Play a part in Wisconsin’s deer management program - participate in Operation Deer Watch!
In an ongoing annual effort to involve the public in deer management, the Department of Natural Resources will launch Operation Deer Watch. This program enlists the public to report the number of deer they see from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30.
Participating in the survey is simple. Record all bucks, does and fawns you see during assigned days by keeping track of daily observations with an online tally sheet. Observations can be submitted at the same web site.
This unique collaboration of data from the public, along with deer observations collected by DNR staff, provides valuable information regarding the reproductive status of Wisconsin's deer herd in 2014. The program first began in 2010 with more than 14,000 individual citizen observations logged.
For more information, visit dnr.wi.gov and search keyword “Deer Watch.”