![BELOW: Jess Buss shot her first mule deer buck this year in Mineral County. (Photo courtesy of Jess Buss).](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_181129973_EP_-1_RSBSZKLDNUIT_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
BELOW: Jess Buss shot her first mule deer buck this year in Mineral County. (Photo courtesy of Jess Buss).
November 28, 2018
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November 28, 2018 12:47 p.m.
Hunting harvest shows decline
General rifle season ended on Nov. 25 and a report for Region 2 during the third week of hunting by Fish, Wildlife & Parks showed a decline in the number of hunters and harvest. The total number of hunters in 2018 was 8,027, down from 9,317 for the same time period last year, with a total of 616 animals harvested compared to 818 in 2017.