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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 24 > Fewer bucks?

Fewer bucks?

Deer rifle season starts Oct. 3, but numbers are down in Central Oregon

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
September 24, 2009

Buck deer numbers in the Ochoco District are down once again this year, making for a potentially challenging season for rifle deer hunters in the Ochoco National Forest.

“I wouldn't call it bleak,” says Brian Ferry, wildlife biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in Prineville.....

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