( Straight from the D.N.R. )The 2005 Wisconsin Deer Hunting Regulations pamphlet contained some incorrect information pertaining to the archery deer hunting season in Metro deer management units and the Chronic Wasting Disease deer management units.
Metro Units
The archery season in Metro Deer Management Units 1M, 59M, 60M, 64M, and 77M is incorrectly listed. In units 59M, 60M, 64M and 77M the correct either sex season dates for these units are: Sept. 17 through Oct. 26, Oct. 31 through Nov. 17, Nov. 19 through Dec. 7, and Dec. 12 through Jan. 31, 2006. In these units, only antlerless deer may be harvested from Oct. 27 through Oct. 30 and Dec. 8 through 11. In unit 1M the correct either sex archery season dates are: Sept. 17 through Oct. 26, Oct. 31 through Nov. 17, and Nov. 19 through Jan. 31. In unit 1M, only antlerless deer may be harvested from Oct. 27 through Oct. 30.
CWD Units
The CWD table (pages 60-64 of the regulations pamphlet) indicates that there is a one day break in the archery deer season on the Friday before Thanksgiving, which is Nov. 18. However, there is no break in the archery deer season in the CWD Zones. The season is open for archery deer hunting on Friday Nov. 18 in both the CWD Herd Reduction and the Eradication Zones. The season is Earn-A-Buck in both CWD Zones on this date and hunting hours for Zone A are from 6:19 a.m. to 4:49 p.m. See page 69 of the 2005 Wisconsin Deer Hunting Regulations to calculate the exact hunting hours for the are you intend to hunt.
The archery deer season in the rest of the state (outside of the CWD zones) is closed on Friday, Nov. 18 . The non-CWD zone archery deer seasons are correct in the tables (pages. 26-50 of the pamphlet).
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