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Wisconsin's Annual Gun Deer Season Set To Open This Weekend

Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer-hunting season starts this weekend to a mixed outlook.

(CBS Minnesota)

November 17, 2023

Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer-hunting season starts this weekend to a mixed outlook.

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The season kicks off at sunrise on Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 26.

Hunters killed 203,295 deer during the 2022 season, up 14% from 2021. The higher kill numbers came despite fewer hunters in the woods; license sales were down 1.6% last year.

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