
Continued from page 1
in this area, but they are encouraging.
When I do see a doe, it usually has
one or two fawns with it, he said. A lot
of them have two, especially in Taylor
County. I havent seen any triplets but
you dont see those a lot. Theyre pretty
unusual. But the fawns look really good
and healthy. They seemed to get big fast
and should have a real good chance of
making it through the winter.
This season is the second where hunt-
ers are required to register their deer
electronically either over the internet
or by phone. This is the first deer sea-
son where license purchases are being
made through the GoWild system. A big
change with that system is carcass tags
are now printed on regular paper, which
has had some hunters concerned about
them getting lost or damaged.
Schmidt reminds hunters they dont
have to attach the tag to the deer like
they have in the past, unless they are
leaving the deer. Though the tag should
be validated as soon as possible through
the call-in or online process, there is no
need to have it actually attached the deer
when dragging it or removing it from
your hunting area. The DNR recom-
mends keeping the paper carcass tags in
pockets and protected in a plastic zip bag.
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Continued from page 1
Thats the best part of taking the kids
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Trevor is saving some of his own mon-
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it really is a good thing, even if it ends up
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Other states do it, its not the end of
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Mentored bear hunt completes another successful year

by Courier Sentinal Managing Editor
Monique Westaby
Each year in Chippewa County, the
DNR and several mentors join forces to
give novice hunters the opportunity to
do something they never have hunt
bears. This year, Aug. 26-28, five youth
hit the woods to try their hand at tagging
something some of them had never even
seen in the wild.
I very much enjoyed the experience,
said 14-year-old hunter Katelyn Zajicek,
of Portage. I would say to someone con-
sidering the Learn to Bear Hunt Pro-
gram, that its excitement to the end.
Katelyn was one of the lucky hunt-
ers this year and tagged a 213-pound
(dressed) black bear. But her story begins
several months prior, after she learned
she had been accepted into the mentored
program.
When I was accepted, it took a mo-
ment to process, being it was 9:30 p.m.
after four hours of marching band, said
Katelyn. I got excited very fast, asked
10 questions at once and took awhile to
calm down.
Katelyn and her brother, Jacob (who
also participated in the hunt), came to
Holcombe for a weekend with their dad
two weeks before the hunt, just to see
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They treed two bears that weekend.
Two weeks later, while hunting with
mentors Terry Kent and Walker Jones,
Katelyn had to wait for her bear.
The first night, while hunting with
Terry, the bear went up too late, and
hunting hours were over. Jacob, who
was running several miles north of Kate-
lyn with Walker, earned first-bear brag-
ging rights. He filled his tag that evening
with a 117-pound (dressed) bear.
We treed a bear on the first day of the
hunt, said 12-year-old Jacob, It was a
one-shot kill and everyone was so excit-
ed.
The following morning, the dogs treed
a milking sow, which is illegal to shoot,
so it was another no-go for Katelyn. But
that afternoon, it was her turn. After
some excitement, rain and a touch-and-
go run, Katelyns bear treed.
Before the hunt I had no idea what to
expect, said Katelyn. During the hunt,
I was a little worried I wouldnt get a
bearAfterward, I started shaking. I was
so happy we treed it, and it happened so
fast it finally caught up with me.
Although she said she probably wont
get the opportunity to hunt like that
again, Katelyn said she would if she
could, because of how quickly the mood
changes from sitting
around, to running, to the
excitement of the barking
dogs.
It was worth the thrill
and excitement in 30 min-
utes, she said. It will
never be the same hunting after, with The following night was rainy and
the amazing hunters and dogs we hunted the bear didnt return, so Angie asked
with. the group of hound hunters if Samantha
Katelyn and her brother hunted with could run with them the last day of her
the aid of dogs, something only two of hunt. Since the group had filled their
the five are randomly selected for. But
this year, after slow baits and not see-
ing much for bears, two others joined the
hound crews.
Holcombe resident Angie Farrel, who
has mentored three bear hunts, said she
started baiting July 30, and things were
going well until the week before the hunt.
It just stopped getting hit, she said.
After changing things up, a nice
bear came in the night before the hunt,
but not until after dark.
We went out and sat, said Angie, of
she and her youth, Samantha Berebitsky
of Milton. My hunter was so excited
to be out there. I hoped the bear would
come in early enough for her to at least
see him.
Around 6:30 p.m., after seeing only
birds and chipmunks, a deer walked in.
Sammie got super excited when the
deer started wheezing at us, said Angie.
The deer ran off and then it happened
the bear came walking up the trail. We
spotted it, but he saw us as well. He just
turned around and left. We waited until
dark but he never came back.
Gets her bear
Samantha Berebitsky of Milton, 11,
bagged this 211-pound bear during the
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two tags (Katelyn and Jacobs tags), Sa-
mantha, her mom and dad, and Angie,
hopped in with mentor Walker.
After several attempts at trying to get
a run going, with no luck, Angie said Sa-
mantha decided to walk a cornfield with
Walker.
The dogs got on a bear and its just
amazing how things went, said Angie.
We waited for the shot. About 10 min-
utes went by and one single shot rang
out. We then heard the guys cheering.
Sammies mom teared up and so did I.
Her dad was so excited.
At 11 years old, Samantha tagged her
first bear (211 dressed), something most
people have to wait several years for.
It was so worth everything, said An-
gie. It was a hunt I know I wont forget.
Back in the stand, Tim Walters, Cornell,
and his participant, Sam Nottingham,
Antioch, Ill., didnt have so much luck,
but Sam said that was OK.
I still enjoyed seeing the bait spilled
all over every time we checked the bait,
said Sam.
Tim said that bait getting hit was his
favorite part of this years hunt, because
it hadnt been touched by a bear in over
a week. He said he began baiting once
a week in mid-July, then three times a
week until two weeks before the hunt,
ute to look for cubs. Then, he laid down
in front of the bait until we ran out of
shooting light.
The remaining two days, nothing else
came in.
Even though I didnt shoot a bear, I
still had a great experience, said Sam.
My mentor taught me a lot and he was
very good to me. If I draw a tag, I will defi-
nitely go bear hunting again.
Tim, who has mentored hunts for over
10 years, and has hunted black, brown,
grizzly and polar bears, said he will con-
tinue to mentor and enjoys the bait-sit-
ting atmosphere.
I like to watch bear on bait and I like
sharing knowledge of hunting with oth-
ers, he said. I really dont have a need rience, said Jason. We had a great time
to kill another myself, so it is rewarding
helping someone else attempt it.
Three-year mentor Terry agrees that
the experience is rewarding, and says he
enjoys helping other hunters be success-
ful. Its a bit of work to get everything
ready, but in the end, it all pays off and is
a lot of fun.
This years hunt paid off for one more
hunter, as Jaydon Rose of Arena, also
filled his tag with a 105-pound (dressed)
bear. Jaydon started his hunt sitting over
bait with Paul Gilbertson, seeing his tar-
Jaydons bear, and he filled his tag, some-
thing Terry said was his favorite part of
the hunt.
They have a lot of fun doing it and so
do I, said Terry.
Katelyn and Jacobs father, Jason,
says he is impressed with how the Learn
to Hunt program is run in Chippewa
County.
After sitting through the four-hour
training class Friday morning of the
hunt, and hitting the shooting range af-
ter, he says its apparent that it takes a
lot of work and cooperation from war-
dens, mentors and landowners to make
the program work.
For my family, this was a great expe-
in the country.
and everyone involved with the program
was great to work with. This was an ex-
perience of a lifetimeIt is obvious how
much everyone wanted to teach us, and
how passionate they are about bear hunt-
ing. I hope that this program runs for
many more years and many more fami-
lies get the opportunity to learn how to
hunt bear.
Preliminary numbers
show another strong
bear hunting season
Preliminary registration numbers in-
dicate a strong 2016 bear hunt in Wiscon-
sin with 4,643 bears registered.
This was another successful season
for Wisconsin Bear hunters, said David
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cialist. The preliminary harvest of 4,643
is very close to the 2016 quota of 4,750.
Wisconsin continues to have a healthy
bear population, which provides more
hunting opportunity than any other state
Preliminary registration totals for the
2016 bear hunt are 1,135 for Zone A, 833
for Zone B, 1,071 for Zone C and 1,603 for
Zone D.
These figures are preliminary and are
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Summary tables and more informa-
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Taylor Countys Forestry and Recreation Depart-
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shooting range, located 11 miles west of Medford just off
Hwy 64 on Pirus Road.
In October, the countys forestry committee approved
a plan for a nearly $73,000 upgrade to the facility, which
would happen if an application to the Wisconsin Depart-
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The range, which was built by the Taylor County
Sportsmans Club and opened in 2000, is owned and
maintained by Taylor County. Earlier this year, the Tay-
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$23,000 for some upgrades and the county had planned
to contribute $5,000. But when it was learned that it was
possible to obtain grant money, the club started to think
bigger.
If we do this, that will put that range right up there
as a real first-class shooting range, said Mike Riggle,
president of the Taylor County Sportsmans Club. So
Im real hopeful were going to get that money.
The Shooting Range Grant Program is funded
through the states Wildlife Restoration grant, com-
monly known as Pittman-Robertson fund, which is gen-
erated by a 10 or 11 percent excise tax on firearms and
ammunition. Grants are available to counties, cities,
villages, towns, other governmental agencies or units,
clubs or organizations, businesses or corporations and
education institutions.
Grant awards may cover up to 75 percent of the to-
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ranges, backstops and berms, target holders, restroom
facilities, shooting benches, baffles, trenches, signs, gun
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bathroom in the northeast corner of the facility.
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 Install new shooting tubes.
The total estimated cost is $72,968. The plan was de-
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Naas.
It will be a really nice range, Riggle said. It will be
set up where you can have basically three people shoot-
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could have somebody over at the 25-foot range, you could
have somebody on the 50-yard range and you could have
somebody on the 100- or 200-yard range. There are going
to be block walls to separate them.
Over the years, the Sportsmans Club has improved
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include improving the range to make it compliant with Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. It is open from
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Grant applications are due Nov. 15. Applicants will to 5 p.m. on Sundays in October and November.
be notified of the outcome by Jan. 15, 2017. According That range gets used a lot, Riggle said. We dont
to the grant programs page on the DNR web site, the know exactly how much its used, but we know at this
program is administered as a reimbursement program, time of the year it gets used heavily.
which means the applicant must incur and pay all costs The surveillance cameras would give the county a
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 Erecting a 50-foot concrete wall for a pistol shooting If the grant is not awarded, Riggle said the already-
area with a shooting bench and a new berm. pledged $28,000 will still be put toward improving the
 Erecting a 150-foot concrete wall to separate the range.
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Cornell shooting range open in time for hunting season

Bowe. and has a land-use agreement with the hunting, shotgun and handgun ranges
by Courier Sentinel Reporter For the time being, Schoonover placed city. With around $15,000 provided by the are needed.
Ginna Young temporary rectangular frames on the National Rifle Association (NRA), and The use of the range has changed
ranges, hanging plastic snow fence on the $45,000 from grant money, the DNR plans since 2002, and we have to take account
After only a short time closed, the frames for targets. While a barrier was to update the rifle range, as well as install of that, Bowe said. We want to provide
Cornell Shooting Range is again open for put on the benches to ensure gun muzzles a short-distance shooting area to the east opportunities for people to shoot, but we
public use. Started in 2002, the range was stay down (to hit berms), updates are still of the existing range. also want to provide those opportunities
never completely finished, but with sup- needed to the shooting benches and shel- Bowe said with the new conceal and to do it safely.
port from local groups and individuals, ters. carry laws, and an explosion of turkey
updates have been made. Everything that we have to do now
We have some tweaking to do yet, on those two rifle ranges, we can work
but were real happy with the progress around people to do that, Bowe said.
so far, said Scott Bowe, DNR warden. The entire project is expected to cost
Once we got the go ahead to do it, I was about $60,000 in budgeted funds through
surprised how quickly we got it done. grants, with $25,000 spent so far.
Although hes not sure if a new pistol Bowe said anyone is welcome to use
and shotgun range will be done this fall the range, but said rules must be fol-
or next spring, Bowe said the 50 and 100- lowed as to using only paper targets and
yard ranges are already in use. the target stands provided. He also cau-
We fixed up the berms, so the back tions that the existing ranges are for ri-
berms were raised to the proper height, fles only, and that leaving garbage at the
said Bowe. The impact surface is at the site will result in fines.
right slope now. We really depend on our local volun-
During the renovation process, the teers to maintain the range, and the less
existing ranges were screened to remove work we can create for them, the better.
larger rocks, sand was put on the berms Prior to the updating, the range had 50
where rounds impact, and the range and 100-yard shooting areas geared for ri-
floors were dug up and reseeded. fle practice and sighting. Because of that,
It looks a lot nicer, but by getting rid Bowe said instead of walking to berms
of all those rocks, we reduce the opportu- and placing targets on them, people will
nities for rocks to shoot out of the range, put objects at about 25 feet or so to shoot
Bowe said. at.
Work also involved moving a culvert to So, when they do that, the rounds are
improve drainage, with Bowe and hunter impacting the floor of the range, which
safety instructor Mike Schoonover work- is hard and rocky, and those rounds are
ing to come up with a good solution for skipping out, he said, noting that the
target holders. items shot at are often left behind as well.
We want something that people are Sitting on city property, the DNR-
going to be able to use, without having to funded range is maintained and operated
go in and fix stuff every two weeks, said through partnership with local groups,

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Guide for 2015

You MUST have a cutting order when bringing in venison or trim.
Kennedy Street, Rib Lake .............................$64,500
1407454 35 wooded acres in the Village of Rib Lake
Rustic Road 1, Rib Lake..............................$139,000
1604009 9.2 acre lot on beautiful Harper Lake. It has a
A $50 Deposit is required when you drop off your wild game. with access to CTH D. This parcel has all the beauty of a prepared building site, electric at lot line, driveway and a
Deer Cutting Includes Skinning, country property with village services & the Sheep Ranch pier in place.
OPTIONS: Creek trout stream. Polley Lane, Gilman .......................................$37,900
Cutting and Wrapping
Cutting Off Antlers .................... $3.00 1606005 3.35 acre building lot with 195 of frontage on
All Boneless Cuts-Wrapped ........... $75.00 ($10 extra if you Wigwam Avenue, Medford............................$49,000 the Yellow River.
Weighing Wild Game................ $5.00 want the hide 1402703 This beautiful double lot is located in the bay
All Boneless Cuts-Vak Pak ............. $85.00 of Lake Kathryn. There is a perfect site to build a walk- Forest Road 1529, Jump River ...................$320,000
Caping a Deer........................ $30.00 returned to you)
Bear/Elk/Moose (Carcass Weight) ...... $125.00 out home or cabin. The lot is 1.5 acres with 260 of lake 1605284 If you enjoy the outdoors this property is for you!
Caping a Bear ........................ $40.00 frontage. Priced to sell! This 160 acres offers; heated stands, miles of developed
Bear/Elk/Moose ~ Over 200# .............$0.75 lb.
trails, gorgeous habitat, and secluded settings.
(ALL PRICES INCLUDE VACUUM PACKING) N1033 County Road N, Kennan ..................$315,000 Lot 7 Lamer Drive, Ogema ............................$55,000
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Summer Sausage (30% pork) 2# or 4# Sticks ...............................................$2.99 lb. Ask us about our various avors offers a potential rental income. The remaining 100 acres trees. It has a driveway and a building site. It has 165 of
of Snack Sticks are a balance of mixed hardwoods & dense undergrowth
Wieners, Natural Casing (40% pork) ........................................................$4.39 lb. providing excellent habitat for deer & bear.
frontage on North Spirit Lake. North Spirit is 213 acres
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Wieners, Skinless (40% pork) ...................................................................... 3.39 lb. Colby Smokies Sticks (40% pork) .................... 4.29 lb.
$
County Road B, Gilman.................................$14,500 and boating lake.
$
Fresh Brats (40% pork) .................................................................................. 3.09 lb. Hot Sticks (30% beef) ......................................... 3.99 lb.
$ 1602486 Looking for a spot to park your camper? This
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Smoked Brats (40% pork) ............................................................................. 3.09 lb. Landjaegers (30% beef) .................................... 4.19 lb.
$
Gilman with access to the Yellow River. It is minutes from 1306677 117 acre recreational parcel currently enrolled
$
Polish or Kielbasa Sausage (40% pork) ................................................... 3.09 lb. Hot Peppers Cheese Sticks (40% beef) .......... 3.99 lb.
$ Miller Dam & thousands of acres of public land. in the MFL program. There is a network of roads used
$ during the recent harvest & several grassy openings for
Big Ring Bologna (40% pork) ...................................................................... 3.09 lb. BBQ or Honey BBQ Sticks (40% pork) ........... 3.49 lb.
$ Water Drive, Medford ......................................$5,000 an excellent wild life habitat.
$ 1601072 4.6 wooded acres with frontage on Water
German Big/Ring Bologna (40% pork)..................................................... 3.09 lb. Ham Sticks (40% pork) ....................................... 3.49 lb.
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Drive.
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Mettwurst (40% pork)..................................................................................... 3.09 lb. Jalapeo Beef Sticks (30% beef)..................... 3.99 lb.
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Second Street, Medford ................................$58,000 1506118 2.5 acre commercial lot with 275 of frontage
Breakfast Links (40% pork) .......................................................................... 3.29 lb. Salsa & Cheese Snack Sticks (40% pork) ...... 3.99 lb.
$ $ 1602689 This nicely wooded 1.39 acre lot on Kathryn on STH 13. Located on Medfords North side across from
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Venison Bacon (40% pork-inc. slicing & pkg.) ................................................ 3.29 lb. Pizza & Cheese Sticks (40% pork)................... 3.99 lb.
$
rolling hill with a perfect building site. It has mature oaks
Cured, Smoked Whole Venison Rounds (inc. slicing & pkg.) ................. 2.49 lb. Pepperoni Snack Sticks (40% pork) ................ 3.49 lb.
$ $ and hardwoods with 85 of lake front. It is large enough
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Cured, Smoked Whole Venison Rounds Only...................................... 1.49 lb. Jerky-Plain/BBQ/Peppercorn ....................... 2.99 lb.
$
$
Cured, Smoked Venison Rounds (Pieces) (inc. slicing & pkg.) .............. 3.79 lb. Honey BBQ/Teriyaki........................................ 2.99 lb.
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September 10,
22, 2016
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Frequently asked questions for the 2016 deer hunting season

Brush up on existing rules and learn whats new for
the 2016 deer seasons. For more frequently asked ques-
tions and answers, visit http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wild-
lifehabitat/DTRfaq.html.
2016 deer hunting rule highlights
 The December four-day antlerless-only hunt (Dec.
8-11) will be offered statewide where antlerless tags
are available. No bucks may be harvested during this
season, regardless of what weapon is used.
 At least one Farmland (Zone 2) antlerless deer tag
is included with each deer hunting license. However,
hunters may only select Farmland (Zone 2) tags from a
DMU that offers them, and the number of tags offered
will vary by county.
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 Junior antlerless deer tags are valid in any unit hunting licenses and tags look like?
statewide on the land-type specified on the tag, except A: Go Wild offers several options for displaying li-
in Ashland, Forest and Sawyer counties. censes and printing carcass tags. Hunters will be able
 Group bagging is not allowed on junior antlerless to print off a paper deer hunting license, link hunting
tags. license permissions to their Wisconsin drivers licenses
 Paper carcass tags must be validated immediately or a department-issued Conservation Card or display
upon harvest of a deer. Carcass tags are validated by a department-approved PDF of the license on a smart-
writing the date and time of kill. After registering the phone or other mobile device. Hunters will need to
deer the confirmation number shall be written on the print plain paper carcass tags either at home, at a DNR
carcass tag and kept until the meat is consumed. service center or at a license agent. If a hunter did not
 The validated carcass tag no longer needs to be receive their Farmland (Zone 2) antlerless tags at the
attached to the deer as long as the hunter remains with time of purchase, they may print them from their Go
the carcass, but the hunter must attach the validated Wild account for free at home or at a DNR service cen-
paper tag to the deer before leaving it. ter. They may also select and obtain them from a license
 All deer registration will be completed electroni- agent for a $2 processing fee. All deer carcass tags are
cally, but some in-person registration stations will be now printed on plain paper. Hunters must have a paper
available to assist hunters. tag valid for the correct zone, DMU and land type in or-
 All deer must be registered by 5 p.m. the day after
harvest in the DMU of kill or an adjacent unit.
der to tag and register a deer. Read more about Go Wild
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 Fluorescent pink is now a legal alternative to blaze Q: How do I get a new carcass tag if my original gets
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A: Replacement tags are issued through each hunt-
Licenses and tags ers Go Wild account. Hunters may print a replacement
Q: With the new Go Wild system, what will deer tag for no charge at home or through a DNR service cen-
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Thursday, November 10, 2016 Page 11

DMU in a Farmland Zone. In addition,
at the time of purchase, the buyer must
choose the land type (public or private)
for which the tag will be valid. If a hunter
did not receive their Farmland (Zone 2)
antlerless tags at the time of purchase,
they may print them from their Go Wild
account for free at home or at a DNR ser-
vice center. They may also select and
obtain them from a license agent for a $2
processing fee.
Q: If I plan to harvest antlerless deer in
multiple DMUs or outside the Farmland
Zones, will I need to buy separate tags?
A: Most Farmland Zone DMUs will
provide antlerless tag(s), which must be
designated for either public or private
land. If a hunter would like to harvest
an antlerless deer in a Forest Zone DMU,
he/she must purchase a bonus antlerless
tag for that DMU, if available. If a hunter
wants more than one antlerless tag in a
Farmland Zone DMU, they may be able
to purchase additional bonus antlerless
tags for $12 (residents), $20 (non-resi-
dents) or $5 (youth ages 10-11) each at a
rate of one tag per hunter, per day, until
sold out.
Q: Which tags will junior deer hunters
receive?
A: Junior deer hunters will receive
one buck tag valid statewide and one Ju-
nior antlerless deer tag valid statewide
(except for Ashland, Forest and Saw-
yer DMUs) for each gun or bow license.
Youth hunters age 10-17 will not need to
specify DMU or zone, but will need to
specify land type on this antlerless tag.
Q: Are antlerless tags weapon-specific
in 2016?
A: No. All antlerless tags may be filled
with any weapon and during any open
season with the appropriate license and
weapon for that season.
Q: Is regular hunting or hunting un-
der an agricultural deer damage shoot-
ing permit allowed on the Friday prior to
the November 9-day gun deer season?
A: Yes. The prohibition of possess-
ing a loaded or uncased firearm on the
Friday prior to the November 9-day gun
deer season has been eliminated. This al-
lows hunting with a firearm for any ani-
mal with an open season or under dam-
age shooting permits.
Public and private lands
Q: What is the penalty for someone
who harvests a deer in the correct zone
and DMU but does not have the correct
land-type specified on their tag?
A: This has not changed with the new
rules. The penalty would be $222.90 plus
the cost of a bonus antlerless deer tag
they should have purchased for that land
type ($12 for residents or $20 for non-res-
idents).
Q: If someone in a group has an antler-
less tag valid for use only on public land,
will everyone else be able to participate
under group hunting rules?
A: Yes. If the antlerless tag is valid for
the DMU that the group is hunting (cor-
rect zone, DMU and land-type) and if all
group members comply with all group
deer hunting requirements, anyone in
the group may participate in group hunt-
ing and fill an open antlerless tag; how-
ever, group bagging is not allowed under
the Junior Antlerless Tag. All members
of the group must be using firearms and
each must hold a regular gun deer li-
cense in addition to contact and tagging
requirements. A person hunting with a
bow or crossbow cannot shoot a deer for
someone else to tag, or tag a deer shot by
another.
Q: If a person buys an antlerless tag
valid for use on private land, is that per-
son restricted to only shooting a deer
that is actually on private land or is he/
she able to shoot a deer that is on public
land so long as the shot originates on pri-
vate land?
Out and about
A buck fawn (l.) and a couple of does browse just outside of Medford on an early
October evening.
A: Both the hunter and the deer must
be located on private property. A hunter
with a private lands tag cannot shoot a
deer standing on public lands even if he/
she is standing on private land.
Tagging deer
Q: Do I need to attach the tag before
field dressing the animal or moving it?
A: No, the carcass tag only needs to be
attached if you leave the carcass. Howev-
er, you still are required to validate your
carcass tag immediately upon harvest-
ing the animal and before field dressing
it or moving it. This now is done by writ-
ing on the carcass tag instead of marking
it with a knife.
Q: Where do I need to attach the tag on
the animal?
A: There is no specific carcass loca-
tion where the tag needs to be attached,
so long as the tag is attached to a spot that
is reasonably accessible for inspection.
Q: How am I supposed to protect and
attach the tag?
A: There is no specific process re-
Photo by Matt Frey
quired so long as the methods you have
chosen actually keep the validated tag
protected and attached. The department
suggests placing the validated tag in a
clear plastic sandwich bag and securing
the tag to the carcass using string, plastic
ties or wire.
Q: Am I required to attach the tag pri-
or to or immediately after registration?
A: No, the validated tag only needs to
be attached if you leave the carcass.
Q: If a tag is not attached to the animal,
how will a conservation warden know if
it was legally harvested?
A: As in the past, you still are required
to show the validated carcass tag to DNR
staff upon their request.
Q: With the implementation of elec-
tronic harvest registration, will the reg-
istration requirements for harvested
deer change?
A: No. All deer harvested during all
deer hunting seasons must be registered
before being transported from the DMU
of harvest or an adjacent DMU.

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