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Despite CWD scare, deer totals rise

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Nimrods hitting the woods of Wisconsin for the nine day gun deer hunt bagged 11-percent more deer this year than last.A preliminary report released Tuesday by the DNR says more than 218,000 white tailed deer were harvested.Mike Simonson reports.

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