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Wisconsin Gun Deer Hunting 2021 Harvest Numbers Down

Wisconsin Gun Deer Hunting 2021 Harvest Numbers Down

According to some early reports from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel deer harvest numbers from the 2021 season are down 14% from gun deer season 2020.

The number of deer hunting licenses sold in 2021 is down 1.5%, according to the agency.

 

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Enlist in the Blaze Orange Army

Enlist in the Blaze Orange Army

The sheer number of individuals who take part in this yearly gun deer hunting season is wildly impressive— it’s nearly 100,000 more people than the population of Atlanta. Putting the number into this perspective naturally raises the question, with so many armed outdoorsmen, how would Wisconsin hunters fare as an army?
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Gun Care In The Field

Gun Care In The Field

When you shoot a rifle multiple times, the grooves fill with powder residue, lead, and copper fouling. That's right, every bullet you send down the pipe leaves a trail that needs to be cleaned out of the barrel!
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An Okayest Sequence Of Events

An Okayest Sequence Of Events

It happened to be a Sunday and my beloved Green Bay Packers were playing the Kansas City Chiefs amidst all the Aaron Rodgers drama. I couldn’t resist pulling the game up and watching on my phone.

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A Deer Hunting Radio Show

A Deer Hunting Radio Show

We hope to entertain, educate, and, most importantly, connect with our listeners and we're excited to chat with you on our live broadcast national hunting radio show soon!
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Scout your way in

Scout your way in

Mature buck killers spend more time and energy focusing on scouting for human sign than deer sign. From there, they use this intel to get farther from other hunters or develop a strategy for hunting within and use that hunting pressure to their advantage. 
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What the heck is scrape week?

What the heck is scrape week?

We are just okay at hunting here, but if you find a fresh scrape now, think about setting up near it regardless of whether you are hunting private or public land.
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The October Change

The October Change

Deer patterns are not exempt from the list of things that change and move throughout the fall. For example, let’s say a buck had been feeding in a corn field all summer. When that corn is harvested, the buck has to find its food somewhere else. It doesn’t disappear, migrate or die, it adapts to the world changing around it. 
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