Season
Deer · Archery/Crossbow
WI 2026-27 · metro sub-units
Jan 4 – Jan 31, 2027
DNR's entry
Season: Archery/Crossbow
Dates: Sept. 12-Jan. 3, 2027 or Jan. 31, 2027*
Location: Statewide
Special Instructions: No bucks may be harvested during the statewide antlerless-only hunt or in specific DMUs during the antlerless-only holiday hunt.
*Archery/crossbow season closes on Jan. 31, 2027, in metro sub-units and in DMUs with extended archery/crossbow season. See the Deer Season Structure map for participating counties.
Legal weapons
Bow and arrowCrossbow
Bag limit
1 per unused buck deer harvest authorization · buck
1 per unused antlerless deer harvest authorization · antlerless
Special rules during this season
Zone
metro sub-units
Shooting hours over the season
DNR's shooting hours for Zone A. Other zones add their minutes (DNR's Map of Zones for Shooting Hours): Zone B +4 min, Zone C +8 min, Zone D +12 min, Zone E +16 min, Zone F +20 min.
DNR has not published its Deer, Bear, Elk, Small Game, Fall Turkey shooting hours for January 4, 2027 onward yet.