DNR asks hunters to call on tagged or collared deer

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The state DNR asks hunters to call if they shoot a deer with a collar or an ear tag this fall.

Wildlife officials placed radio collars on about 240 deer and ear tags on another 200 as part of a mortality study. The animals are OK to shoot in the current bow-and-arrow season, as well as next month’s gun season.

However, the DNR needs for hunters to report the deer’s tag or collar number, where the animal was shot, the circumstances, and the hunter’s phone number.

The deer study is taking place in the northern half of Wisconsin. The tags were placed on animals in Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Rusk, Sawyer, and Price counties.

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