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May 11, 2024 · The board's action acknowledged the long-simmering animosity hunters hold for the earn-a-buck zones, where a hunter had to bag a doe or young antlerless buck before killing an adult buck, and ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Earn-a-buck - which requires a hunter to shoot an antlerless deer before going after a buck - is still being enforced in areas of the state where deer are especially prone to chronic wasting disease. That includes sections of south-central Wisconsin.
6 days ago · The biggest bucks we see are always at the beginning of the rut and the end. I try to hunt funnels between doe beds in the mornings and funnels on the way to food in the evenings. Mornings are almost always high up on ridges and evenings are usually lower down near where the does are on food.
Nov 20, 2014 · Hunters report higher deer numbers in north. There are no October herd control hunts outside the CWD Management Zone. Earn-a-buck rules are completely eliminated by legislation statewide and hunters in the CWD Management Zone may shoot a buck first. Earn a Buck is replaced with “bonus buck”.
May 16, 2024 · We do not yet know what the final rule will be or if the bonus buck rule will still be in effect during 2015. Bonus Buck will be addressed in the permanent Deer Trustee Report rule this fall.
May 9, 2024 · Answer: Some are and some are not. Going back at least 75-plus years, white and albino were protected by law and could not be harvested by hunters. Many years later, a white deer was more clearly defined to be any deer that was all white, not including any part of the head, hooves or tarsal glands.
May 7, 2024 · If you want to keep some bucks in your herd for breeding purpose, keep them separate from the herd. And if possible, wash them regularly. But during the rut, there are almost no way to avoid their urine scent.
