Deer harvest down 23 percent since 2006

Jefferson County Park and Southeast Iowa reported fewer harvested deer in 2012. Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources website, www.iowa.dnr.gov, reports the state’s deer harvest declined for the seventh straight year, and was down 23 percent from its high in 2006. “We had only two does taken by hunters,” said Shawn Morrissey, operations and natural resource manager with Jefferson County Conservation. “We didn’t ...