Photo: Critics Take Aim at Plan for "Nonfatal" Deer Hunt

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A male white-tailed deer gazes across Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts.

A new hunting association says it is going ahead with plans for "nonfatal" hunting tournaments where white-tailed deer will be shot with tranquilizer darts instead of bullets. But the tournament is drawing fire from animal-welfare groups worried about the safety of the tranquilizers and from other pro-hunting leagues concerned about the integrity of the sport.

Photograph courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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