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Big Game => Whitetail Deer => Topic started by: mudbrook on September 09, 2008, 10:42:23 AM
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Deer hunters can use rifles in chronic wasting disease zone
When deer hunters take to the fields this fall, they will be allowed to fire rifles in diseased deer areas of south and central Wisconsin under a state rule change that some local officials say endangers residents near hunting land.
In western Waukesha County, the chairman of the Town of Eagle says he was blindsided by the Department of Natural Resources’s rule change and fears for the safety of residents in homes nestled around the state forest land that is part of the state’s Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone.
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