(Dodge County) Deer license sales were down point-eight-percent (.8%) this year compared to 2022. That’s according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources which says that gun, bow, crossbow, sports, and patron licenses reached 788-thousand through the end of the nine-day season that wrapped Sunday.
Of that total, 434-thousand were for gun privileges which is approximately 120-thousand less than last year. Preliminary figures show a decrease in the gun deer harvest with just under 174-thousand registered this year, a drop of roughly 30-thousand from 2022.
In Dodge County, there were 2,623 deer harvested during the nine-day hunt this year compared to 2,662 last year, a decrease of 1.5-percent.
Columbia County hunters registered 3,453 deer, a drop of 12.7-percent.
Jefferson County reported 1,932 deer, 20 fewer than in 2022.
Fond du Lac County saw a 4.8-percent decrease with 2,257 deer registered.
