A gigantic buck shot Dec. 10, 2025, in Dane County could rank among the top whitetail deer of its kind ever killed in ...

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.

Hunters registered 182,084 white-tailed deer during the 2025 Wisconsin nine-day gun deer season, according to a preliminary ...

The Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club is the official state record-keeper for big-game hunting. It keeps the trophy records for whitetail deer, black bears, elk and gray wolves – each in several categories.

Wisconsin hunter Steven Loomans shot a Top 10 Boone and Crockett buck during the state's extended gun season in Dane County.

The 2025 Wisconsin deer hunting season has begun, with the bow-hunting season having started Sept. 13 and running until Jan. 4, 2006. The gun deer hunting season starts Nov. 22 and ends Nov. 30.

The 2024 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season will run Nov. 23 to Dec. 1. And once again it will feature a very large deer herd, with the highest numbers in the farmland zones. Here are some reminders ...

While Wisconsin's nine-day gun deer season has ended, hunting remains open through January 2026 with other opportunities. Those include muzzleloader, statewide antlerless-only, holiday antlerless-only ...

GORDON, Wis. - There are close to 60 sets of deer antlers in the Finstad family deer camp south of town, more than one for every year there’s been a camp on the shores of Harriet Lake. A few sets are ...

I just read Paul Smith's article regarding Wisconsin's deer population (“Hunters haven’t come close to controlling Wisconsin’s deer herd over the last decade," Nov. 16). It seems to me one of the most ...

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 ...