Population Statistics & Trends Fawn to doe ratios and yearling buck percentages are used to help estimate the deer herd size annually and is the starting point for setting antlerless harvest quotas.

CWD was first detected in Wisconsin in 2002 when three deer taken by hunters in the fall of 2001 near the village of Mount Horeb, about 10 miles southwest of Madison, tested positive. Since that time an …

Fawn to doe ratios collected in late summer give information on fawn recruitment and survival and are used as an input into the formula for annual deer herd abundance estimation. Fawn to doe ratios …

Fawn to doe ratios (FDRs) collected in late summer give information on fawn recruitment and survival. FDRs from Summer Deer Observation (SDO) surveys were summarized using groups of county …

Eurasian watermilfoil: long-term trends in unmanaged populations The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conducts and supports a variety of projects that improve our understanding of aquatic …

Wisconsin Deer Metrics

Harvest Statistics

Every year following the close of firearm and archery deer seasons, randomly selected hunters are surveyed in an effort to measure hunter participation, success, effort and attitudes on various …

However, trends in roadside observations of does and fawns, especially in forested regions, have tended to match expectations based on other measures of nutritional condition of the herd and …

Long-term Trends in Mitigation and Wetland Restoration: Ecological Condition and Soil Organic Carbon March 2021 Clockwise from left, a 26 -year-old mitigation site in Oconto Co.; a rehabilitated shallow …