The first stage in a massive effort to wipe out 15,000 deer in southwestern Wisconsin begins just before dawn this Saturday. More than 500 local landowners have permits to shoot deer in the area as part of the effort to stopthe spread of chronic wasting disease.Gil Halsted reports.
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