Wisconsin Bow Hunting Trip

[Thor66]

PAL is public access lands, what I meant was VPA lands which are Voluntarily Public Access lands, privately owned lands that allow public access for hunting, etc.

Not sure if you’re looking still, but there is a layer on the PAL website the DNR has to find those MFL lands. Make sure to double check they are open though.

 

[slickyboyboo]

Not sure if you’re looking still, but there is a layer on the PAL website the DNR has to find those MFL lands. Make sure to double check they are open though.

Just found the layer, and just emailed the DNR to try and get a KMZ or Shapefile. That opens up a whole new group of huntings opportunities.

 

[Balderdash]

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

Trying to make the poor feller quit deer hunting?

I've hunted the north woods of WI my entire life - 38 years in the woods for bow, rifle, ML srasons. In our little corner of the far north part of the state, there's not much these days. Was decent up till around 10 years ago. It's dead now. And if you are going to hunt "up north", focus on timber company and county forest land. It gets logged more frequently than federal forest; as such, it's generally better deer habitat.

I'd look at public marshes. I often pheasant hunt these areas around the central part of the state, and I've jumped some monster bucks through the years while doing so. Of course they hole up in the thickest stuff imaginable, so not sure what the best approach for archery hunting is, but at least they're there, and the dates you listed are the time to get one not following the normal nocturnal only routine.