Effects of earn-a-buck and special antlerless-only seasons on Wisconsin's deer harvests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1693-1700

  Van Deelen, Timothy R ^a   Dhuey, Brian J ^b   Jacques, Christopher N ^b   McCaffery, Keith R ^b   Rolley, Robert E ^b   Warnke, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

antlered; antlerless; earn a buck; hunting; incentive; Odocoileus virginianus; white tailed deer; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUNTING; INCENTIVE; POPULATION GROWTH; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 78149436633     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-551     Document Type: Article

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