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The 2024 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season will be held Nov. 23-Dec. 1. Here some safety reminders heading into the season. Hunting has been getting increasingly safe in Wisconsin. The 10-year ...
Wisconsin is a shall-issue state for concealed carry licensing. As of November 1, 2011, Wisconsin residents may apply for a concealed carry license through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The law allows Wisconsin to become the 49th state in the Union to make some provision for the concealed carry of firearms by normal citizens. [5] [6] [7]
The improvement in Wisconsin deer hunting safety has its roots in a rule that required hunter education training for anyone born after Jan. 1, 1973, and a blaze orange clothing requirement that ...
Wisconsin requires anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1973, to successfully complete a hunter education course to purchase a hunting license, contributing to the continued decline in hunting incidents.
49 of the 50 states require a prospective big game hunter take a several-hour course about safety, often termed sportsman education or "hunter's safety course" in the case of California. [30] [31] Such jurisdictions also may limit getting a hunting license to adults or may grant a "junior" license for persons as young as twelve years of age. [32]
Upland hunters use all types of shotguns from break-action single-shots to semi-automatics, calibered from .410 bore through to 12-gauge.The quintessential shotgun for upland hunting is a double-barrel shotgun in a smaller gauge such as a 16-, 20-or 28-gauge, using small round pellets known as birdshots, which are also commonly used in duck hunting.
The youth hunt is open to the public, ages 12 to 17 years old, who have completed a Wisconsin hunter safety education course. Call Todd at Thunderbird Game Farm at 920-378-7337 to register.
The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, most often referred to as the Pittman–Robertson Act for its sponsors, Nevada Senator Key Pittman and Virginia Congressman Absalom Willis Robertson, is an act that imposes an 11% tax on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment and distributes the proceeds to state governments for wildlife projects.