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Taylor County, Wisconsin — Deer Hunting Research

Provisional FDR Deer Herd Index 27.5 Provisional — ranked #60 of 61 ranked Wisconsin counties. Built from Wisconsin DNR county registrations, 1960–2025 plus public-land access.

D - Average
27.5 / 100
Provisional FDR Index
#60 of 61
Ranked-county rank
4
Trophy records
2,710
2025 deer harvest

What drives the Taylor County index

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

Herd quality · 33%5
Population · 21%12
Trophy history · 18%57
Momentum · 14%5
Deer-vehicle crash rate · 14%90

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
20252,710
20244,605
20234,302
20226,174
20215,345
20206,165
20194,801
20185,706
20175,433
20165,261
20154,768
20143,282
20136,762
20126,361
20116,744
20105,560
20096,662
20088,925
200710,427
200610,709
20059,776
20048,392
20038,423
20026,206
20018,733
20009,995
19998,629
19986,031
19975,318
19965,176
19956,263
19943,806
19932,310
19925,482
19917,043
19905,992
19894,802
19883,917
19873,456
19862,680
19852,736
19842,140
19831,734
19821,889
19812,176
19801,894
19791,676
19781,606
19771,582
19761,239
19751,152
1974802
1973458
1972415
1971772
1970710
19691,136
19681,573
19671,558
19661,413
19651,350
19641,102
1963700
1962585
1961737
19601,777

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.

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Harvest composition

WDNR reports each deer as antlered or antlerless. In 2025, Taylor County ran 1,109 antlered and 1,601 antlerless deer.

SeasonAntleredAntlerlessTotal
20251,1091,6012,710
20242,6181,9874,605
20232,2342,0684,302
20223,1143,0606,174
20212,6822,6635,345
20202,8183,3476,165
20192,4432,3584,801
20183,1102,5965,706
20173,2122,2215,433
20162,9782,2835,261
20152,6312,1374,768
20142,4378453,282
20132,8933,8696,762
20122,8573,5046,361
20112,6374,1076,744
20102,8702,6905,560
20092,8103,8526,662
20082,8016,1248,925

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 Taylor County composition charts →

Herd & land detail

MetricValue
Latest season (2025)2,710 deer
Harvest per sq mi2.78
Antlered harvest1,109
Antlerless harvest1,601
County land (sq mi)975.10

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 Taylor County, Wisconsin good for deer hunting?

Taylor County scores 27.5 of 100 on the provisional FDR Deer Herd Index (D - Average), ranked #60 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 Taylor County last season?

WDNR records show 2,710 deer harvested in Taylor County, Wisconsin in 2025, the most recent reported season.