Wisconsin deer research / Rusk County
Rusk County, Wisconsin — Deer Hunting Research
Rusk County is unranked in the provisional Wisconsin FDR Deer Herd Index Provisional. It has no county-grain harvest series to rank on (see below); the public-land figure is shown for reference.
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.
Harvest trend
WDNR's 2025 Northern/Central Forest DMU boundary change reports this county's harvest by DMU code, not by county, so no county-grain harvest series is available.
Herd & land detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Antlered harvest | 0 |
| Antlerless harvest | 0 |
| County land (sq mi) | 913.50 |
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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