courtesy of FOX 11
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The opening day of the gun-deer season was pretty hard on the hunters.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating 4 shootings involving hunters.
Near ideal conditions meant big numbers of hunters in the field Saturday. In Wood County, one hunter trying to shoot a deer hit another hunter instead. That accident happened near Arpin. The victim is reported to be in serious condition.
A 40-year-old Edgar man was shot in the chest near the town of Wien in Marathon County about 2 hours later.
A hunter in Door County was hit in the thigh and, in Marquette County, a deer hunter was grazed by a bullet.
Wildlife managers and conservation warden say they heard fewer shots but more single shots rather than repeated shots, including that visual conditions were excellent and many hunters were probably taking a deer with a single shot. This is a change from 2009, when dense fog covered much of the state opening morning, and there was still a lot of corn left out in fields.
A small amount of snow still covered the ground in far northwestern and north central Wisconsin, which further improved hunting and tracking conditions in that area.
Wardens also say numerous reports indicate bucks are still pursuing does, reinforcing the rut, or white-tailed deer mating season, was still in progress. Many of the bucks being registered had swollen necks, another indication that the rut was still taking place.
With fewer antlerless permits available in about half of the state, and no antlerless permits available at all in areas of northeastern Wisconsin, many registration stations were reporting many bucks being brought in.
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