Opening-weekend harvest figures on upswing

The DNR’s preliminary figures indicate that hunters harvested 134,722 deer statewide during opening weekend. Overall, the harvest is up 19 percent from the 2011 tally, and buck harvests increased by 24 percent. According to the agency, 614,345 licenses for the nine-day gun-deer season had been sold by 12 a.m. Saturday, up 2 percent from last’s…