Despite a cold and bitter start to the nine-day gun deer season in Wisconsin, numbers so far indicate a larger harvest than last year.
The Wisconsin DNR says that in Sheboygan County 447 antlered and 505 antlerless deer were taken on opening weekend for a total of 952 deer harvested. Along with the already-commenced Archery and Crossbow, Disability and Youth hunts, 1,971 total deer have been taken in Sheboygan County so far during the fall season, among them 1,025 antlered and 946 antlerless.
Across Wisconsin, 102,347 deer were registered during the opening weekend of the nine-day hunt. That’s a 15% increase over 2021’s 85,860, and is pretty much in line with historical averages for opening weekend.
A total of 55,503 bucks were registered, a 14% increase over last year, and 2% above the 5-year average.
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