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RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) — Hunters are getting ready for the 9-day gun deer season, which is expected to take place under favorable conditions this year.
DNR Deer Program Specialist Jeff Pritzl is basing that on how the archery season is going so far. “Current harvest trends that we’re seeing in the archery season would suggest that things are going to be similar to last year if not a bit higher. Opportunities, again depending on how weather influences opening weekend, our forecast should be to expect as good as last year if not a little better.”
Hunters registered more than 188,000 white-tailed deer during the 2020 gun-deer season.
That was an increase of 16% from the year before.
The gun-deer season runs from November 20-28. Wisconsin’s deer hunts draw in hundreds of thousands of hunters between the archery, gun, and muzzleloader seasons.
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