Public opinion evenly split between rifle, shotgun deer season

Paul Aukes holds a piece of angle iron with two bullet holes shot from a rifle to illustrate the possible danger of allowing rifles to be used to hunt deer in Rock County. Commissioners (at the table far right) conducted a listening session Tuesday night, Dec. 2, in the Rock County Library basement where 40 people attended. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo

Paul Aukes holds a piece of angle iron with two bullet holes shot from a rifle to illustrate the possible danger of allowing rifles to be used to hunt deer in Rock County. Commissioners (at the table far right) conducted a listening session Tuesday night, Dec. 2, in the Rock County Library basement where 40 people attended. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo

News 9 December 2025

Public opinion evenly split between rifle, shotgun deer season

Paul Aukes held up a piece of quarter-inch angle iron Tuesday night, Dec. 2, at the public input meeting about rifles vs. shotguns for deer hunting.

Pierced through the angle iron were two perfectly round bullet holes from a rifle.