DNR seeking landowners to host gun deer hunt for hunters with disabilities
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for landowners to host hunters with disabilities for the 2025 gun deer hunt for hunters with disabilities, which will take place Oct. 4-12.
To be part of the program, landowners must have at least 60 acres available, be able to host at least three hunters and complete an online application by July 1. The DNR asks interested landowners to fill in all the property information fields on the application.
“This special hunt has been providing hunters with disabilities accessible opportunities to deer hunt for over 30 years,” said Brooke VanHandel, DNR assistant deer and elk specialist. “This hunt is only possible through our landowner sponsors. Their willingness to partner with hunters and open their properties each year allows more individuals the opportunity to participate in Wisconsin’s deer hunting tradition.”
The gun deer hunt for hunters with disabilities began in 1992 and provides hunting opportunities for about 400 hunters each year. This hunt is only possible with the generous support of landowner sponsors.
For more information, visit the DNR’s deer hunting for hunters with disabilities webpage, which includes the application. The web address is https://dnr.wisconsin. gov/topic/hunt/disdeer.
In Taylor County, the Bear Crossing Outdoors LLC disabled deer hunt is again planned for 2025. If there are landowners interested in offering their land for that hunt, they are asked to contact James Livingston at 715-9653423 or jljam@tds.net.
