Here are the results from the third annual La Crosse Tribune Deer Hunter's Survey about the recent Wisconsin gun-deer hunting season.

There were 225 responses.

1. I am:
Male. (96 percent)
Female. (4 percent)

2. Age ________ (average age 42.3 years old)

3. I:
Hunted deer this year, but have not in the past. (less than 1 percent)
Hunted deer this year and also in the past. (92 percent)
Did not hunt deer this year, but have in the past. (7 percent)
Have never hunted deer. (less than 1 percent)

4. I believe chronic wasting disease has been in Wisconsin for:
One year. (3 percent)
2-5 years. (26 percent)
6-10 years. (35 percent)
11 years or more. (35 percent)

5. I have decided to:
Continue to eat venison. (92 percent)
Discontinue eating venison. (8 percent)

6. I:
Agree with the DNR's decision to ban feeding and baiting of deer in Wisconsin. (70 percent)
Disagree with the DNR's decision to ban feeding and baiting in Wisconsin. (30 percent) Responses from those who hunted deer this year.

7. I hunted in ___________________________ County.
(50 hunters said they hunted in La Crosse County.

Other counties and the number of hunters represented were:
Vernon, (38), Monroe (34), Trempealeau (25), Jackson (16) Juneau (12), Crawford (8), Buffa lo (6), Clark (4), Chippewa (3), Lincoln (3), Richland, Wood, Pierce, Washburn, Sauk (2 each), Eau Claire, Hayward, Pepin, Vilas, Oneida, Taylor, Adams, Columbia, Sawyer (1 each).

8. I hunted:
Private land? (82 percent)
Public land? (4 percent)
Both? (14 percent)

9. During the opening weekend of the 2002 gun-deer season, I:
Saw more deer than last year. (21 percent)
Saw fewer deer than last year. (54 percent)
Saw about the same number of deer as last year. (25 percent)

10. During the opening weekend of the 2002 gun-deer season, I:
Shot one antlerless deer. (15 percent)
Shot two or more antlerless deer. (3 percent)
Shot one buck with antlers at least 3 inches long. (27 percent)
Shot one buck with antlers at least 3 inches long, plus one or more antlerless deer. (9 percent).
Did not shoot any deer. (46 percent).