Hunt_News
10-14-05, 09:00
Fall Gun Deer Seasons to Begin in Zone T, CWD Areas
The first of the 2005 gun deer hunting seasons is set to open on October 27 with antlerless deer only hunts in deer management units that are designated as Zone T and in southern Wisconsin's Chronic Wasting Disease zones. An annual youth deer hunt will take place on Oct. 29.
The four-day Oct. 27-30 Zone T antlerless deer only hunt will take place in 45 deer management units (DMUs) outside of the CWD zones. Units are designated as Zone T when wildlife managers project that the traditional deer season framework would not reduce the deer populations to within 20 percent of that unit?s over winter (or post-hunt) population goal. Many of the units in this year?s hunt are Zone T for the second year in a row.
"Thirty-eight Zone T units are on a watch list and could be recommended for Earn-a-Buck in 2006," said Keith Warnke, DNR deer and bear biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. "These units are in their second year of Zone T status. Strong antlerless kills are needed in all Zone T and quota units to get deer populations headed toward established population goals."
In 2005, the second-year Zone T units are: 22A, 23, 24, 25, 27, 46, 47, 51A, 51B, 54B, 54C, 57, 57B, 59B, 59C, 59M, 60M, 61, 62A, 62B, 63A, 63B, 64, 64M, 65A, 65B, 66, 67A, 67B, 68A, 68B, 74A, 77C, 77M, 78, 80A, 80B, 81.
Earlier in the year, the Natural Resources Board declined to designate any deer management units outside of the CWD zones as Earn-a-Buck for 2005 but indicated that it would consider designating units Earn-a-Buck again in 2006.
A new deer harvest data collection system will keep track of hunters registering antlerless deer from this year's Zone T units, giving those hunters a leg-up on earning a buck tag for the following year if the unit they hunt in becomes Earn-a-Buck next season.
The prospect of hunting during milder end-of-October conditions is popular with many hunters and combined with the annual Youth Deer Hunt on October 29 makes it the second most popular deer season, second only to the traditional nine-day November season according to wildlife officials. Zone T was first implemented in 1996.
The first of the 2005 gun deer hunting seasons is set to open on October 27 with antlerless deer only hunts in deer management units that are designated as Zone T and in southern Wisconsin's Chronic Wasting Disease zones. An annual youth deer hunt will take place on Oct. 29.
The four-day Oct. 27-30 Zone T antlerless deer only hunt will take place in 45 deer management units (DMUs) outside of the CWD zones. Units are designated as Zone T when wildlife managers project that the traditional deer season framework would not reduce the deer populations to within 20 percent of that unit?s over winter (or post-hunt) population goal. Many of the units in this year?s hunt are Zone T for the second year in a row.
"Thirty-eight Zone T units are on a watch list and could be recommended for Earn-a-Buck in 2006," said Keith Warnke, DNR deer and bear biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. "These units are in their second year of Zone T status. Strong antlerless kills are needed in all Zone T and quota units to get deer populations headed toward established population goals."
In 2005, the second-year Zone T units are: 22A, 23, 24, 25, 27, 46, 47, 51A, 51B, 54B, 54C, 57, 57B, 59B, 59C, 59M, 60M, 61, 62A, 62B, 63A, 63B, 64, 64M, 65A, 65B, 66, 67A, 67B, 68A, 68B, 74A, 77C, 77M, 78, 80A, 80B, 81.
Earlier in the year, the Natural Resources Board declined to designate any deer management units outside of the CWD zones as Earn-a-Buck for 2005 but indicated that it would consider designating units Earn-a-Buck again in 2006.
A new deer harvest data collection system will keep track of hunters registering antlerless deer from this year's Zone T units, giving those hunters a leg-up on earning a buck tag for the following year if the unit they hunt in becomes Earn-a-Buck next season.
The prospect of hunting during milder end-of-October conditions is popular with many hunters and combined with the annual Youth Deer Hunt on October 29 makes it the second most popular deer season, second only to the traditional nine-day November season according to wildlife officials. Zone T was first implemented in 1996.