Wisconsin 2025 Deer Season Dates

The Wisconsin deer season shall be right here in just some brief months. Right here’s when hunters can head out with their bows or firearms, in addition to how harvest numbers have modified over time. 

Wisconsin season dates:

Archery & Crossbow: Sept. 13 to Jan. 4*

(*Archery/Crossbow runs via Jan. 31 in 37 counties)

Youth Hunt: Oct. 11 and 12
Common Firearms: Nov. 22 to 30
Muzzleloader: Dec. 1 to 10
Antlerless-Solely (gun and bow): Dec. 11 to 14
Vacation hunt (antlerless) Dec. 24 to Jan. 1

Wisconsin elevated its statewide antlerless quota by 7% over final 12 months. This 12 months’s quota is 291,385 antlerless deer.

In 2024, hunters mixed to kill 321,844 deer (220,240, firearms; 101,604, archery). That’s almost half the quantity killed in 2000, Wisconsin’s greatest general 12 months ever. Throughout that 12 months, hunters took dwelling 618,274 deer (528,494 firearms; and 86,899, archery).