The DNR is reviewing its process for drawing spring turkey hunting tags. A review found 26% of awardees didn't purchase a tag.

The DNR said nearly 135,000 people applied for a bear hunting license or preference point for the 2024 season. To help hunters make hunting plans, a full breakdown of the 2024 bear license drawing ...

The DNR made 246,068 harvest authorizations available for the 2025 spring turkey season; 150,098 were awarded to hunters in a December drawing and the balance were offered for sale beginning in March.

The 2025 spring wild turkey lottery is over and more than 1,400 licenses remain in 10 units. Remaining licenses are issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning February 26 at 8 a.m ...

Hunters registered 50,071 turkeys in the 2025 Wisconsin spring turkey hunting season, about equal to the previous year and ...

For elk season, the DNR uses a drawing system similar to spring turkey hunting season. More: Bear, elk hunting license window set to open May 1 in Michigan. What hunters should know ...

Hunters had registered 31,285 wild turkeys through three hunting periods of the 2025 Wisconsin spring turkey hunting season, about 7% fewer than at the same time last year. The total includes ...