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Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — Deer Hunting Research

Provisional FDR Deer Herd Index 48.8 Provisional — ranked #34 of 61 ranked Wisconsin counties. Built from Wisconsin DNR county registrations, 1960–2025 plus public-land access.

C - Above Average
48.8 / 100
Provisional FDR Index
#34 of 61
Ranked-county rank
7
Trophy records
206
2025 deer harvest

What drives the Milwaukee County index

Provisional components, each scored 0–100 against the ranked Wisconsincounties. Provisional — trophy and roadway components are pending.

Herd quality · 33%95
Population · 21%2
Trophy history · 18%89
Momentum · 14%10
Deer-vehicle crash rate · 14%0

Trophy record

Trophy record-book production for Wisconsin is a later input to the FDR Index — cross-book deduplicated record-book data has not been ingested for this state yet. Trophy figures show as coming rather than a fabricated zero.

1966–2025 harvest trend

SeasonTotal harvest
2025206
2024180
2023200
2022181
2021194
2020239
2019217
2018212
2017266
2016229
2015246
2014178
201354
201239
201141
201041
200936
200847
200742
200650
200575
200433
200349
200243
200131
200049
199966
199837
199760
199668
199556
199476
199356
199237
199129
199022
19897
19884
19877
19864
19851
19841
19831
19822
19810
19801
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19660

Harvest totals from Wisconsin DNR county registrations, 1960–2025. WDNR reports totals by county and season; archery / firearm splits are not broken out in this dataset.

See full Milwaukee County harvest charts →

Harvest composition

WDNR reports each deer as antlered or antlerless. In 2025, Milwaukee County ran 122 antlered and 84 antlerless deer.

SeasonAntleredAntlerlessTotal
202512284206
202410476180
202311585200
202211071181
202110292194
2020121118239
201911899217
2018109103212
2017132134266
201692137229
2015125121246
20148494178
2013213354
2012231639
2011261541
2010221941
2009261036
2008252247

WDNR's antlerless category includes does AND button bucks (male fawns) — it is not a doe-only count. Table shows the most recent 18 seasons; the full 1966–2025 series (55 years) drives the chart.

See full Milwaukee County composition charts →

Herd & land detail

MetricValue
Latest season (2025)206 deer
Harvest per sq mi0.85
Antlered harvest122
Antlerless harvest84
County land (sq mi)241.50

Methodology

Provisional index. Provisional index — herd, harvest, trophy (single record book), and roadway (exposure-normalized deer-vehicle crash rate) components; habitat/age-structure partial where the state does not publish them.. FULLY DRAWN RESEARCH — Wisconsin DNR (WDNR) PROVISIONAL COUNTY DEER INDEX

Informational only. Built from public-record Wisconsin DNR (WDNR) county harvest data, US Census TIGER county land area, a single trophy record book (one of three), and exposure-normalized deer-vehicle crash rates where published. Provisional index — some components partial or pending. Not a prediction or guarantee. Verify with the Wisconsin DNR (WDNR).

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Frequently asked questions

Is Milwaukee County, Wisconsin good for deer hunting?

Milwaukee County scores 48.8 of 100 on the provisional FDR Deer Herd Index (C - Above Average), ranked #34 of 61 ranked Wisconsin counties. The provisional index is built from WDNR public harvest records; some components are partial or pending, as noted in the methodology.

How many deer were harvested in Milwaukee County last season?

WDNR records show 206 deer harvested in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin in 2025, the most recent reported season.