Archers Have Great Success at Camp Ripley

Archers took a record of 325 deer during the first of two two-day bow hunts held Oct. 19-20 at Camp Ripley Military Reservation near Little Falls."Weather conditions were superb, allowing hunters to maximize their time in the field, resulting in an excellent harvest," said Beau Liddell, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Little Falls area wildlife manager. For the fifth year in a row hunters at Camp Ripley were allowed to take up to two deer and to use bonus permits to increase harvest on antlerless deer. The harvest represents a 41 percent increase from last year and is 160percent above the long-term averages. If the weather cooperates for the second weekend, the total take for all four days could break the record 514 deer harvested at Camp Ripley in 2005.