Opening Gun Deer Weekend Shows 3.9% Increase in Deer Harvest

Wisconsin gun deer season underway with bigger herd, fewer hunters expected

The state Department of Natural Resources is seeing a continued aging of the hunting population, while the overall deer population keeps growing. The post Wisconsin gun deer season underway with bigger herd, fewer hunters expected appeared first on WPR.

DNR reports slight increase in deer harvest over opening weekend

The preliminary figures for the opening weekend of the nine-day gun deer season showed a slight increase in harvest over the previous year.

Dept. of Natural Resources: 2025 preliminary gun deer opening weekend license sales and harvest totals available

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced preliminary deer harvest and license sales totals for the opening weekend of the 2025 gun deer season. Preliminary License Sales Data Preliminary figures indicate that the number of gun...

Wisconsin DNR to release opening weekend gun deer numbers

The nine-day gun deer season began last Saturday and ends this Sunday.

2025 Wisconsin gun deer opening weekend harvest, preliminary data

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced preliminary deer harvest and license sales totals for the opening weekend of the 2025 gun deer season.

Opening gun deer weekend shows 3.9% increase in deer harvest

Hunters registered 90,671 deer this year for opening weekend.