Registrations were down slightly, in line with long-term trends. This year's harvest was a 15 percent increase from last year and a 1.2 percent increase on the five-year average. This year they registered 103,623 deer during the opening weekend of the gun season, compared to just 90,023 in the same period last year.
Hunters took more deer this weekend than last year, which was a slow year relative to five-year averages. The state's gun deer season lasts through Sunday, but the opening weekend is by far the busiest about 50 percent of deer harvested annually are taken on opening weekend. A 22-year-old man was shot in the thigh by a member of his hunting party during a drive, and a 69-year-old woman was shot in the thigh by a 16-year-old member of her hunting party while she sat in a blind. The other five were non-fatal two were self-inflicted gunshots to the foot or leg and one was a self-inflicted shot to the hunter's pinky finger. The shooting was one of six during the opening days of the season. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials did not release further information about the incident, but said an investigation was ongoing and they have not made a determination about whether to refer charges to law enforcement. The boy was flown to a nearby hospital, where he died. On Sunday in Green Lake County, a 41-year-old man was attempting to unload his gun to place it in the back seat of the vehicle when the gun went off, hitting the 11-year-old in the chest. Officials are asking all hunters continuing in the nine-day gun deer season, which opened Saturday, to follow the four basic rules of firearm safety, including always being aware of where the gun's muzzle is pointing. The opening weekend of Wisconsin's deer season was marred by the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy by a member of his hunting party.
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