If you missed a deer in one of the earlier hunts this year or if you just need more meat for the winter, there’s one last hunt before the year ends.
“In certain areas there’s lots of deer, and hence why the holiday hunt is going on and T-zone hunts. They want some of these animals taken out of the herd,” said Lance Lavine, the owner of Howie’s Bait and Tackle.
The regular gun deer season ended on December 1, but that doesn’t mean hunters can hang up their camo for the year just yet. In Door County and many other counties across Wisconsin, the DNR’s Holiday Hunt is now underway.
“They do it in different, it’s different by different regions,” said Eric Hyde, the Superintendent of Peninsula State Park.
The Holiday Hunt allows hunting with all weapon types.
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DNR holiday deer hunt underway in Door county until January
“It’s something the DNR’s been doing for a few years,” Hyde said.
The DNR’s hunting regulations state that if you are participating in the Holiday Hunt, the only type of deer that may be harvested are antlerless.