GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin’s gun-deer season begins this weekend, but the business momentum this annual “right of fall” generates is already being felt.
Popular northwood tourist destinations in the summer are just as busy, maybe more, during the 9 day hunt.
“We’ll start seeing things increase on Thursday, and then it will be very busy on Friday”
Bob Wolf is busy stocking shelves at the Piggyly-Wiggly in Crivitz. He says this weekend will be one of their busiest.
The date is marked months in advance and plans are made to have the shelves and coolers well stocked.
“It takes a lot more planning, it takes a lot more to get things in order so that we can give people a quality store to shop in”
Even cooped up in the store, Wolf knows what a bonding, family tradition, type of thing the deer season is.
He says there are many familiar faces he sees coming in around this time, every year.
“People are in here, anticipating the hunt. They’re getting whatever items they need to make the week enjoyable”
Wolf says there’s no single item they have to have….most anything edible, or most any beverage, will see a spike in sales.
Pretty much the same story for any service-based business in Crivitz, from restaurants, to hotels, to gas stations.
The 9 day season goes by quickly and the northwoods is ready to cash in.
