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Under Dr. Deer, Wis. Hoping to Regain Hunter Trust

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By Darren Warner

There’s a disease running rampant through the fields and woods of Wisconsin. I’m not talking about bovine tuberculosis or chronic wasting disease (CWD), or anything afflicting whitetail deer. Instead, it’s in the minds and hearts of deer hunters.

“The Wisconsin DNR [Department of Natural Resources] doesn’t listen to hunters,” said Chet Schnellenberger of Spooner, Wis. “I’ve been trying to get a biologist to come on my land so I can show him what’s going on with the deer herd, but they tell me they don’t have the time.”

In a packed gymnasium at Hayward Intermediate School in Hayward, Wis., Schnellenberger and other hunters gathered to talk about how the DNR is managing one of the state’s most precious resources. Unlike DNR public hearings, hunters attended the town hall meeting with renewed hopes that their voices would be heard.

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