Milwaukee, WI

If you were out traveling anywhere in Wisconsin this weekend you probably noticed a whole lot of dead and gutted deer being hauled home by successful hunters. This year’s gun deer hunting season has begun, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had some really interesting statistics about this year’s hunt.

According to the hunting licenses that were applied for this year, female hunters represented 7.9% of the total number of deer hunters and 13.26% of hunters ages 12 to 25. 20.6% of 12-year-old hunters were girls.

Dane County sold the most deer licenses. (I thought all you Dane County/Madison types hated guns…).

3,100 hunters were over the age of 80.

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One thing is certain: this State loves its deer season. 629,752 licenses had been purchased by late Friday.