Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

A gigantic buck shot Dec. 10, 2025, in Dane County could rank among the top whitetail deer of its kind ever killed in Wisconsin. Steven Loomans of Madison shot the buck on the final day of the metro ...

The Wisconsin DNR is warning hunters to make sure they know their target this hunting season. The DNR is pointing out key differences between deer and elk. Wrongly targeting an elk could result in a ...

The traditions of hunting and fishing in Wisconsin are normally passed down through parents, other family members or through friends. My cousin, Ed Schuh, and I grew up about 2.5 miles apart, so we ...

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Through Nov. 12 hunters registered 83,355 white-tailed deer in the 2024 Wisconsin hunting seasons, a decline of 2% from the comparable date in 2023, according to data provided by the Department of ...

As the 2025-26 white-tailed deer hunting seasons begin in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources is once again reminding hunters to carefully identify their target and avoid shooting an elk.

NR is accepting applications through July 1, 2026, for the 2026 Learn to Hunt Deer program at Sandhill Wildlife Area, ...

Hunters registered over 90,000 deer during the opening weekend of Wisconsin's 2025 gun deer season, a 4% increase from last year. The antlerless deer harvest saw a 7% year-over-year increase, which is ...

JARED SCHEFFLER’S ideal archery shot on a whitetail buck is either quartering to or facing head-on. He hunts exclusively from the ground. Scheffler shoots a longbow, and he uses heavy arrows that are ...