2020 Wisconsin deer harvest summary
See a comparison of the 2019 and 2020 preliminary 9-day gun season harvest [PDF]
Click on the season in the blue box below to see deer harvest totals by zone, county and type of deer harvested.
- Total season harvest to date
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Updated November 30, 2020
Number of deer harvested Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland ADAMS 768 1,007 1,775 BROWN 1,158 1,256 2,414 BUFFALO 2,587 2,958 5,545 CALUMET 598 662 1,260 CHIPPEWA 2,089 2,584 4,673 CLARK 3,078 4,075 7,153 DOOR 1,615 1,940 3,555 DUNN 3,400 4,083 7,483 EAU CLAIRE 1,385 1,605 2,990 FOND DU LAC 1,906 1,829 3,735 GREEN LAKE 1,703 2,044 3,747 JACKSON 2,252 2,164 4,416 JUNEAU 1,448 1,525 2,973 KEWAUNEE 1,257 1,836 3,093 LA CROSSE 1,728 1,552 3,280 MANITOWOC 1,794 2,255 4,049 MARATHON 5,179 5,461 10,640 MARINETTE 2,545 2,484 5,029 MARQUETTE 2,714 3,553 6,267 MONROE 3,084 3,471 6,555 OCONTO 2,923 3,136 6,059 OUTAGAMIE 1,609 1,669 3,278 PEPIN 972 1,188 2,160 PIERCE 1,879 2,182 4,061 POLK 3,660 4,571 8,231 PORTAGE 3,025 3,682 6,707 SHAWANO 4,143 5,351 9,494 SHEBOYGAN 1,423 1,609 3,032 ST CROIX 1,973 2,257 4,230 TREMPEALEAU 3,048 3,572 6,620 WAUPACA 4,330 4,721 9,051 WAUSHARA 2,993 3,199 6,192 WINNEBAGO 1,007 833 1,840 WOOD 1,728 1,959 3,687 Total (ALL) 79,760 91,960 171,720 Central Forest Management Unit ADAMS 1,750 1,581 3,331 CLARK 1,083 664 1,747 EAU CLAIRE 508 237 745 JACKSON 826 379 1,205 JUNEAU 858 500 1,358 MONROE 317 194 511 WOOD 826 216 1,042 Total (ALL) 6,168 3,771 9,939 Northern Forest Management Unit Ashland 882 301 1,183 BAYFIELD 2,453 1,464 3,917 BURNETT 2,475 2,053 4,528 CHIPPEWA 739 559 1,298 DOUGLAS 2,569 866 3,435 FLORENCE 873 328 1,201 FOREST 896 142 1,038 IRON 400 93 493 LANGLADE 1,665 991 2,656 LINCOLN 1,588 1,089 2,677 MARINETTE 1,533 196 1,729 MENOMINEE 3 . 3 OCONTO 707 81 788 ONEIDA 1,660 959 2,619 PRICE 2,013 1,164 3,177 RUSK 2,374 2,174 4,548 SAWYER 1,669 1,335 3,004 TAYLOR 2,684 2,863 5,547 VILAS 1,241 260 1,501 WASHBURN 2,070 1,806 3,876 Total (ALL) 30,494 18,724 49,218 Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA 3,233 2,940 6,173 CRAWFORD 2,062 2,372 4,434 DANE 2,301 2,002 4,303 DODGE 2,192 2,100 4,292 GRANT 3,176 3,474 6,650 GREEN 1,355 1,498 2,853 IOWA 2,250 2,369 4,619 JEFFERSON 1,438 1,585 3,023 KENOSHA 221 131 352 LAFAYETTE 1,141 1,437 2,578 MILWAUKEE 76 45 121 OZAUKEE 457 490 947 RACINE 332 185 517 RICHLAND 2,888 2,804 5,692 ROCK 1,141 1,159 2,300 SAUK 3,245 3,449 6,694 VERNON 3,640 4,260 7,900 WALWORTH 825 658 1,483 WASHINGTON 1,242 1,519 2,761 WAUKESHA 1,211 929 2,140 Total (ALL) 34,426 35,406 69,832 Total (ALL) 150,848 149,861 300,709 - Preliminary 9-day gun deer season summary
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Updated November 30, 2020
Number of deer harvested Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland ADAMS 421 657 1,078 BARRON 1,605 2,612 4,217 BROWN 534 702 1,236 BUFFALO 1,239 2,059 3,298 CALUMET 319 421 740 CHIPPEWA 1,115 1,717 2,832 CLARK 1,899 2,778 4,677 DOOR 928 1,263 2,191 DUNN 1,991 3,053 5,044 EAU CLAIRE 742 1,058 1,800 FOND DU LAC 1,048 1,244 2,292 GREEN LAKE 1,020 1,448 2,468 JACKSON 1,277 1,443 2,720 JUNEAU 937 1,149 2,086 KEWAUNEE 726 1,318 2,044 LA CROSSE 976 1,159 2,135 MANITOWOC 987 1,533 2,520 MARATHON 2,948 3,721 6,669 MARINETTE 1,547 1,563 3,110 MARQUETTE 1,533 2,345 3,878 MONROE 1,909 2,592 4,501 OCONTO 1,711 2,028 3,739 OUTAGAMIE 798 1,078 1,876 PEPIN 549 917 1,466 PIERCE 1,010 1,574 2,584 POLK 2,154 3,176 5,330 PORTAGE 1,807 2,590 4,397 SHAWANO 2,329 3,575 5,904 SHEBOYGAN 807 1,125 1,932 ST CROIX 953 1,385 2,338 TREMPEALEAU 1,780 2,661 4,441 WAUPACA 2,353 3,242 5,595 WAUSHARA 1,627 2,082 3,709 WINNEBAGO 500 531 1,031 WOOD 981 1,278 2,259 Total (ALL) 45,060 63,077 108,137 Central Forest Management Unit ADAMS 989 1,091 2,080 CLARK 550 404 954 EAU CLAIRE 277 167 444 JACKSON 395 249 644 JUNEAU 508 358 866 MONROE 186 136 322 WOOD 444 157 601 Total (ALL) 3,349 2,562 5,911 Northern Forest Management Unit Ashland 470 192 662 BAYFIELD 1,411 901 2,312 BURNETT 1,424 1,417 2,841 CHIPPEWA 421 411 832 DOUGLAS 1,487 570 2,057 FLORENCE 548 240 788 FOREST 540 91 631 IRON 216 59 275 LANGLADE 986 642 1,628 LINCOLN 817 645 1,462 MARINETTE 934 124 1,058 MENOMINEE 2 . 2 OCONTO 392 63 455 ONEIDA 861 599 1,460 PRICE 998 695 1,693 RUSK 1,288 1,484 2,772 SAWYER 869 833 1,702 TAYLOR 1,373 1,844 3,217 VILAS 654 167 821 WASHBURN 1,245 1,283 2,528 Total (ALL) 16,936 12,260 29,196 Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA 1,835 2,103 3,938 CRAWFORD 1,274 1,883 3,157 DANE 1,254 1,401 2,655 DODGE 1,223 1,526 2,749 GRANT 2,126 2,780 4,906 GREEN 848 1,151 1,999 IOWA 1,401 1,714 3,115 JEFFERSON 812 1,113 1,925 KENOSHA 83 55 138 LAFAYETTE 755 1,118 1,873 MILWAUKEE 1 4 5 OZAUKEE 203 264 467 RACINE 126 103 229 RICHLAND 1,747 2,113 3,860 ROCK 592 749 1,341 SAUK 2,056 2,504 4,560 VERNON 2,300 3,296 5,596 WALWORTH 419 381 800 WASHINGTON 564 858 1,422 WAUKESHA 376 357 733 Total (ALL) 19,995 25,473 45,468 Total (ALL) 85,340 103,372 188,712 - Archery season summary
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Updated November 30, 2020
Number of deer harvested Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland ADAMS 145 112 257 BARRON 425 398 823 BROWN 217 181 398 BUFFALO 667 420 1,087 CALUMET 111 88 199 CHIPPEWA 348 300 648 CLARK 402 386 788 DOOR 205 204 409 DUNN 613 405 1,018 EAU CLAIRE 245 187 432 FOND DU LAC 356 254 610 GREEN LAKE 300 238 538 JACKSON 422 298 720 JUNEAU 220 143 363 KEWAUNEE 168 184 352 LA CROSSE 378 182 560 MANITOWOC 285 239 524 MARATHON 792 625 1,417 MARINETTE 298 270 568 MARQUETTE 503 526 1,029 MONROE 563 393 956 OCONTO 417 326 743 OUTAGAMIE 319 230 549 PEPIN 170 115 285 PIERCE 403 244 647 POLK 644 574 1,218 PORTAGE 482 404 886 SHAWANO 698 704 1,402 SHEBOYGAN 282 217 499 ST CROIX 448 367 815 TREMPEALEAU 582 436 1,018 WAUPACA 780 566 1,346 WAUSHARA 511 361 872 WINNEBAGO 183 127 310 WOOD 250 236 486 Total (ALL) 13,832 10,940 24,772 Central Forest Management Unit ADAMS 279 171 450 CLARK 199 80 279 EAU CLAIRE 72 23 95 JACKSON 175 54 229 JUNEAU 126 51 177 MONROE 53 24 77 WOOD 148 11 159 Total (ALL) 1,052 414 1,466 Northern Forest Management Unit ASHLAND 96 33 129 BAYFIELD 325 169 494 BURNETT 376 246 622 CHIPPEWA 127 60 187 DOUGLAS 306 74 380 FLORENCE 89 18 107 FOREST 99 6 105 IRON 47 10 57 LANGLADE 196 86 282 LINCOLN 218 130 348 MARINETTE 135 8 143 OCONTO 120 3 123 ONEIDA 223 89 312 PRICE 279 134 413 RUSK 338 219 557 SAWYER 246 169 415 TAYLOR 375 259 634 VILAS 154 14 168 WASHBURN 291 196 487 Total (ALL) 4,040 1,923 5,963 Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA 628 385 1,013 CRAWFORD 431 231 662 DANE 557 326 883 DODGE 428 252 680 GRANT 521 342 863 GREEN 260 179 439 IOWA 462 372 834 JEFFERSON 317 240 557 KENOSHA 56 36 92 LAFAYETTE 181 150 331 MILWAUKEE 27 8 35 OZAUKEE 127 101 228 RACINE 105 25 130 RICHLAND 582 341 923 ROCK 254 179 433 SAUK 617 489 1,106 VERNON 704 458 1,162 WALWORTH 209 138 347 WASHINGTON 333 298 631 WAUKESHA 438 300 738 Total (ALL) 7,237 4,850 12,087 Total (ALL) 26,161 18,127 44,288 - Crossbow season summary
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Updated November 30, 2020
Number of deer harvested. Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland ADAMS 194 215 409 BARRON 643 591 1,234 BROWN 387 335 722 BUFFALO 599 374 973 CALUMET 159 134 293 CHIPPEWA 566 494 1,060 CLARK 660 769 1,429 DOOR 440 394 834 DUNN 713 539 1,252 EAU CLAIRE 379 327 706 FOND DU LAC 452 283 735 GREEN LAKE 341 316 657 JACKSON 492 366 858 JUNEAU 261 195 456 KEWAUNEE 313 275 588 LA CROSSE 343 180 523 MANITOWOC 479 412 891 MARATHON 1,284 965 2,249 MARINETTE 632 569 1,201 MARQUETTE 618 610 1,228 MONROE 550 399 949 OCONTO 712 686 1,398 OUTAGAMIE 436 317 753 PEPIN 229 133 362 PIERCE 425 308 733 POLK 767 710 1,477 PORTAGE 658 588 1,246 SHAWANO 985 932 1,917 SHEBOYGAN 313 239 552 ST CROIX 526 441 967 TREMPEALEAU 599 391 990 WAUPACA 1,087 792 1,879 WAUSHARA 795 661 1,456 WINNEBAGO 304 162 466 WOOD 446 379 825 Total (ALL) 18,787 15,481 34,268 Central Forest Management Unit ADAMS 473 282 755 CLARK 312 150 462 EAU CLAIRE 144 35 179 JACKSON 249 64 313 JUNEAU 214 75 289 MONROE 74 29 103 WOOD 221 25 246 Total (ALL) 1,687 660 2,347 Northern Forest Management Unit ASHLAND 294 61 355 BAYFIELD 679 359 1,038 BURNETT 623 332 955 CHIPPEWA 173 74 247 DOUGLAS 719 158 877 FLORENCE 211 52 263 FOREST 239 22 261 IRON 127 19 146 LANGLADE 453 217 670 LINCOLN 513 268 781 MARINETTE 443 22 465 MENOMINEE 1 . 1 OCONTO 190 7 197 ONEIDA 541 225 766 PRICE 673 270 943 RUSK 688 382 1,070 SAWYER 521 287 808 TAYLOR 833 629 1,462 VILAS 414 55 469 WASHBURN 504 292 796 Total (ALL) 8,839 3,731 12,570 Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA 711 387 1,098 CRAWFORD 323 213 536 DANE 459 244 703 DODGE 497 268 765 GRANT 476 273 749 GREEN 232 150 382 IOWA 356 234 590 JEFFERSON 290 200 490 KENOSHA 78 35 113 LAFAYETTE 181 137 318 MILWAUKEE 48 33 81 OZAUKEE 119 113 232 RACINE 99 56 155 RICHLAND 499 307 806 ROCK 290 207 497 SAUK 519 392 911 VERNON 575 435 1,010 WALWORTH 189 126 315 WASHINGTON 320 331 651 WAUKESHA 391 258 649 Total (ALL) 6,652 4,399 11,051 Total (ALL) 35,965 24,271 60,236 - Youth deer hunt summary
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Updated November 30, 2020
Number of deer harvested. Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland ADAMS 8 23 31 BARRON 86 86 172 BROWN 20 38 58 BUFFALO 82 105 187 CALUMET 9 19 28 CHIPPEWA 60 73 133 CLARK 117 142 259 DOOR 42 79 121 DUNN 83 86 169 EAU CLAIRE 19 33 52 FOND DU LAC 50 48 98 GREEN LAKE 42 42 84 JACKSON 61 57 118 JUNEAU 30 38 68 KEWAUNEE 50 59 109 LA CROSSE 31 31 62 MANITOWOC 43 71 114 MARATHON 155 150 305 MARINETTE 68 82 150 MARQUETTE 60 72 132 MONROE 62 87 149 OCONTO 83 96 179 OUTAGAMIE 56 44 100 PEPIN 24 23 47 PIERCE 41 56 97 POLK 95 111 206 PORTAGE 78 100 178 SHAWANO 131 140 271 SHEBOYGAN 21 28 49 ST CROIX 46 64 110 TREMPEALEAU 87 84 171 WAUPACA 110 121 231 WAUSHARA 60 95 155 WINNEBAGO 20 13 33 WOOD 51 66 117 Total (ALL) 2,081 2,462 4,543 Central Forest Management Unit ADAMS 9 37 46 CLARK 22 30 52 EAU CLAIRE 15 12 27 JACKSON 7 12 19 JUNEAU 10 16 26 MONROE 4 5 9 WOOD 13 23 36 Total (ALL) 80 135 215 Northern Forest Management Unit ASHLAND 22 15 37 BAYFIELD 38 35 73 BURNETT 52 58 110 CHIPPEWA 18 14 32 DOUGLAS 57 64 121 FLORENCE 25 18 43 FOREST 18 23 41 IRON 10 5 15 LANGLADE 30 46 76 LINCOLN 40 46 86 MARINETTE 21 42 63 OCONTO 5 8 13 ONEIDA 35 46 81 PRICE 63 65 128 RUSK 60 89 149 SAWYER 33 46 79 TAYLOR 103 131 234 VILAS 19 24 43 WASHBURN 30 35 65 Total (ALL) 679 810 1,489 Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA 59 65 124 CRAWFORD 34 45 79 DANE 31 31 62 DODGE 44 54 98 GRANT 53 79 132 GREEN 15 18 33 IOWA 31 49 80 JEFFERSON 19 32 51 KENOSHA 4 5 9 LAFAYETTE 24 32 56 OZAUKEE 8 12 20 RACINE 2 1 3 RICHLAND 60 43 103 ROCK 5 24 29 SAUK 53 64 117 VERNON 61 71 132 WALWORTH 8 13 21 WASHINGTON 25 32 57 WAUKESHA 6 14 20 Total (ALL) 542 684 1,226 Total (ALL) 3,382 4,091 7,473 - Muzzleloader season summary
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Updated July 1, 2020
Number of deer harvested Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland ADAMS . . . BARRON . . . BROWN . . . BUFFALO . . . CALUMET . . . CHIPPEWA . . . CLARK . . . DOOR . . . DUNN . . . EAU CLAIRE . . . FOND DU LAC . . . GREEN LAKE . . . JACKSON . . . JUNEAU . . . KEWAUNEE . . . LA CROSSE . . . MANITOWOC . . . MARATHON . . . MARINETTE . . . MARQUETTE . . . MONROE . . . OCONTO . . . OUTAGAMIE . . . PEPIN . . . PIERCE . . . POLK . . . PORTAGE . . . SHAWANO . . . SHEBOYGAN . . . ST CROIX . . . TREMPEALEAU . . . WAUPACA . . . WAUSHARA . . . WINNEBAGO . . . WOOD . . . Total (ALL) . . . Central Forest Management Unit ADAMS . . . CLARK . . . EAU CLAIRE . . . JACKSON . . . JUNEAU . . . MONROE . . . WOOD . . . Total (ALL) . . . Northern Forest Management Unit ASHLAND . . . BAYFIELD . . . BURNETT . . . CHIPPEWA . . . DOUGLAS . . . FLORENCE . . . FOREST . . . IRON . . . LANGLADE . . . LINCOLN . . . MARINETTE . . . OCONTO . . . ONEIDA . . . PRICE . . . RUSK . . . SAWYER . . . TAYLOR . . . VILAS . . . WASHBURN . . . Total (ALL) . . . Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA . . . CRAWFORD . . . DANE . . . DODGE . . . GRANT . . . GREEN . . . IOWA . . . JEFFERSON . . . KENOSHA . . . LAFAYETTE . . . OZAUKEE . . . RACINE . . . RICHLAND . . . ROCK . . . SAUK . . . VERNON . . . WALWORTH . . . WASHINGTON . . . WAUKESHA . . . Total (ALL) . . . Total (ALL) . . . - December antlerless-only season summary
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Updated July 1, 2020
Number of deer harvested. Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland ADAMS . . . BARRON . . . BROWN . . . BUFFALO . . . CALUMET . . . CHIPPEWA . . . CLARK . . . DOOR . . . DUNN . . . EAU CLAIRE . . . FOND DU LAC . . . GREEN LAKE . . . JACKSON . . . JUNEAU . . . KEWAUNEE . . . LA CROSSE . . . MANITOWOC . . . MARATHON . . . MARINETTE . . . MARQUETTE . . . MONROE . . . OCONTO . . . OUTAGAMIE . . . PEPIN . . . PIERCE . . . POLK . . . PORTAGE . . . ST. CROIX . . . SHAWANO . . . SHEBOYGAN . . . TREMPEALEAU . . . WAUPACA . . . WAUSHARA . . . WINNEBAGO . . . WOOD . . . Total (ALL) . . . Central Forest Management Unit ADAMS . . . CLARK . . . EAU CLAIRE . . . JACKSON . . . JUNEAU . . . MONROE . . . WOOD . . . Total (ALL) . . . Northern Forest Management Unit ASHLAND . . . BAYFIELD . . . BURNETT . . . CHIPPEWA . . . DOUGLAS . . . FLORENCE . . . FOREST . . . LDF . . . LANGLADE . . . LINCOLN . . . MARINETTE . . . OCONTO . . . ONEIDA . . . PRICE . . . RUSK . . . SAWYER . . . TAYLOR . . . VILAS . . . WASHBURN . . . Total (ALL) . . . Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA . . . CRAWFORD . . . DANE . . . DODGE . . . GRANT . . . GREEN . . . IOWA . . . JEFFERSON . . . KENOSHA . . . LAFAYETTE . . . OZAUKEE . . . RACINE . . . RICHLAND . . . ROCK . . . SAUK . . . VERNON . . . WALWORTH . . . WASHINGTON . . . WAUKESHA . . . Total (ALL) . . . Total (ALL) . . . - Antlerless-only Holiday Hunt summary
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Updated July 1, 2020
Number of deer harvested. Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Management Unit Central Farmland BROWN . . . BUFFALO . . . DOOR . . . EAU CLAIRE . . . GREEN LAKE . . . JUNEAU . . . KEWAUNEE . . . LA CROSSE . . . MARINETTE . . . OCONTO . . . OUTAGAMIE . . . PEPIN . . . PIERCE . . . PORTAGE . . . SHEBOYGAN . . . WAUPACA . . . WAUSHARA . . . Total (ALL) . . . Southern Farmland Management Unit COLUMBIA . . . CRAWFORD . . . DANE . . . IOWA . . . JEFFERSON . . . LAFAYETTE . . . MILWAUKEE . . . OZAUKEE . . . RICHLAND . . . ROCK . . . SAUK . . . VERNON . . . WALWORTH . . . WASHINGTON . . . WAUKESHA . . . Total (ALL) . . . Total (ALL) . . . - Extended archery and crossbow seasons summary
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PLEASE NOTE: Deer harvested during the extended archery and crossbow seasons are already included in the archery and crossbow season summaries reported above.
The extended archery and crossbow seasons are offered only in annually-selected Farmland Zone deer management units from Jan. 4, 2021 through Jan. 31, 2021. This data does NOT include deer registered in any metro sub-units; all metro sub-units are open annually for archery and crossbow hunting through Jan. 31, 2021, independent of whether or not that deer management unit offered extended archery and crossbow seasons.
Updated July 1, 2020
Archery Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Deer Management Unit Central Farmland BROWN . . . BUFFALO . . . EAU CLAIRE . . . GREEN LAKE . . . JUNEAU . . . KEWAUNEE . . . LA CROSSE . . . OCONTO . . . OUTAGAMIE . . . PEPIN . . . PIERCE . . . SHEBOYGAN . . . Total (ALL) . . . Southern Farmland Deer Management Unit CRAWFORD . . . DANE . . . IOWA . . . JEFFERSON . . . LAFAYETTE . . . MILWAUKEE . . . OZAUKEE . . . RICHLAND . . . SAUK . . . VERNON . . . WALWORTH . . . WASHINGTON . . . WAUKESHA . . . Total (ALL) . . . Total (ALL) . . . Crossbow Deer Type Total (ALL) Antlered Antlerless Deer Management Zone Deer Management Unit Central Farmland BROWN . . . BUFFALO . . . EAU CLAIRE . . . GREEN LAKE . . . JUNEAU . . . KEWAUNEE . . . LA CROSSE . . . OCONTO . . . OUTAGAMIE . . . PEPIN . . . PIERCE . . . SHEBOYGAN . . . Total (ALL) . . . Southern Farmland Deer Management Unit CRAWFORD . . . DANE . . . IOWA . . . JEFFERSON . . . LAFAYETTE . . . MILWAUKEE . . . OZAUKEE . . . RICHLAND . . . SAUK . . . VERNON . . . WALWORTH . . . WASHINGTON . . . WAUKESHA . . . Total (ALL) . . . Total (ALL) . . .
Historic harvest data for each county can be found on Wisconsin's Deer Metrics System.