First-time buyer - 2012 Deer hunt Feature DNR

2012 Deer hunt

Dated:

First-Time Gun Deer License Statistics

25,703 First-Time Buyer Licenses sold
13,511 resident gun deer
8,976 resident junior gun deer
3,216 nonresident gun deer
Females represented 32% of resident First-Time Gun Deer licenses and 30% of resident First-Time Junior Gun Deer licenses
9,001, or 35% of First-Time Buyers were youth (17 years of age and under)
4,585 or 18% between the age of 20-29
3,518, or 14% between the age of 30-39
3,554, or 14% between the age of 40-49
2,585, or 10% between the age of 50-59
868, or 3% senior citizens (65 and above)
66 first-time licenses were sold to hunters 80 and older

License Sales

614,435 Total Deer Gun Hunter, up 2% from last year
Resident deer licenses (568,831) are up 1.5%
Nonresident deer licenses (32,554) up 2%
10/11-year-old Mentored Gun Deer licenses (13,050) are up 10%
105,948 licenses sold Friday before the season opener - RECORD 1 DAY SALE!
60% of gun deer licenses were sold in the month of November

Gun Hunters

Females represent 9.5% of total gun hunters
78,604 (or 13%) were youth (under age of 18)
61,276 (or 10%) were senior citizens (65 years of age and older)
Hunters come to Wisconsin from all 50 states and several foreign countries

DNR warden Gervis Myles of Milwaukee assists Amya Hudson, 11, of Milwaukee as she prepares to shoot. Photo credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Food, fellowship, family time

Interested in hunting for food, fellowship, family time? Pull the trigger on first-time discounts. This Thanksgiving week, take advantage of discounts for first-time license buyers and returning hunters and join your family and friends in the field. Or if you’re a seasoned hunter, take someone new hunting and help give them their own story.

Resident licenses are $5 and nonresident licenses $79.75, a fraction of the normal price. Now that’s talking turkey!

3 easy ways to buy your license

All hunting licenses are on sale now and can be purchased through the end of the 9-day gun deer season, Nov. 25.

Buy online
From a sales location near you
Call toll-free 1-877-945-4236

What else you need to know to get started

Wisconsin’s mentored hunting law allows anyone 10 or over to hunt without first taking a hunter safety course if he or she follows certain rules, including hunting with a seasoned, licensed hunter and hunting within arm’s reach of the mentor.