Wisconsin’s Annual Nine-Day Deer Hunt Sees Increase in Buck Harvest

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

USA -(Ammoland.com)- Close to 600,000 deer hunters embraced the excitement of another nine-day gun deer season in Wisconsin, and preliminary numbers show an increase in the buck harvest, especially in the far northern counties.

For the nine-day gun deer hunt, the 2016 regional harvest breakdown by region (with percent change from 2015) included:

• Northern Forest Zone: 23,445 (30 percent increase) antlered and 8,955(21 percent increase) antlerless;
• Central Forest Zone: 5,067 (2 percent decrease) antlered and 2,943(2 percent decrease) antlerless;
• Central Farmland Zone: 48,872 (1.4 percent increase) antlered and 62,612(8.2 percent decrease) antlerless;
• Southern Farmland Zone: 20,508 (3.4 percent decrease) antlered and 24,383(-10%) antlerless; and
• Total: 97,892 (5.7 percent increase) antlered and 98,893 (6.2 percent decrease) antlerless.

Hunters were required to register harvested deer before 5 p.m. the day after harvest. Any hunter who failed to follow mandatory registration rules should do so now, despite having missed the deadline.

For more information regarding preliminary registration and license sales numbers, search keywords “weekly totals.”

Additional deer hunting opportunities continue through December

Hunters are reminded of additional opportunities to hunt deer in Wisconsin after the close of the nine-day season. This year’s muzzleloader season is currently open through Dec. 7, and the archery season is open through …Read the Rest

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