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Department of Natural Resources staff reported that 90,281 deer were registered in Wisconsin during the opening weekend of the nine-day deer season.

That compares with 110,797 deer killed during the opening two days of last year's season.

The number compiled Saturday and Sunday is based on preliminary call-in numbers collected from registration stations.

Hunters registered 48,926 bucks, down 9 percent from opening weekend of 2013, and 41,355 antlerless deer, a drop of 27 percent, according to the DNR report.

Hunters saw a variety of conditions on Saturday, ranging from what many described as “ideal,” with snow cover and comfortable temperatures, to fog and rain. Many hunters who headed into the woods Sunday experienced fog and precipitation across a large portion of the state, and many wildlife managers and wardens in the field described Sunday as being very quiet.

Of the deer registered over the weekend, nearly 1,500 were registered by those who were selected to participate in the pilot program for an electronic registration system that will be available to all hunters in 2015. As expected, the statewide deer kill is down most significantly in the far northern counties.