County deer harvest gains

Langlade County hunters harvested 9 percent more whitetails during the just-completed gun deer season, due largely to a surge in the number of does shot. According to preliminary numbers collected by the Department of Natural Resources’ Antigo Service Center, hunters shot 3,191 animals over the nine-day season. That includes 1,569 bucks, a tally that is down 3.74 percent, and 1,622 does, or antlerless, deer, up 25.06 percent. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal