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I believe that Pennsylvania and Texas have more deer hunters than Wisconsin. Pennsylvania sells over 1 million deer permits a year. Total number of hunters looks like this (most of the states below are predominantly deer hunting states):

Wisconsin sells over 700K deer huntinglicenses, but the one report I saw was that included around 450K deer gun. I did not deep dive into the report or search other data sets so maybe my stats are off ?

Now on to harvest statistics.

Teal season is different in mid states and Southern states because other ducks are not there yet. You can shoot teal and not risk pushing other ducks out of your area. Waterfowl (one type or another) are hunted in some states from August - May ... It may be causing landowner fatigue and...

I googled roast beef commercial and most of the links said shredded beef - not so sure ... Maybe MN but don't remember that name commercial or shredded beef style in NoDak. Only hunted north half of SD and would say my photo was most common type. Interesting story...

I prefer the chicken fried steak with white gravy ... common at most of the same places. Side of CANNED peas or green beans of course.

Gravy over the beef, the bread (must be white bread if done the traditional way), and mashed potatoes. It is often one of the best priced items on a small town cafe menu. Boil carrots (with gravy) on occasion varies by location.

In 2024 ND has 50,100 deer gun licenses available include landowner gratis licenses. By contrast MN sells over 500K gun licenses and WI sells well over 400K licenses.

Majority of ND deer hunters have shot their deer by the Sunday after the Friday noon opener. ND does not allow party hunting for deer. Each hunter must legally kill their own deer. I have hunted waterfowl and pheasants in ND during deer rifle season. Rarely saw deer hunters. Now that I...

It is my understanding that many (majority ?) of MN deer hunters shot by another deer hunter occurs within the same hunting party. Often these shooting occur in deer drives. Much of MN deer hunting occurs out of tree stands and while tree stand safety can be an issue, most rifle shots are...

There were a lot of pheasants killed in the Dakotas in the 1930s and early 1940s. Depression era and then WWII resulted in many pheasants killed and canned (preserved) to last the year. Many were plinked away on railroad tracks and old dusty roads with .22 rifles. It was likely a main...

Look at the rain maps and one can figure out where ... hoping the renesters had a good August. May be quite a few hen looking cacklers come opener. PF guy on KFAN did not seem overly optimistic about MN in general about a month ago. Guess we will know in about a week.

MN, ND, and SD for the most part have been wet enough this year to avoid the CRP (walk in areas always seem to carry the brunt of this) mow downs.

Some parts of ND have fairly low cell phone tower signals and this can depend on your carrier too. Be aware ONX can low down if not stop working if you are remote enough ...

Here is what the online PLOTS look like. The boxes with the X are posted. The yellow spots are PLOTS. Blue boxes are usually school land which can be open to hunting ... often much of the land that appears open on the map can still be posted the old fashioned way (signs) or like some else...

Many if not most ND deer hunters are done by Saturday evening opening weekend. Season is a bit strange in that it opens at noon on Friday ... My great uncle (owned the land we hunted on) usually had his doe on the ground by 12:10. I would say that the few days (maybe a week) before deer...

350 - 500 applicants for 125 permits.

I am pretty sure all the dove spots we used to go to in ND are gone as the small grain and sunflower fields gave way to straight corn and beans. The combo was a small grove of trees (if cattle cleared out the undergrowth even better), a stock damn, and a harvested small grain field or sunflower...

Pretty sure most Sharptails I have shot in November and December were pass shooting them on a fly by.

Agree. Build them on and around the old coal plant properties that are being decommissioned.