Wis. Gov. Cancels October CWD Hunt

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Gov. Walker cancels October CWD deer hunt

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Governor Scott Walker has canceled a special four-day deer hunt in southern Wisconsin’s management zone for chronic wasting disease.

The Republican governor issued an executive order Friday morning which overrides the DNR’s recent approval of the October gun hunt.

Agency staffers and the Natural Resources Board granted the special hunt as a way to reduce deer numbers in areas where the animals have been infected by CWD. But Walker said he was following the advice of his so-called “Deer Czar” James Kroll.

Read more at WTAQ

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