Outdoors

Local deer harvest down from 2017 gun season

Danielle Danford | Staff writer
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN – Hunters in the state’s 2018 gun deer hunt harvested 13,454 more deer statewide over 2017, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
In Burnett County, hunters harvested 1,692 deer, down 262 deer from 2017. More antlered deer were harvested than antlerless this season, like 2017. This season 1,017 antlered deer and 675 antlerless deer were harvested.
In Polk County, hunters harvested 2,805 deer, down 404 deer from 2017. More antlered deer were harvested this year, a deviation from 2017 where more antlerless deer were harvested. In the 2018 gun deer hunt 1,466 antlered deer and 1,339 antlerless deer were harvested.
In Washburn County hunters harvested 1,677 deer, down 135 deer from 2017. More antlered deer were taken this season, like last year. Hunters harvested 940 antlered deer and 737 antlerless deer this season.
Statewide, hunters harvested more antlered deer this season, reflecting last year’s season. Statewide, 65,388 antlered and 53,282 antlerless deer were harvested this season.
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