You can tell it's coming without looking at the calendar. The 10-pointer moving in broad daylight across the field – or through the forest or subdivision – says everything you need to know. The rut, ...

Hunters registered 90,671 deer on opening weekend, a 3.9% increase over 2024. Total sales for deer hunting privileges were 777,843, staying nearly constant (down 0.03%) from the previous year. The ...

(WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is fielding questions ahead of the upcoming gun deer season. On Tuesday, the DNR hosted a virtual media briefing to discuss hunting safety ...

Hunters in Wisconsin registered 182,084 deer during the 2025 nine-day gun season, a slight decrease from the previous year. The number of gun deer hunting licenses sold continued a gradual decline, ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Wisconsin's gun deer season opens November 22 and runs through November 30, with hunters facing significant changes to the state's deer management system this year. The Wisconsin ...

While Wisconsin's nine-day gun deer season has ended, hunting remains open through January 2026 with other opportunities. Those include muzzleloader, statewide antlerless-only, holiday antlerless-only ...

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin hunters harvested 0.8% less deer than a year ago with 182,084 deer during the 2025 gun deer season, including 86,068 antlered and 96,016 antlerless deer. The season ran ...