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Purchase bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for the 2025 gun deer season online through the Go Wild license portal and at license sales locations starting at 10 a.m. on Aug. 18.
The DNR sells bonus authorizations at a rate of one per person per day until sold out or until the 2025 deer hunting season ends. Bonus authorizations are $12 each for Wisconsin residents, $20 each for non-residents, and $5 each for youth ages 11 and under.
The online queuing system will manage volume in Go Wild. It will randomly assign a number to all users entering the site between 9:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. before putting you in a queue.
To complete their purchase, hunters will need to know the deer management zone and unit in which they intend to hunt, determine whether they will hunt on public or private land, and obtain a deer hunting license approval. Due to realignment of the Northern and Central Forest Zones, there have been changes made to some deer management unit borders for 2025.
The DNR encourages hunters to consult the new maps before buying their licenses: https://widnr.widen.net/s/6dzpqcxwlq/2025_current_dmus
The first three days of bonus sales are management zone-specific, and the fourth day is open to all zones:
- Aug. 18, 10 a.m. – Forest Zones (Northern and Central)
- Aug. 19, 10 a.m. – Central Farmland Zone
- Aug. 20, 10 a.m. – Southern Farmland Zone
- Aug. 21, 10 a.m. – All zones available
