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- For information on DNR calendars contact:
- Paul Holtan,
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608-267-7517
Season and permit deadlines
A calendar of upcoming hunting, trapping and fishing seasons and permit application deadlines.
* Indicates date remains the same each year, except some permit deadlines may be extended one day if they fall on a Sunday or Federal Holiday.
November 29
- Mourning dove season closes.*
November 28
- Muzzleloader deer season opens, through Dec. 7.
November 30
- Muskellunge season closes.*
- Turtle season closes. *
December 1
- Lake trout season on Lake Superior opens, through Sept. 30.*
December 4
- Southern zone duck season closes.
December 6
- Mississippi River zone duck season closes.
December 7
- Muzzleloader deer season closes.
- Bobwhite quail season closes.
December 8
- Ruffed grouse season closes in the zone B.*
December 10
- Spring turkey permit application deadline.*
- Application deadline for bear hunting kill permit.*
December 8-11
- Antlerless-only firearm hunt.
December 16
- Canada goose seasons close in the North Exterior Zone.
- Horicon zone Canada goose hunting periods 2 closes.
December 21
- Canada goose seasons close in the South Exterior Zone.
December 25
- Bobcat hunting and trapping season closes in Period 1.
December 26
- Period 2 hunting and trapping season for bobcat north of Hwy. 64 through Jan. 31.
December 31
- Pheasant season closes.*
- Fall turkey season extension in zones 1-5 closes.
- Hungarian partridge season closes.*
- Fisher trapping season closes.*
- Frog season closes.*
Last revised: Tuesday November 29 2016