The Wisconsin DNR’s final report for the 2023 deer season showed an overall harvest reduction of 11% compared to 2022, although harvest in the southern farmland zone exceeded the 2022 harvest.
Jeff Pritzl, deer conservation program specialist for the DNR, told members of the Natural Resources Board (NRB) on Feb. 28 that while northern hunters are irritated by the lower harvest, it was actually no different from the 2019 harvest.
