Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
Congratulations, Wisconsin hunters!
By Mary Lazich
Thursday, Nov 29 2007, 03:20 PM
The just-completed 2007 deer hunting season was the second-safest hunting season on record, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
There were six hunting incidents and three fatalities.
The DNR reports that the 10-year average for total numbers of incidents during the regular nine-day season is 16.4. The state averages two fatalities per year.
Wisconsin gun deer license sales through the end of the nine-day hunt totaled 641,432. The DNR reports that with six incidents, that means that the incident rate was about 1.06 per 100,000 participants. The national average for hunting incident rates is around five per 100,000 participants. The DNR says Wisconsin has been able to reduce the hunting incident rates by 90 percent over the last 40 years, and that no other safety education training program in the entire country has been that successful.
Wisconsin hunters are exhibiting the proper behavior necessary for a safe hunt. They are to be commended for following the rules of safety.
