As the 2025-26 white-tailed deer hunting seasons begin in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources is once again reminding hunters to carefully identify their target and avoid shooting an elk.

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, ...

Steven Loomans shot the buck with his grandfather's rifle on the 10th and final day of Dane County's metro gun season ...

The Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club is the official state record-keeper for big-game hunting. It keeps the trophy records for whitetail deer, black bears, elk and gray wolves – each in several categories.

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 ...

SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) — Wisconsin's gun deer hunting season opens with unprecedented anticipation as hunters prepare to enter forests populated by a record 1.8 million deer. The Wisconsin Department of ...

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 ...

MADISON (WKBT) — Wisconsin hunters can help families struggling to buy food by donating deer through the state's Deer Donation Program, the Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday. More than ...

Gray wolves are currently listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in most of the lower 48 states, except for ...

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