Officials in Wisconsin have held a regulated hunting season for white-tailed deer since 1851, just three years after statehood. It has varied greatly over the decades, including closed seasons, rules ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and members of Citizen Deer Advisory Councils in April began the process of reviewing the 2025 post-hunt population estimate and setting 2026 hunting ...

Through Nov. 12 hunters registered 83,355 white-tailed deer in the 2024 Wisconsin hunting seasons, a decline of 2% from the comparable date in 2023, according to data provided by the Department of ...

The 2024 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season will run Nov. 23 to Dec. 1. And once again it will feature a very large deer herd, with the highest numbers in the farmland zones. Here are some reminders ...

Wisconsin has a split personality of sorts when it comes to deer populations and deer hunter success across the state, with more to the south and fewer to the north, and the chasm is getting wider.

Wisconsin’s 2025 nine-day gun deer season opens on Nov. 22. Similar to last year, this year’s gun deer season runs later in the month. All harvested deer must be registered electronically by 5 p.m.

Hunters in Wisconsin have registered slightly more white-tailed deer so far this fall, according to year-over-year data provided by the Department of Natural Resources. Increases have been tallied in ...

A Wisconsin man attempted to fraudulently register a farm-raised deer as a wild deer with the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club. The deer's rack was large enough to potentially break the state record, but ...

A big Wisconsin buck. The DNR says deer numbers may be down a bit in the north this year due to last winter's heavy snow. But the early opening date, and a little luck with good weather, could still ...