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Assateague Bow Hunting Season Eyed To Limit Deer

A booming deer population on Assateague Island, Va., is gobbling up native plant life and interacting more and more with its human visitors, necessitating a proposal to open a bow hunting season in the state park during the winter.

Read About It: Coast Dispatch

Posted: 9/15/2006 8:53:54 AM

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