The DNR's bear hunting proposal, including 13,110 licenses and a harvest quota of 4,075 bears, was approved unanimously Jan. 22 by the Natural Resources Board in Madison.. By zone, the 2025 bear ...

Hunter success rates in individual zones varied from a high of 71% in Zone A to less than 10% in Zones E and F. "On average, we expect to see about half of the total bear harvest within the first ...

A total of 11,501 bear hunting licenses were awarded to hunters through the license lottery system. Hunter success rates in individual zones varied from a high of 71% in Zone A to less than 10% in ...

The fall bear hunting season in Wisconsin was a success with most management zones meeting or exceeding harvest expectations. The Wisconsin DNR reports a successful 2024 Bear season this fall ...

Wisconsin's 2023 bear hunting season opens, DNR issues reminders. ... The 2023 bear season is open from Sept. 6 to Oct. 10, with specific regulations based on a hunter’s bear management zone.

In Zone A, the area with the most bear observations, 82% of hunters saw a bear while hunting, down from 88% in 2022 and 86% in 2021. But the drops were more pronounced in zones with lower bear ...

The Wisconsin 2024 bear hunting season opens Wednesday, September 4. News Livestream Weather Sports The Lift School Alert. ... Zones C, E and F – Where dogs are not permitted: ...

The research team will take den reports statewide but is looking for more dens to survey in bear management zones C, D and E, which cover central and western Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin DNR has reminders for black bear and turkey hunters. The application deadline for the 2025 seasons is less than a week away. MADISON, Wis. - The application deadline for Wisconsin's ...

More than 135,000 hunters applied for about 12,000 bear harvest permits. (Depending on the zone, ... Average age of a hunter-shot bear in Wisconsin: 4 years for sows, 3 years for boars.

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to report black bear den locations. The DNR is particularly interested in identifying bear dens in central and western Wisconsin.

As another measure of the interest in Wisconsin bear hunting, in 2024 it took 10 preference points to draw a tag in Zone A (an increase of one from 2023), 11 points in Zone B (no change), 3 points ...