Wisconsin Deer Hunting, County by County
61 Wisconsin counties ranked by a provisional FDR Deer Herd Index Provisional. A 0–100 score built from Wisconsin DNR county registrations, 1960–2025. Click any county for the free report: multi-year harvest trend, herd metrics and season notes.
This index is provisional: Provisional index covering herd, harvest, the Buck Index, roadway components; habitat, age structure and public land not yet included. It is computed from what is real in the public harvest record. The Buck Index ranks each county 0 to 100 against every county we cover. Land is measured as what a hunter can actually hunt (10 m estimate). Public land for Wisconsin is not in the index yet, so that column shows a dash.
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| Rank | County | FDR Index | Tier | Buck Index | Public land % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Waukesha | 70.7 | A - Elite | 97→ | — |
| #3 | Adams | 63.5 | B - Strong | 92→ | — |
| #4 | Dodge | 62.9 | B - Strong | 90→ | — |
| #5 | Columbia | 62.1 | B - Strong | 95→ | — |
| #6 | Waushara | 60.9 | B - Strong | 93→ | — |
| #7 | Walworth | 60.3 | B - Strong | 93→ | — |
| #8 | Fond du Lac | 59.5 | B - Strong | 93→ | — |
| #9 | La Crosse | 58 | B - Strong | 95→ | — |
| #10 | Winnebago | 57.8 | B - Strong | 93→ | — |
| #11 | Jefferson | 57.4 | B - Strong | 95→ | — |
| #12 | Washington | 56.9 | B - Strong | 93→ | — |
| #13 | Sheboygan | 56.2 | B - Strong | 94→ | — |
| #14 | Marquette | 55.6 | B - Strong | 97→ | — |
| #15 | Oconto | 55.4 | B - Strong | 86→ | — |
| #17 | Jackson | 55.2 | B - Strong | 91→ | — |
| #18 | Juneau | 55.1 | B - Strong | 90→ | — |
| #21 | Green Lake | 54.4 | C - Above Average | 93→ | — |
| #22 | Kenosha | 54.2 | C - Above Average | 93→ | — |
| #23 | Ozaukee | 54.2 | C - Above Average | 94→ | — |
| #28 | Marathon | 52.8 | C - Above Average | 89→ | — |
| #29 | Shawano | 52.5 | C - Above Average | 91→ | — |
| #30 | Racine | 52.4 | C - Above Average | 93→ | — |
| #31 | Portage | 51.8 | C - Above Average | 90→ | — |
| #32 | Sauk | 51.5 | C - Above Average | 96→ | — |
| #33 | Langlade | 51.4 | C - Above Average | 80→ | — |
| #34 | Chippewa | 51.3 | C - Above Average | 91→ | — |
| #35 | Crawford | 51.3 | C - Above Average | 96→ | — |
| #36 | Outagamie | 50.8 | C - Above Average | 93→ | — |
| #37 | Calumet | 50.6 | C - Above Average | 91→ | — |
| #38 | Eau Claire | 50.4 | C - Above Average | 91→ | — |
| #40 | Dane | 49.8 | C - Above Average | 94→ | — |
| #41 | Lincoln | 49.5 | C - Above Average | 83→ | — |
| #42 | Marinette | 49.5 | C - Above Average | 78→ | — |
| #43 | St. Croix | 49.4 | C - Above Average | 94→ | — |
| #45 | Monroe | 49.1 | C - Above Average | 90→ | — |
| #46 | Manitowoc | 49 | C - Above Average | 96→ | — |
| #47 | Richland | 49 | C - Above Average | 98→ | — |
| #48 | Washburn | 48.5 | C - Above Average | 85→ | — |
| #49 | Vernon | 47.9 | C - Above Average | 95→ | — |
| #50 | Taylor | 47.6 | C - Above Average | 84→ | — |
| #51 | Waupaca | 47.5 | C - Above Average | 94→ | — |
| #53 | Wood | 46.3 | C - Above Average | 87→ | — |
| #54 | Polk | 44.5 | C - Above Average | 97→ | — |
| #55 | Dunn | 43.7 | C - Above Average | 94→ | — |
| #56 | Iowa | 43.7 | C - Above Average | 95→ | — |
| #57 | Clark | 43.3 | C - Above Average | 88→ | — |
| #58 | Burnett | 43 | C - Above Average | 88→ | — |
| #59 | Trempealeau | 42.6 | C - Above Average | 98→ | — |
| #60 | Door | 42.4 | C - Above Average | 88→ | — |
| #61 | Green | 42.4 | C - Above Average | 94→ | — |
| #62 | Brown | 41.9 | C - Above Average | 93→ | — |
| #63 | Buffalo | 41.1 | C - Above Average | 99→ | — |
| #64 | Grant | 40.9 | C - Above Average | 92→ | — |
| #65 | Rock | 40.6 | C - Above Average | 91→ | — |
| #66 | Menominee | 40.2 | C - Above Average | 86→ | — |
| #67 | Pepin | 36.6 | D - Average | 95→ | — |
| #68 | Kewaunee | 36.2 | D - Average | 94→ | — |
| #69 | Milwaukee | 35.3 | D - Average | Urban N/A | — |
| #70 | Barron | 35.1 | D - Average | 91→ | — |
| #71 | Pierce | 28.9 | D - Average | 96→ | — |
| #72 | Lafayette | 27.1 | D - Average | 91→ | — |
Unranked counties
These Wisconsin counties are shipped honestly without a rank: their public harvest is not reported at county grain (or is otherwise incomplete), so they are excluded from the ranked index. Each still has a county page with what data exists.
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