Hunting elk during a closed season can result in a civil forfeiture of $2,152.50, according to the DNR. Staying calm, you follow your target with a crosshair on the vitals until the deer stops broadside to where you are sitting.

You remain frozen in place, waiting for the deer to turn or drop its head so you can lift your rifle to your shoulder. The state's central herd in Jackson County is comprised of those Kentucky transfers and their offspring.Īs it has for many years, the DNR released educational materials prior to the 2021 gun deer season to help hunters identify and avoid shooting elk. Waiting patiently in the cold, a deer finally comes into view. An adult female whitetail in Wisconsin is about 130 pounds, 3 feet high at the shoulder and 4½ feet long.Įlk are native to Wisconsin but were extirpated by the late 1800s due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss.Ī reintroduction project began in 1995 when 25 elk were transported from Michigan to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest near Clam Lake.Īdditional elk were brought from Kentucky to Wisconsin beginning in 2015. The 20 cases were due to misidentification, according to the DNR.Įven adult cow elk are more than twice as large as adult white-tailed deer the size disparity is even greater between bull elk and adult deer.Īn adult cow elk averages 500 pounds, is 4½ feet high at the shoulder and 6½ feet long from nose to tail, according to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. One occurred on opening day on public land at Lake Wazee County Park and the other two days later on private land east of Milston.

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In 2019 a 41-year-old Mukwonago woman killed two bulls, a fork-horn and a spike, within minutes of each other on private property in Rusk County on the third day of the gun deer season.Īnd in separate incidents in 2020 in Jackson County, two adult cow elk were killed by hunters. MORRIS The city of Waterbury suspended all hunting on 1,650 acres of land it owns here Wednesday after a 33-year-old man was accidentally shot to death by. 15, 2005, 4:39 PM PDT / Source: The Associated Press. In 2018 a bull and a cow were killed by gun deer hunters in central Wisconsin. This makes the fourth consecutive Wisconsin gun deer hunting season in which at least one elk has been illegally killed by a gun deer hunter.

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