1) 2004's deer harvest was 517,169, the second largest harvest in Wisconsin's history!!! (pssst ... no more whining from the bar stool)

2) 2004 Wisconsin gun deer license sales are up 4,586 at the end of the gun deer season, from 2003 sales.

3) 2004 Wisconsin hunters donated a record 492,210 pounds of venison to Wisconsin food pantries across the state. This tops the previous high point of 305,000 pounds donated in 2003. A large network of volunteers including sports groups, church groups, civic organizations, and food pantry staff worked together to distribute the meat from the processors to the food pantries. Department of Natural Resources staff, United States Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services staff, county wildlife damage staff and Hunt for the Hungry, also partnered to administer the program.

4) The quanity (and %) of deer testing positive for CWD are at a new low in the Disease Eradication Zone ....

2002 205 (1.48% of 13,846 sampled deer)

2003 115 (1.32% of. 8,685 sampled deer)

2004 111 (1.09% of 10,216 sampled deer)