Wisconsin bear hunters will see more opportunities to get a license this year statewide, but numbers will be similar to last year in the north. The Natural Resources Board approved recommendations ...

Wisconsin gun deer hunting licenses peaked in the 1990s at about 700,000, and since then have lost about 150,000 hunters.

The feasibility of a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin has been fiercely debated for years. A current bill — the ...

Wisconsin hunters will have a better chance to harvest black bears this fall due to a record number of licenses and higher ...

The 2025-26 Wisconsin white-tailed deer hunting seasons will feature antlerless deer permits in all management units and, keeping with the recent trend, more of the state than ever will have extended ...

Records of Wisconsin governors pursuing wild game go back at least to Gov. George W. Peck (1891-1895). Peck loved duck ...

The Wisconsin DNR will offer 15,245 black bear hunting licenses in 2026, a record high and a 16% year-over-year increase.

Hunters had another successful elk season in Wisconsin in 2025-26, including the harvest of 15 elk. For the first time, cow ...

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 ...

Officials in Wisconsin have held a regulated hunting season for white-tailed deer since 1851, just three years after statehood. It has varied greatly over the decades, including closed seasons, rules ...

The state's eighth managed elk hunt is being termed a well-managed hunt that met both hunter and conservation objectives.