Wisconsin Whitetail Deer Populations

From the Wisconsin DNR

Populations determine structure.

“Every year, following the close of hunting, biologists and population ecologists enter data from the hundreds of thousands of registration stubs collected at deer registration stations as a first step in determining future season rules,” said Keith Warnke, Department of Natural Resources deer and bear ecologist

“Registrations provide a massive amount of hunter-supplied data that are a key input to our population estimations, which in turn are the basis of the next year’s hunting season structure. Hunters can get a general idea of population trends in their unit from this map and areas that are below or close to goals. Depending on where you hunt, scouting, teaming up for drives and having a plan B will improve chances of success. As deer numbers approach healthy population goals, fewer deer may be seen in some DMUs compared to when populations were out of balance,” Warnke said.

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Bear hunters are having good success but a good acorn crop is affecting some of the bait sites. Archery hunters are reporting that deer appear to have moved or are moving into their more normal fall patterns with some nice bucks and antlerless deer being taken. Ruffed grouse hunters are having fair success and success should improve as the leaves continue to drop. Woodcock are also reported to be migrating through the north.

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