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2011 gun deer season ends as one of safest (Wisconsin)
Milwaukee J-S ^ | 29 nov 2011 | Paul A. Smith

Posted on 11/29/2011 6:20:29 AM PST by rellimpank

With six shooting incidents, all nonfatal, the 2011 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season will go down as one of the safest on record, according to state officials.

"We're always striving for zero incidents, but this is looking like a phenomenal season from a hunter safety perspective," said Tim Lawhern, administrator of the Enforcement and Science Division of the Department of Natural Resources.

The traditional nine-day season ended Sunday. The DNR is compiling reports on safety, citations, license sales and deer registrations.

The agency reported it sold 620,534 gun deer hunting licenses through Sunday, 560 fewer than 2010.

If the preliminary information is confirmed, 2011 will be the second safest gun deer season in Wisconsin history. In 2004 the DNR recorded four shooting incidents (two fatal, two nonfatal).

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; rkba
--all of those guns wandering about behaved quite well--
1 posted on 11/29/2011 6:20:36 AM PST by rellimpank
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To: SJackson; Diana in Wisconsin

Wisconsin hunting and outdoors ping.


2 posted on 11/29/2011 6:40:51 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: rellimpank

A 9 day season? Yikes. Is there a longe bow season?


3 posted on 11/29/2011 6:42:47 AM PST by NELSON111
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To: rellimpank

If 650,000 people had gone shopping in Chicago, moe than 6 of them would have been shot.


4 posted on 11/29/2011 6:46:18 AM PST by tickmeister (tickmeister)
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To: rellimpank

If 650,000 people had gone shopping in Chicago, moe than 6 of them would have been shot.


5 posted on 11/29/2011 6:46:35 AM PST by tickmeister (tickmeister)
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To: NELSON111

White-tail Deer
2011 Seasons
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/seasdate.htm

Bow
September 17 - November 17, 2011
November 19 - January 8, 2012

Gun
November 19 - November 27, 2011

Muzzleloader
November 28 - December 7, 2011


6 posted on 11/29/2011 7:10:50 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
Thanks. I wonder what the logic is behind a 1 day break in bow season?

BTW...can you crossbow hunt there? Or is it strickly bow.

7 posted on 11/29/2011 7:21:27 AM PST by NELSON111
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To: NELSON111

I have kin in Wisconsin who got a doctor to sign off on his “bad shoulder” so he could get approved for crossbow. “Gun” season, at least in that part of WI, means shotguns.


8 posted on 11/29/2011 7:47:31 AM PST by Rio
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To: rellimpank

Locally we just had a 15 yr. old shot and killed in a hunting accident over the weekend. The boy and his grandfather were squirrel hunting and a deer hunter who saw movement he says and just shot, hit the boy in the chest killing him.

None were wearing orange, first rule of hunting broken. Rule number two the 66 yr. old man shot at a target 50-75 yards away based on the fact he saw movement only and not identifying his target properly. My nine year old son when he heard that said aloud, you always have to know what your target is before firing and what is behind it...

My son went to school with the deceased kid. The deceased boys family is devastated, please pray for them.


9 posted on 11/29/2011 11:51:12 AM PST by sarge83
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To: NELSON111
A 9 day season? Yikes. Is there a longe bow season?

mid September to early January for bow. Blackpowder till next week, and a 4 day gun doe season.

10 posted on 11/29/2011 4:19:21 PM PST by SJackson (Haven't changed the environment, just take a bath. Eat a piece of chocolate. You need one. Michelle)
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
If you’d like to be on or off this Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.
11 posted on 11/29/2011 4:25:40 PM PST by SJackson (Haven't changed the environment, just take a bath. Eat a piece of chocolate. You need one. Michelle)
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To: sarge83

I will say a prayer for the family, sarge83. I am sure your son is affected by this tragedy as well.


12 posted on 11/29/2011 4:31:09 PM PST by momtothree
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To: sarge83

Tragic! Shooting at movement through the trees is just insane. You would think a 66 year old would know better. Just think, he has probably been doing this his whole life and just now killed someone.


13 posted on 11/29/2011 4:33:41 PM PST by Ditter
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To: rellimpank; All

This is also the first deer season in at least 50 years where guns were allowed in vehicles without being in a case. I guess all those years of requiring guns in cases were just to make political points for gun control.

It is amazing how much of our life we have given up to the nanny state.


14 posted on 11/29/2011 5:07:53 PM PST by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: rellimpank

Proud aunt here of a 15-yr old niece who bagged her first deer. :o)


15 posted on 11/29/2011 8:16:25 PM PST by Ladysmith (The evil that's happening in this country is the cancer of socialism...It kills the human spirit.)
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To: marktwain

—not originally—when I was a kid (60 years ago) , “uncased gun in vehicle” was probably the most common game law violation prosecuted.

—it was more of a safety measure , similar to the prohibition on leaning a firearm against a vehicle—


16 posted on 11/30/2011 5:46:05 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: rellimpank
So what was the purpose of the regulation? The western states never had that regulation, and did just fine. Having to load and unload everytime you get in and out of a car is very unsafe.

The regulation was put into place to give the game wardens an easy way to ticket people that they thought were poaching. I would bet that the first case regulation was a product of the game warden's lobby.

17 posted on 11/30/2011 5:37:02 PM PST by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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