Your first opportunity to bag a buck or doe this year begins on Saturday. September 14th is the first day of the archery and crossbow season for deer hunting, sprinkling other weapons in and out through the end of January. Door and Kewaunee counties are among the 30-plus counties with a holiday hunt (December 24th through January 1st) and an extended archery season stretching to January 31st. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Warden Chris Kratcha says having your license and tags in order is essential before you make your way toward the woods.

Kratcha adds there are several safety precautions you should take to ensure a safe hunt for everyone.

Wisconsin hunters harvested over 294,000 deer across all of last year's season, with slightly more antlered deer (147,236) being shot than antlerless (146,788). That includes 2,889 in Kewaunee County and 3,728 in Door County.