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Hunters faced bitterly cold winds but harvested 15 percent more deer than in same period last year

By Rob Mentzer

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• Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 12:55pm

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The opening weekend of Wisconsin’s deer season was marred by the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy by a member of his hunting party.

Officials are asking all hunters continuing in the nine-day gun deer season, which opened Saturday, to follow thefour basic rules of firearm safety, including always being aware of where the gun’s muzzle is pointing.

On Sunday in Green Lake County, a 41-year-old man was attempting to unload his gun to place it in the back seat of the vehicle when the gun went off, hitting the 11-year-old in the chest. The boy was flown to a nearby hospital, where he died.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials…