Madison, Wis. Wisconsin’s regular nine-day gun deer season opens statewide Saturday, Nov. 22, and state officials say if the weather cooperates, hunters should have plenty of opportunities to fill tags and reduce the state’s deer herd, estimated at 1.4 m

Last year, hunters registered 277,755 deer during the nine-day
season. Many deer management units in Wisconsin continue to be
above population goals. In addition, wildlife officials are
continuing efforts to drastically reduce the deer herd in a large
section of southern Wisconsin surrounding the area where deer
infected with chronic wasting disease have been found.