Pictured: Help shape the upcoming deer season by providing feedback or attending your local County Deer Advisory Council meeting. Photo credit: Michele Woodford.
County Deer Advisory Councils are seeking public feedback on deer management ahead of the 2025 deer season.
Each county in Wisconsin has a County Deer Advisory Council. It meets annually to provide input and recommendations to the DNR on local deer management. Decisions are made based on deer herd metrics, county management goals, and public feedback. These recommendations are reviewed and set annually. They allow for adjustments in response to the previous year’s deer harvest, winter severity, and other factors.
This year, County Deer Advisory Councils in the Northern and Central Forest deer management zones will make recommendations on numbered deer management units. Boundaries in the Northern Forest Zone were changed from county lines to create habitat-based deer management units. Some County Deer Advisory Councils will make multiple recommendations based on the number of units within a county’s borders. Modifications have also occurred to metro subunits in the southeastern portion of the state. Learn more: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/WildlifeHabitat/deermanagement
Following the County Deer Advisory Council process, the DNR will bring its recommendations for the 2025 season to the Natural Resources Board for review in June.
Submit feedback online before April 13: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Hunt/cdac
Participate in person between April 21 – May 1: https://widnr.widen.net/s/mx5dbjvftq/cdac_meetingschedule
