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 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, ...

Sales of Wisconsin deer hunting licenses have declined over the last decade, part of a drop in participation in the state and nation. Combined with changes in regulations, including the elimination of ...

Hunters registered 189,622 white-tailed deer during the 2024 Wisconsin nine-day gun deer season, an increase of 5% from the previous year and 1% higher than the five-year average, according to a ...