Officials say population stability and some increases should make for a successful hunt By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer Area residents will join hundreds of thousands of other hunters throughout the state in pursuit of white-tailed deer as Wisconsin’s annual nine-day gun season opens Saturday. State wildlife officials are offering an […]

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced the following changes for the 2014 deer hunting season. Management Zones The state has been divided into four Deer Management Zones that impact bonus permit availability and deer season structure. Nine DMUs are split by zone boundaries, have changed and are now […]

Deer carcass registration and chronic wasting disease testing stations will open for the gun deer season beginning Nov. 22 in the Chronic Wasting Disease-Management Zone of southeast Wisconsin. The hunting season runs through Sunday, Nov. 30. All deer killed in the CWD zone must be registered no later than 5 […]

Wisconsin is one of the safest places in the world to hunt deer, and this is no accident, according to recreational safety officials with the state Department of Natural Resources. Experts trace the state’s culture of hunting safety to 1967, almost a half century ago, when the DNR launched a […]