Two-day Youth Gun Deer Hunt–October 10 and 11
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Open to persons 12–15 years of age (resident or non-resident) who possess a
Wisconsin Hunter Education certificate of accomplishment (or similar certificate
recognized by the Department from another state, province or country) and a Gun
Deer License.
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Earn-A-Buck restrictions do not apply statewide during the October 10 and 11
Youth Gun Deer hunt, but youths may earn an EAB sticker for shooting an antlerless
deer during the two-day youth gun deer hunt in CWD EAB units.
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The bag limit is one buck with a Gun Buck Deer Carcass Tag plus additional antlerless
deer per
Antlerless Deer Carcass Tag valid for the Deer Management Unit
youth is hunting
(this one buck restriction also applies to CWD units).
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May harvest a deer in any DMU statewide (including those portions west of the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad that are not posted closed to hunting)
except state park and non-quota units.
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Allowable types of firearms are those authorized for the November gun deer season.
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Adults may not gun deer hunt during the two-day Youth Gun Deer Hunt.
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Youth hunters must be accompanied* by a parent or guardian (at least 18 years of
age) even if the youth is 14 or 15 and holds a Hunter Education Certificate.
* Accompanied means within visual
and voice contact without the aid of any
mechanical or electronic amplifying device.
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One adult may not accompany more than two youth hunters and all other hunting
regulations apply,
including blaze orange clothing requirements for all hunters,
except waterfowl hunters