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Help Protect Wisconsin's Rich Hunting Heritage!
Please Make Your Voice Heard Today!
We urgently need your help. Recently, the Department of Natural Resources asked the Natural Resources Board to bring back the October antlerless deer season (T-Zone) and the Earn-A-Buck program. Wisconsin has a Constitutional Amendment set up to protect the right of the tradition of hunting, this right is subject to "reasonable" regulations. There have been a number of public votes at the Annual Meetings of the Conservation Congress that have supported the belief that T-Zone and EAB are considered unreasonable.
T-Zone and EAB have not been proven effective and inappropriately dictate hunter behavior in the field. They discourage many sportsmen, especially those whose schedules allow them to hunt only a few days a year, from hunting at all. T-Zone would create a special antlerless-only season in certain areas during October. EAB would require hunters to harvest a doe before taking a buck. At a time when hunter numbers are declining, the state should be seeking ways to recruit and retain hunters, not discourage them from entering the field.
Please cut-and-paste only the document below and mail it to the Natural Resources Board by Friday, April 18 or fax it by Monday, April 21 to 608-266-6983.
Natural Resources Board
101 S. Webster St. PO Box 7921
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921
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Resolution to Restore Traditional Deer Seasons
In Wisconsin, the deer hunting heritage and tradition have very deep roots. This hunting culture is so ingrained in our society that the right to hunt with reasonable regulation is protected by our state constitution.
Deer hunting is more than just killing deer. To many, the traditional deer season and the ability to hunt with family and friends is the most important social event of the year. Unreasonable changes imposed by the DNR to the deer seasons over the last several years have negatively impacted many hunting traditions.
October gun seasons and especially Earn-A-Buck have alienated hunters across the state, yet have done little to solve the problem of deer densities on private land. Those fortunate enough to hunt private land can control October hunting pressure providing them greater opportunity to earn their buck. However, those less fortunate, hunting public land that has been over-harvested for years are being denied the right and opportunity to hunt bucks. Years of these unreasonable regulations on hunters in the CWD management zones have resulted in the lowest hunter densities in decades causing deer populations to explode.
Whereas, in 2000 the national record deer harvest was achieved in Wisconsin without Earn-A-Buck by providing two free antlerless tags.
Whereas, in 2005 the public overwhelmingly rejected October hunts and Earn-A-Buck as unreasonable regulations to their right to hunt with overwhelming support of Question #44 at the Annual Conservation Congress County Meetings.
Whereas, in 2007 hunters harvested antlerless deer at a 2:1 ratio statewide without October seasons, resulting in the second all time harvest, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, _______________________________________ in the County of
(Individual, group or business)
_______________________________ on _________________, 2008, recommends the Natural Resources Board reject the DNR 2008 deer season recommendations and return to the Traditional Gun and Archery seasons statewide without October antlerless hunts or Earn-A-Buck.
___________________________ _________________________
(Individual or officer) (Title)
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