WI Hunters Disagree on Expanding Next Year's Gun-Deer Hunt

MADISON (WPR) Deer hunting groups in the state are at odds over a proposal to expand next year’s gun hunting season from nine days to 16. Public hearings are underway.
At issue is how to control the state’s deer herd. The plan in place, until it was suspended this year, required hunters to Earn A Buck by first getting an antlerless deer. The owner of Buck Rub Outfitters in Waukesha is glad it's gone. As a member of the Hunters Rights Coalition, Greg Kazmierski says it took the fun out of hunting. Kazmierski says last year, he shot a doe and for the first time in 40 years of hunting, had regrets shooting a deer. He says the deer population in the area he was hunting was down, but shot the doe anyway because of the threat of Earn A Buck the following year.
Kazmierski served on the committee to find a workable "alternative" to Earn A Buck. That proposal now includes a longer gun season – 16 days instead of 9. And that’s riled up another hunting group.

Wisconsin hunting groups disagree on expanding gun-deer hunt