In the next hour, we’re talking about hunting ahead of the state’s nine-day gun deer opener. A new report out this week found the number of deer hunting licenses sold has dropped by roughly 6 percent in the last 20 years. And, last year, the number of deer licenses sold during the gun deer hunt dropped to its lowest level since 1976.
Keith Warnke heads up hunter recruitment for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. He talks about why the state is seeing fewer hunters than years past.
Also, State Representative Nick Milroy shares his thoughts about the state’s management of chronic wasting disease, the hunting tradition and what can be done to support conservation funding as license sales decline.
