White-tailed deer, wild turkeys and Canada geese are thriving in Wisconsin a century after the species' were much lower in number, or extirpated here.

Deer hunters in Wisconsin registered 28,404 deer through Oct. 15, a 2% increase through the same time in 2023 ... When broken down by bow type, hunters using crossbows registered 12,427 ...

Among the hardest-hit is Wisconsin, where CWD has been detected in free-range species and captive facilities.. If you’re planning to hunt any deer this year, here are four things to know about ...

When broken down by bow type, hunters using crossbows registered 12,427 deer (6,029 and 6,398), up 7% from the 11,579 (5,113 and 6,466) in 2023.

Between fiscal years 2001-02 and 2022-23, Wisconsin devoted $16 million in public funds to manage deer killed by cars, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. A buck is seen in a back yard in ...

Hunters in Wisconsin registered 83,355 white-tailed deer through Nov. 12 in the fall hunting seasons, a 2% decline from the comparable date in 2023.

Wisconsin has reported that hunters killed 17.6% fewer deer this year's nine-day gun season, which ended Sunday, when compared to figures from last year.

Wisconsin has a split personality of sorts when it comes to deer populations and deer hunter success across the state, with more to the south and fewer to the north, and the chasm is getting wider.

Wisconsin has 301 registered deer farms and 38 are CWD-positive, according to state data. Twenty, or 54%, have been found to be CWD-positive in the last three years. Twenty of the 38 have been ...

After Wisconsin’s deer hunting season opener, more than 92,000 deer were registered throughout the state. However, the number of deer harvested in 2022 surpassed this year’s numbers with more ...

Today, the Key deer — or toy deer, as it's sometimes called because of its dog-size stature — is the smallest deer species in North America. It is genetically unique and ridiculously cute.