Glad you asked. The way I understand it WI has the longest bow season in the U.S. running from sept 15th(<sat closest) to jan 3rd with 9 days of that time going to gun hunters. I see no reason we cant find room in their for a crossbow season. I also think to be fair for all , the seasons should rotate to give all weapon choices a chance during the rut except gun season. There is a reason the DNR has gun season when it does. If gun season were during prime rut it could have devastating results on the deer herd.
Bowfanatic
Here in Illinois the gun season is and always has been during the first two ruts of the year. They don't always hit it right on the mark but it is always close enough to be considered "peek rut" Here the does go into estrus about the second week in november (right before thanksgiving) and again on about the second week of December. Thats also when the slug gun season is.