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Pepin County, Wisconsin — Deer Hunting Research

Provisional FDR Deer Herd Index 31.6 Provisional — ranked #57 of 61 ranked Wisconsin counties. Built from Wisconsin DNR county registrations, 1960–2025 plus public-land access.

D - Average
31.6 / 100
Provisional FDR Index
#57 of 61
Ranked-county rank
0
Trophy records
2,215
2025 deer harvest

What drives the Pepin County index

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

Herd quality · 33%10
Population · 21%83
Trophy history · 18%11
Momentum · 14%27
Deer-vehicle crash rate · 14%35

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
20252,215
20242,120
20231,904
20222,215
20212,028
20202,395
20192,086
20182,257
20172,212
20162,699
20152,645
20142,675
20132,564
20122,894
20112,444
20102,465
20092,475
20083,172
20072,956
20063,167
20052,328
20042,428
20031,751
20021,668
20011,864
20002,791
19992,025
19981,786
19972,220
19962,002
19952,157
19942,258
19931,884
19921,931
19912,248
19902,236
19892,081
19881,726
19871,745
19861,919
19851,537
19841,432
1983844
19821,023
1981719
1980744
1979668
1978794
1977744
1976952
1975262
1974124
1973478
1972627
1971677
1970750
1969602
1968576
1967619
1966140
1965383
1964471
1963538
1962518
1961140
1960402

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 Pepin County harvest charts →

Harvest composition

WDNR reports each deer as antlered or antlerless. In 2025, Pepin County ran 927 antlered and 1,288 antlerless deer.

SeasonAntleredAntlerlessTotal
20259271,2882,215
20248841,2362,120
20238191,0851,904
20229751,2402,215
20219111,1172,028
20201,0041,3912,395
20199231,1632,086
20188771,3802,257
20179341,2782,212
20161,0011,6982,699
20151,0781,5672,645
20149231,7522,675
20138711,6932,564
20121,1421,7522,894
20119131,5312,444
20101,0011,4642,465
20099441,5312,475
20088602,3123,172

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 Pepin County composition charts →

Herd & land detail

MetricValue
Latest season (2025)2,215 deer
Harvest per sq mi9.55
Antlered harvest927
Antlerless harvest1,288
County land (sq mi)232

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 Pepin County, Wisconsin good for deer hunting?

Pepin County scores 31.6 of 100 on the provisional FDR Deer Herd Index (D - Average), ranked #57 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 Pepin County last season?

WDNR records show 2,215 deer harvested in Pepin County, Wisconsin in 2025, the most recent reported season.