Wisconsin DNR invites hunters to late-season deer hunts and stresses safety, registration, and encourages deer donation.

The 2024 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season was the safest on record, according to preliminary data from the Department of Natural Resources. Just one non-fatal shooting incident was documented in the ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports so far this season's gun deer count is slightly up from 2024. Tis the season for fans of Wisconsin’s deer hunt. The annual nine-day gun season ...

The Wisconsin DNR reminds deer hunters that although the 2025 nine-day gun deer season is now closed, additional ...

In mild conditions but with no snow, hunters registered 89,203 white-tailed deer over the opening weekend of the 2024 Wisconsin nine-day gun deer hunting season, a 2% decrease from last year and 5% ...

The 2025-26 Wisconsin white-tailed deer hunting seasons will feature antlerless deer permits in all management units and, keeping with the recent trend, more of the state than ever will have extended ...

The deer donation program in Wisconsin provides venison for food pantries, but there is an average of fewer than one processor per county partipating.

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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 ...

(NEXSTAR) — Deer hunting season is upon us across the Midwest (Wisconsin’s gun deer season begins on November 23 this year), prompting a reminder from wildlife officials: Be on the lookout for chronic ...

White-tailed deer are relatively large animals, often weighing between 100 and 200 pounds and standing about 4 feet tall at the shoulders as adults. They are relatively abundant, too, with a 2024 ...

Chronic wasting disease substantially reduces survival rates and suppresses population growth of white-tailed deer. And in areas of Wisconsin where CWD prevalence is 30% or higher in adult female deer ...