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Press release from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission:
"12/1/2005 NOVEMBER FIREARM DEER SEASON HARVEST UP FIVE PERCENT
Lincoln, Neb. -- The preliminary results of the 2005 Nebraska November firearm deer season show the statewide harvest of deer was up 5 percent from the 2004 season, according to Kit Hams, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s big game program manager.
Hams said more than 75,000 hunters participated in the 2005 firearm deer season. The total harvest was 43,636 deer compared to 41,623 in 2004. “This 5 percent harvest increase and should place hunter success over 60 percent for the first time since the 2000 deer season, when 63 percent of hunters were successful,” he said.
All regions in the state except southeast Nebraska experienced significant increases in harvest. The harvest in the southeast remained unchanged from last year. Hams said the Commission received a number of dead deer reports in eastern Nebraska this fall, apparently due to epizootic hemorrhagic disease, more commonly known as “Bluetongue”, a common disease of deer that occurs on an annual basis, so he wasn’t surprised there was no significant increase in the deer kill in that area this year.
Nebraska’s Panhandle region showed an increase in deer harvest of 2 percent, and the North-central recorded an increase of 7 percent.
The harvest in the Northeast was up 6 percent; the Southwest recorded a 13 percent increase, the highest in the state. The South-central was up 5 percent, and the Southeast recorded no change.
The total harvest for all 2005 seasons is expected to be about 58,000 deer, but because the archery and muzzleloader deer seasons are open through December and the January antlerless firearm season runs through Jan. 15, the complete harvest won’t be known until late January.
More than 6,000 lymph node samples were taken from deer throughout the state to test for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Tests are run by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vet Diagnostics lab in Lincoln. “Results are back for samples taken from approximately 1,400 deer and, as of Nov. 30, no CWD positive samples had been found.” Hams said."
"12/1/2005 NOVEMBER FIREARM DEER SEASON HARVEST UP FIVE PERCENT
Lincoln, Neb. -- The preliminary results of the 2005 Nebraska November firearm deer season show the statewide harvest of deer was up 5 percent from the 2004 season, according to Kit Hams, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s big game program manager.
Hams said more than 75,000 hunters participated in the 2005 firearm deer season. The total harvest was 43,636 deer compared to 41,623 in 2004. “This 5 percent harvest increase and should place hunter success over 60 percent for the first time since the 2000 deer season, when 63 percent of hunters were successful,” he said.
All regions in the state except southeast Nebraska experienced significant increases in harvest. The harvest in the southeast remained unchanged from last year. Hams said the Commission received a number of dead deer reports in eastern Nebraska this fall, apparently due to epizootic hemorrhagic disease, more commonly known as “Bluetongue”, a common disease of deer that occurs on an annual basis, so he wasn’t surprised there was no significant increase in the deer kill in that area this year.
Nebraska’s Panhandle region showed an increase in deer harvest of 2 percent, and the North-central recorded an increase of 7 percent.
The harvest in the Northeast was up 6 percent; the Southwest recorded a 13 percent increase, the highest in the state. The South-central was up 5 percent, and the Southeast recorded no change.
The total harvest for all 2005 seasons is expected to be about 58,000 deer, but because the archery and muzzleloader deer seasons are open through December and the January antlerless firearm season runs through Jan. 15, the complete harvest won’t be known until late January.
More than 6,000 lymph node samples were taken from deer throughout the state to test for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Tests are run by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vet Diagnostics lab in Lincoln. “Results are back for samples taken from approximately 1,400 deer and, as of Nov. 30, no CWD positive samples had been found.” Hams said."
