MADISON, WI (WTAQ) — Wisconsin hunters took almost 16% more deer during the nine day gun deer hunt than last year.
DNR numbers released this afternoon show hunters took 188,712 deer this year, over 85,000 of which were antlered. That’s up 15.8% from last season.
Nine people were hurt and one person was fatally hurt in hunting accidents this year. The fatality was in Door County, where 65-year-old Steve Hoogester, the president of the West Bend City Council, accidentally shot himself while exiting his deer stand.
The year-to-date sales for all deer licenses are up 3.5% from the same time last year.
Harvest numbers will climb as hunters enjoy several other scheduled hunting periods:
- Nov. 30-Dec. 9: Statewide muzzleloader hunt
- Dec. 10-13: Statewide four-day antlerless-only hunt;
- Dec. 24-Jan. 1, 2021: Nine-day antlerless-only holiday hunt in select Farmland Zone counties;
- Now until Jan. 3, 2021: Remaining archery and crossbow seasons; and
- Jan. 4-31, 2021: Extended archery and crossbow seasons in select Farmland Zone counties.
