Cockburn Island hunters pleased with annual whitetail harvest

COCKBURN ISLAND—Despite the weather not being conducive for the rifle hunt on Cockburn Island (at least for the first several days of the annual two-week hunt), it appears the hunt will be a good hunt this year.

“It appears it will be a really good hunt,” stated Ian Anderson, a seasonal resident of Cockburn Island who took part in the first couple of days of the hunt last week. “The deer population is good, and hunters saw some really nice bucks the first day.” This included his son Ryan, who was hunting on Cockburn for the first time and harvested an eight-point buck. 

“There are lots of deer being seen by hunters,” said Mr. Anderson. “I was only there for two days of the hunt and for the number of hunters there were likely around 20 deer harvested.” He explained the number of hunters is down again this year. “There were not much over 100 hunters in the first week but in talking to the president of the local fish and game club it was expected there would be another 15-20 taking part for the rest of the hunt.”