The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources stated that preliminary figures show the 2025 gun deer harvest was down 0.8 percent from 2024. The DNR stated 86,068 antlered deer and 96,016 antlerless deer were harvested during the nine-day hunt that concluded Nov. 30. (Photo by Dean Hall/Lakeland Times)
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DNR: License sales, harvest numbers down slightly through gun deer season
On Dec. 2, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) put out their preliminary nine-day gun deer season numbers. According to the DNR, numbers were slightly off of last years numbers. DNR deer program specialist Jeff Pritzl said that while license sales were down slightly, they were about average for the last four years, as last year’s numbers were up slightly from the previous year.
