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Outagamie County, Wisconsin — Deer Hunting Research

Provisional FDR Deer Herd Index 50.9 Provisional — ranked #29 of 61 ranked Wisconsin counties. Built from Wisconsin DNR county registrations, 1960–2025 plus public-land access.

C - Above Average
50.9 / 100
Provisional FDR Index
#29 of 61
Ranked-county rank
0
Trophy records
4,322
2025 deer harvest

What drives the Outagamie County index

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

Herd quality · 33%77
Population · 21%47
Trophy history · 18%11
Momentum · 14%33
Deer-vehicle crash rate · 14%65

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.

1960–2025 harvest trend

SeasonTotal harvest
20254,322
20244,318
20233,847
20223,623
20213,756
20203,959
20193,712
20184,241
20174,233
20164,384
20154,769
20145,016
20135,021
20124,710
20114,054
20104,001
20093,455
20085,494
20077,003
20067,082
20056,139
20047,721
20036,005
20025,114
20015,269
20005,541
19995,009
19983,474
19974,002
19965,165
19954,341
19944,017
19933,401
19923,323
19913,961
19903,928
19894,116
19883,774
19873,531
19864,391
19854,283
19844,020
19833,447
19823,151
19812,807
19802,359
19791,453
19781,992
19771,837
19762,079
19752,358
19741,770
19731,664
19721,254
19711,106
19701,158
19691,784
19682,717
19672,833
19662,543
19651,754
19641,501
1963757
1962593
1961486
1960311

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 Outagamie County harvest charts →

Harvest composition

WDNR reports each deer as antlered or antlerless. In 2025, Outagamie County ran 2,159 antlered and 2,163 antlerless deer.

SeasonAntleredAntlerlessTotal
20252,1592,1634,322
20242,2072,1114,318
20231,9281,9193,847
20221,6611,9623,623
20211,7432,0133,756
20201,7282,2313,959
20191,5372,1753,712
20181,8202,4214,241
20171,9062,3274,233
20162,0172,3674,384
20152,2452,5244,769
20142,1452,8715,016
20132,0302,9915,021
20122,2362,4744,710
20111,7612,2934,054
20101,8292,1724,001
20091,5871,8683,455
20081,5403,9545,494

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 1960–2025 series (66 years) drives the chart.

See full Outagamie County composition charts →

Herd & land detail

MetricValue
Latest season (2025)4,322 deer
Harvest per sq mi6.78
Antlered harvest2,159
Antlerless harvest2,163
County land (sq mi)637.60

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 Outagamie County, Wisconsin good for deer hunting?

Outagamie County scores 50.9 of 100 on the provisional FDR Deer Herd Index (C - Above Average), ranked #29 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 Outagamie County last season?

WDNR records show 4,322 deer harvested in Outagamie County, Wisconsin in 2025, the most recent reported season.