After avoiding the statewide trend following the first weekend of the gun-deer season, hunters in Door and Kewaunee counties ended up falling in line by the end. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported on Tuesday that 182,084 deer (86,068 antlered, 96,016 antlerless) were harvested during the nine-day gun season that wrapped up on Sunday. That number is down 0.8 percent from last year, with a 2.6 percent drop in antlered deer harvests driving much of the decline.

Storms that hit the area during the Thanksgiving holiday were the main culprit, after the opening weekend saw a nearly 4 percent increase from the year before. In Door County, 2,223 deer (1,079 antlered) were harvested, a 4.5 percent drop from 2024. Kewaunee County saw an even steeper decline, with 13.2 percent fewer deer harvested than a year ago at 1,629 (716 antlered).

The good news is that when you factor in all of the seasons so far in 2025, 294,757 deer have been harvested statewide—up 1.1 percent over last year despite a smaller number of hunters heading into the woods. Since the start of the archery season in September, 3,565 deer have been harvested in Door County (1,868 antlered) and 2,564 in Kewaunee County (1,317 antlered).

There are still plenty of opportunities to bag that trophy buck or fill your freezer with venison. The muzzleloader season runs now through December 10th, and the antlerless-only seasons run December 11th–14th and December 24th–January 1st. Archery and crossbow seasons in some parts of the state, including Door and Kewaunee counties, stretch until January 31st.