Antlerless harvest authorizations go on sale starting Aug. 15

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will make bonus antlerless harvest authorizations available for purchase starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15.

To buy one, visit gowild.wi.gov or dnr.wi.gov/permits/csrsp/licenseagents.aspx.

Deer population levels vary throughout the state, and antlerless harvest opportunities vary by management zone. This allows for greater harvest opportunities where deer are abundant and a more conservative harvest where deer are fewer in number, according to a DNR release.

Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations, formerly known as tags, are available for purchase in all deer management units for the 2022 season.

Bonus authorizations are sold at a rate of one per person per day until they are sold out or until the 2022 deer hunting season ends. They are $12 each for Wisconsin residents, $20 each for non-residents and $5 each for youth ages 11 and younger.

A list of units with bonus antlerless harvest authorizations available for purchase is available at dnr.wisconsin.gov/permits/bonusavailability.html.

Each day at 9:45 a.m., an online queuing system will be put in place to manage volume. At 10 a.m., all online users waiting on the Go Wild system will be randomly assigned a number and staged into a virtual queue.

People who enter the site after the randomization at 10 a.m. will be added to the queue in the order in which they arrive.

When accessing Go Wild, follow the prompts until reaching a personalized dashboard. To purchase a bonus antlerless harvest authorization, click the “Buy Licenses” from the dashboard to open the sales catalog. The “Bonus Antlerless Harvest Authorization” is  at the top of the list.

People may buy licenses after selecting the bonus antlerless harvest authorization in Go Wild.

For more information, visit dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/release/61436.