11/26/2025

GOGEBIC / ONTONAGON COUNTIES – Deer Kill numbers so far this season.  In Gogebic County updated harvest totals so a total of 262 deer this season, 255 antlered and 7 antlerless according to the DNR website just before sunrise this morning.  In Ontonagon County 448 total deer harvested 435 antlered and 13 antlerless.  Michigan hunters are reminded to report deer kills to the DNR on their website or through the DNR app.  Preliminary harvest numbers for Wisconsin show hunters registered 90,671 deer statewide during the opening weekend of the 2025 gun deer hunt, compared to 87,248 registered for the same period in 2024. This is a 3.9% increase from a year ago and 1.1% below the 5-year average.  Hunters registered a total of 48,748 antlered deer on opening weekend, compared to 48,063 in 2024, a 1.4% increase. The antlerless harvest was 41,923, which is up 7% from last year.  County by county numbers for opening weekend are not yet available.  The Michigan and Wisconsin gun deer season runs until the end of the month.