Wisconsin Wildlife Reports
Results from these reports will be used by wildlife program managers to inform them on harvest, participation and hunter efforts and opinions to help them make decisions on species management.
Wildlife reports are divided into surveys addressing five species groups: small game, big game, waterfowl, furbearers and nongame. Interpretations of data in these reports are subject to change as a result of data verification and more extensive data analysis.
Historical harvest estimates are indices of harvest trends. Thus, caution should be used in interpreting trends in harvest estimates as indices of population trends. Harvest is influenced by game population levels, hunter effort, hunting regulations, weather conditions and pelt prices.
These reports were made possible by Pittman-Robertson funding.
Semi-annual reports are distributed in April and August.
Small game
Pheasant Report title Previous Current Rural mail carrier pheasant survey 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Spring ring-necked pheasant surveys 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Ruffed grouse Report title Previous Current Ruffed grouse drumming survey 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Sharp-tailed grouse Report title Previous Current Sharp-tailed grouse harvest & hunter survey 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Wisconsin sharp-tailed grouse survey 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Other Report title Previous Current Regional bobwhite quail and cottontail rabbit survey 2019 [PDF] 2021 [PDF] Small game harvest 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Summer wildlife inquiry 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Ten-week brood observations 2018 [PDF] 2019 [PDF] Upland gamebird brood survey 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Big game
Bear Report title Previous Current Black bear harvest report 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Black bear hunter questionnaire 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Black bear population analyses 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Damaging and nuisance wildlife Report title Previous Current Agricultural deer damage shooting permits 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Black bear damage and nuisance complaints 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Wildlife damage abatement and claims program 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Deer Report title Previous Current Archery deer hunting questionnaire 2013 [PDF] 2017 [PDF] Chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin deer 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Deer ages and condition 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Deer harvest report 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Deer hunter wildlife survey 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Deer hunting questionnaire 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Deer recruitment surveys 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] White-tailed deer population status 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Winter severity indices 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Elk Report title Previous Current Wisconsin elk hunting summary 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Gray Wolf Report title Previous Current Gray wolf hunter/trapper questionnaire 2014 [PDF] 2021 [PDF] Gray wolf monitoring report 2022 [PDF] 2023 [PDF] Wisconsin wolf season report 2014 [PDF] 2021 [PDF] Turkey Report title Previous Current Fall turkey harvest report 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Fall turkey hunting questionnaire 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Spring turkey harvest report 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Spring turkey hunting questionnaire 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Wild turkey landowner brood survey 2010 [PDF] 2011 [PDF] Waterfowl
Report title Previous Current Bird banding accomplishments 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Waterfowl breeding population survey for Wisconsin 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Wisconsin Canada goose harvest report 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Wisconsin youth waterfowl hunt 2018 [PDF] 2019 [PDF] Furbearers
Report title Previous Current Beaver population analyses 2011 [PDF] 2014 [PDF] Beaver trapping questionnaire 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Bobcat harvest 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Bobcat hunter/trapper survey 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Bobcat population analyses 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Fisher harvest 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Fisher population analyses 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Fur trapper survey 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Otter harvest 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Otter population analyses 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Winter track counts 2017 [PDF] 2018 [PDF] Wisconsin fur buyers report 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Nongame
Report title Previous Current American marten winter track surveys in Northern Wisconsin 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Annual mammal survey 2018 [PDF] 2019 [PDF] Central Wisconsin Greater prairie-chicken survey 2024 [PDF] 2025 [PDF] Frog and toad survey 2022 [PDF] 2023 [PDF] Moose observations 2023 [PDF] 2024 [PDF] Rare carnivore observations 2018 [PDF] 2019 [PDF] Wisconsin bald eagle and osprey nest surveys 2020 [PDF] 2021 [PDF] Historical harvest estimates
Small game Report title Small game hunter numbers, 1983-2019 [PDF] Small game harvest trends, 1931-2019 [PDF] Waterfowl Report title Waterfowl harvest trends, 1932-2019 [PDF] Furbearers Report title Furbearer harvest and pelt value [PDF] Total furbearer harvest and pelt value, 1930-2019 [PDF] Hunting accidents Report title History of hunting accidents both fatal and non-fatal, 1944-2019 [PDF] For more information about this data, please see the WI Wildlife Harvest Summary, 1930-2019 [PDF]