On the campaign trail, Gov. Scott Walker said he will return the state "to traditional hunts – enough with T-Zones and Earn-a-Buck (programs related to herd management).” Walker said this would make "Wisconsin the best place in the nation to hunt white-tailed deer again."
We asked Department of Natural Resources spokesman Bill Cosh about this promise.
His response:
For the 2011 season, there is no Earn a Buck program in zones other than those with chronic wasting disease and there are no T-Zone hunts -- special four day October gun hunts -- other than in the chronic wasting disease areas.
So Walker followed through. We rate this one Promise Kept.
DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp on Wisconsin Eye,Aug. 30, 2011
PolitiFact Wisconsin, "Scott Walker says the DNR has mismanaged the state"s deer herd and lowered the deer population,” Oct. 24, 2010
Emails/interview Bill Cosh, spokesman, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Sept. 2 and 6 2011
Email, Chris Schrimpf, communications director for Gov. Scott Walker, Sept. 2, 2011
Email, Cullen Werwie, press secretary for Gov. Scott Walker, Sept. 7, 2011
Wisconsin DNR web site