GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The 9-day gun deer hunting opening weekend numbers show a more successful first two days than last year.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported that hunters killed 13,454 more deer on opening weekend than they did last year.
In all, hunters took 65,388 antlered and 53,282 antlerless deer for a total of 118,670.
Waupaca County once again led the state in the total opening weekend harvest with 3,952 registrations. Shawano County was second with 3,800 deer registered.
While the opening weekend numbers interest many, DNR officials say additional seasons and 7 days left of hunting means there are more numbers to wait for before they can make any actual evaluations.
