9 seasons
Seasons
Licenses and tags for Deer
You need the license and stamps for the season you hunt, and a tag for each animal. Today checks yours against each season.
Licenses
Archery license
Archery or crossbow upgrade
Crossbow license
Gun deer license
Junior crossbow license
Junior gun deer license
Mentored gun deer, archery or crossbow ($7 for 11 years old or younger, regular price for ages 12 and up)
Harvest authorizations (tags)
Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations
Bow buck deer harvest authorization
Farmland antlerless deer harvest authorization
Gun buck deer harvest authorization
Junior antlerless deer harvest authorization
Metro sub-unit antlerless deer harvest authorization
A Conservation Patron or Sports license includes several of these.
Special rules that apply
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink during firearm deer seasons
When and where a firearm deer season is in progress, it is illegal to hunt any game, except waterfowl, unless at least 50% of the hunter’s outer clothing above the waist is colo…
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink on ground blinds on DNR lands during firearm deer seasons
It is illegal to: Use a ground blind during any open deer season or special deer hunt with firearms unless a minimum of 144 square inches of solid blaze orange or fluorescent pi…
FYI
PFAS consumption advisory for deer near the Town of Stella, Oneida County
Consumption Advisory for Deer Harvested Within a 5-Mile Radius of the Town of Stella in Oneida County The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has issued a PFAS-based consump…