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- Contact information
- For more information about deer hunting, licenses and tags, call: 888-936-7463
- For questions specific to deer management, contact:
- Derek Johnson
Assistant Deer Ecologist
Bureau of Wildlife Management
Deer hunting
Information on current and upcoming deer seasons, tools for your hunt and deer herd monitoring.
Your feedback is needed!
A review of the 15-Year Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan is underway. Public feedback on the objectives and actions is important to the success of the review. Complete the CWD Response Plan review public input form [exit DNR].
Register your deer:
- online at gamereg.wi.gov,
- call 1-844-426-3734 or
- visit an in-person registration station.
Monitor harvest numbers by season, zone and county
Bonus antlerless tags
Bonus antlerless tags are now available for purchase in DMUs that offer them. Antlerless tags are zone, DMU and land type-specific (public access or private land), but are not weapon-specific. Bonus tags cost $12.00 for residents, $20.00 for nonresidents and $5.00 for 10 and 11 year olds. Bonus tags can be purchased online at Go Wild, at a DNR service center or at a DNR license agent.
Farmland (Zone 2) antlerless tags
Farmland (Zone 2) Antlerless Deer Tags [PDF] are now available for selection in DMUs that offer them. Antlerless tags are zone, DMU and land type-specific (public access or private land), but are not weapon-specific. You may select your tags at Go Wild or by visiting a DNR service center or a license agent.
Deer stands and blinds on DNR lands
If you hunt on DNR-managed lands – note that tree stands and ground blinds used on department-managed lands must be removed daily. For other types of property such as county or federally owned, contact the property manager to learn about their rules.
Deer hunting resources
- What to know
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- Deer season dates
- Deer hunting regulations and hours
- View bonus, farmland zone and metro sub-unit antlerless tag availability
- Bonus antlerless tag information [PDF]
- Metro sub-unit antlerless tag information [PDF]
- GameReg and proof of license information
- Carcass tagging FAQ
- Electronic registration information
- Register your deer online
- Search in-person registration stations
- Deer season 2016 FAQ
- Tribal night hunting
- Baiting and feeding regulations
- Before and after the hunt
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- Find a place to hunt
- Find a shooting range
- Learn to hunt program
- Field Dressing Deer: Pocket Guide [PDF exit DNR]
- First deer certificate form: commemorate the harvest of your first deer
- Safe deer processing [exit DNR]
- Deer donation
Additional resources
Maps
Hunting opportunities
Monitoring the herd
Herd health
- Common health issues for Wisconsin deer
- Statewide winter severity [PDF]
- Chronic Wasting Disease prevalence, 2010 - 2013 [PDF]
- 2016 CWD sampling areas [PDF]
- Cumulative distribution of CWD detections in southern Wisconsin [PDF]
- 2015 deer regulations CWD update [PDF]
- Recommendations for reducing the spread of CWD [PDF]
- CWD test results [PDF]
- CWD regulations
Winter impacts
Media packet
- What to know for the 2016 deer season [PDF]
- GameReg tutorial
- Deer Hunt 2016 – Message from DNR Secretary Stepp [PDF]
- Deer Hunt 2016 – Message from DNR Chief Warden Todd Schaller [PDF]
- A chronology of deer hunting in Wisconsin [PDF]
- What to know for the 2016 deer season [PDF]
- 2016 Wisconsin Deer Donation [PDF]
- Economic benefits of hunting in Wisconsin [PDF]
- Deer season 2016 frequently asked questions
- 2016 deer season fall forecast [PDF]
- Harvest registration fact sheet [PDF]
- Go Wild frequently asked questions [PDF]
- Where you can find a place to hunt in Wisconsin [PDF]
- First Deer Certificate promo [PDF]
- First-time deer hunting license buyer promo [PDF]
- 2015 deer registration and license sales overview [PDF]