Minnesota Deer Harvest Down 12% for 2009
Final numbers show hunters harvested 12 percent fewer deer during Minnesota's 2009 deer season, mostly because the state issued fewer permits for does.By: Associated Press, WDAZ
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Final numbers show hunters harvested 12 percent fewer deer during Minnesota's 2009 deer season, mostly
because the state issued fewer permits for does.
The Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday that hunters
took 194,178 deer in 2009, compared with 221,837 in 2008.
Overall, the firearms harvest was down 13 percent from 2008.
Archery was down 9 percent. The muzzleloader harvest fell 15
percent.
The lower harvest was deliberate. The DNR says it issued fewer
permits for antlerless deer because the deer population had been
reduced to the target levels in many areas. The buck harvest was
only 1 percent lower than in 2008.
The archery season begins Sept. 18. The statewide firearms
season opens Nov. 6. The muzzleloader season opens Nov. 27.
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