January 9

• Late archery deer season closes.
• CWD management zone holiday firearm deer hunt closes.

January 25

• Winter crow season opens, through March 20.

January 31

• Squirrel season closes.*
• Ruffed grouse seasons closes in zone A (northern zone).*

February 12

• Lake Winnebago Sturgeon Spearing Season opens. Season runs for 16 days (Feb. 27) or until the harvest level is reached. Season hours are 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily. The season will close after one day if one of the harvest caps is reached. Sturgeon must be registered by 1:30 p.m. the day they are harvested. There are separate, annual spearing seasons for Lake Winnebago and for the system’s upriver lakes of Butte des Mort, Winneconne and Poygan. Previously the Upriver Season occurred only once every five years but was open to anyone who wanted to participate in it and bought a license. Spearers who wanted to participate in the Upriver Lakes season had to submit an application by Aug. 1. Licenses for the upcoming season must have been purchased by Oct. 31 of the previous year.

February 15

• Coyote trapping season closes.*
• Raccoon trapping and hunting seasons closes.*
• Red and gray fox gun and trapping seasons close.*

February 20

• Ice fishing shelters must be removed from Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters.*

February 27

• Lake Winnebago Sturgeon Spearing Season closes unless season closes early due to harvest caps being reached.

February 28

• Cottontail rabbit season closes in northern and southern zones.*
• Mink trapping season closes in the northern, southern and Mississippi zones.

March 1

• Ice fishing shelters must be removed from Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters.*
• Lake trout season opens on Lake Michigan, Green Bay & Lake Michigan tributaries through Oct. 31.*

March 5

• Early catch-and-release only trout season opens statewide, with exception of spring ponds and Great Lakes tributaries; artificial bait only, but barbless hooks no longer required. Season runs to midnight April 25.

March 6

• The fishing season for all game species closes on inland waters that do not remain open all year. Check the current fishing regulations for waters that remain open to fishing.*
• The game fish season closes on tributary streams and ditches of Green Bay and the Fox River up to the first dam or lake (except yellow perch is open until March 15). There is an exception to this closure for portions of 9 major Green Bay Tributaries. Check the current fishing regulations for waters that remain open to fishing.*
• Ice fishing shelters must be removed from inland waters south of Highway 64 by the first Sunday following March 1.

March 9

• 2011-2012 hunting and fishing licenses go on sale.

March 13

• Ice fishing shelters must be removed from inland lakes north of Highway 64, Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Lake Superior, and Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters by the first Sunday following March 12.

March 15

• Yellow perch season closes on Green Bay and its tributary streams and the Fox River from the mouth up to the De Pere Dam.*
• Beaver trapping season closes in the Mississippi River zone.

March 20

• Winter crow season closes.*

March 21 - 25

• Remaining spring turkey permits not issued through the permit drawing will be available for sale beginning at 10 a.m. on a first-come, first served basis through license sales outlets, and DNR service centers. In addition, licenses can be purchased on line through the DNR Web site or by phone at 1-877-945-4236. A complete list of units with the number of permits is available on the DNR Web site.

March 26

• Trout season opens on designated sections of some Lake Superior tributaries on the last Saturday in March. See the current Wisconsin Trout Fishing Regulations and Guide for more information.

March 31

• Hunting, fishing, sports, and conservation patron licenses expire.*
• Otter trapping season closes in central and southern zone.

April 9 - 10

• Youth turkey hunt.

April 11

• Spring Fish and Wildlife Rules Hearings and Conservation Congress county meetings held in every county.

April 15 through July 31

• It is illegal to allow dogs to run on DNR lands and Federal Waterfowl Production Areas lands during this time unless the dog is on a leash no longer than 8 feet. Doe not apply to class 1 field trial grounds or DNR lands open to dog training.*

April 13 - 17

• Spring turkey hunting period A

April 20 - 24

• Spring turkey hunting period B

April 27 - May 1

• Spring turkey hunting period C

April 30

• The yellow perch season closes on Lake Michigan and tributaries. The season reopens June 16.*
• Otter trapping season closes in the North zone.*
• Frog season opens. Runs through Dec. 31

May 1

• Early catch-and-release only trout season closes at midnight. Season is artificial bait, barbless-hook only.

May 4 - 8

• Spring turkey hunting period D

May 7

• General inland waters game fish opener (trout, walleye, northern pike, bass in the southern zone). Check current Wisconsin Hook and Line Fishing Regulations pamphlet for exceptions regarding specific game species and waters.
• Catch and release only bass season opens through June 17 in the northern zone.
• Muskellunge season in waters south of State Highway 10 opens.
• From Sept. 15 through the first Saturday in May, hook and line fishing is prohibited from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise in all Lake Michigan tributaries except the Oconto River and its tributaries and the downstream portion of the Peshtigo River (see regulations for details).*

May 11 – 15

• Spring turkey hunting period E

May 18 – 22

• Spring turkey hunting period F:

May 20

• Yellow perch season opens on Green Bay, the Fox River and other Green Bay tributaries through March 15 with a bag limit of 15. Yellow perch season on Lake Michigan opens June 16.*

May 21

• Set or bank pole and setlines can be used on specified waters in the Wolf and Fox river basins through Sept. 30. Check the current Setline, Set or Bank Pole Regulations for open waters.

May 28

• Muskellunge season opens north of State Highway 10.

June 4 – 5

• Free Fishing Weekend. No license or stamps required to fish inland waters or outlying Wisconsin waters of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Croix rivers. All bag and size limits and other regulations apply.

June 5

• State Parks Open House Day -- free admission to all state parks, forests and trails.

June 16

• Yellow perch season opens on Lake Michigan with a bag limit of five (5).*

June 18

• Northern zone bass season goes from catch-and-release to daily bag limits. Check current regulations for bag and size limits.

July 1

• Training dogs by pursuing bear allowed through August 31. (Note exception on DNR lands; see current Wisconsin bear hunting regulations for rules.)*

July 15

• Turtle season opens statewide through Nov. 30 for those species that are not listed as endangered or threatened.*

August 1

• Fall wild turkey hunting applications due.*
• Deadline to apply for goose hunting permits for the Horicon zone.*
• Sharp-tailed grouse permit application due.*
• Deadline to apply for bobcat, fisher and otter permits.
• Deadline to apply for Upriver Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season.*

August 1, 2, 3 & 4

• Public hearings on the proposed 2010 migratory game bird season hunting zones, season length and bag limits. Check the DNR Hearing and Meeting Calendar for times and locations.

August 20

• Bonus unit-specific antlerless deer tags for regular deer management units with a quota and for state park units will go on sale at noon. Tags can be purchased at the rate of one permit, per person, per day until the unit is sold out or the hunting season ends.

August 23

• Deadline for successful applicants to transfer Class A Bear License to a youth hunter.

August 27

• Fall wild turkey harvest permits remaining after the drawing will go on sale beginning at noon. Turkey permit availability will be posted on the wild turkey page of the DNR Web site.

September 1

• Early September Canada goose hunting season open in designated areas through Sept. 15. The season is open over the Labor Day weekend. The season is open to all hunters who possess an Early September Canada Goose Hunting Permit. Hunters can purchase their permit for $3 from DNR offices and many license vendors through the last day of the season.
• Mourning dove hunting season opens through Nov. 9.*
• Wild ginseng season opens; through Nov. 1.*
• Deadline for hunters with disabilities to apply to participate in a sponsored hunt.

September 3

• Hook-and-line lake sturgeon season opens on designated waters through Sept. 30. See current Guide to Wisconsin Hook and Line Fishing Regulations.

September 7

• Black bear hunting season opens. Runs through Oct. 11. See current black bear hunting regulations for zone and hunting method specific dates.

September 15

• Early September Canada goose hunting season closes.*

September 17

• Fall turkey hunting season opens through Nov. 17.
• Early archery deer season opens statewide in Non CWD Units through Nov. 17 (late season runs Nov. 28 - Jan. 8, 2012; see current regulations for special zones).
• Archery season opens in the CWD management zone through Jan. 8 (Earn-a-buck, except antlerless only during the four-day early and late firearm seasons)
• Ruffed grouse season opens in the Zone A through Jan. 31. (Zone B opens Oct. 15 - Dec. 8.)
• Cottontail rabbit season opens in the northern zone, runs through Feb. 29.
• Gray and fox squirrel season opens, runs through Jan. 31.
• Fall crow season opens, runs through Nov. 17.

September 24

• Woodcock season opens through Nov. 7.

September 30

• Trout season closes on inland waters and on rivers flowing into Lake Superior from their mouths to the first impassable permanent barrier (unless listed otherwise in trout regulations).*
• Lake trout season on Lake Superior closes.*
• Hook-and-line sturgeon season closes on inland waters
• Set or bank pole and setline fishing season on specified waters in the Wolf and Fox river basins closes. Check the current Setline, Set or Bank Pole Regulations for open waters.*

October 1

• Duck season opens in the South Exterior Zone and runs through Oct. 9. Season reopens Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 4.

October 1 - 9

• Special deer hunt open to people with disabilities who have a disabled hunting permit. The hunts are held by landowners who have agreed to sponsor the hunters on their property. Hunters must have registered to participate at a designated sponsor location by Sept. 1.

October 8 - 9

• Youth deer hunt. Youth hunters ages 12 to 15 who have successfully completed a hunter education program and possess a gun deer hunting license may participate in this hunt. Qualified hunters may harvest one buck deer on their gun buck deer carcass tag and additional antlerless deer with the appropriate carcass tag. Adults accompanying the youth may not gun deer and cannot accompany more than two youths. All hunting regulations apply, including blaze orange clothing requirements. Archery hunting remains open but archers must wear blaze orange. See regulations for additional requirements.

October 9

• Duck season closes in the southern zone; reopens Oct. 15 through Dec. 4.
• Canada goose season closes in the south exterior zone and Mississippi River subzone. Season reopens Oct. 17 and runs through Dec. 17 in the south zone and Dec. 31 in Mississippi River subzone.

October 11

• Black bear season closes. See current Wisconsin Bear Hunting Regulations for specific season dates and zones.

October 13 - 16

• Antlerless deer hunt (gun and archery) CWD management units. See current regulations for details.

October 15

• Duck season in the southern zone reopens through Dec. 4.
• Canada goose season in the south exterior zone and Mississippi River subzone reopens and runs through Dec. 4.
• Pheasant season opens at noon; runs through Dec. 31.
• Ruffed grouse in the zone B opens through Dec. 8.
• Sharp-tailed grouse by permit opens through Nov. 6.
• Bobwhite quail season opens at noon through Dec. 7.
• Hungarian partridge season opens at noon through Dec. 31 (closed in Clark Marathon and Taylor counties).
• Cottontail rabbit opens in southern zone at noon through Feb. 29.
• Raccoon gun and trapping for state residents opens through Feb. 15.
• Red and gray fox hunting and trapping opens through Feb. 15.
• Coyote trapping season opens through Feb. 15.
• Period 1 hunting and trapping season for bobcat north of Hwy. 64 through Dec. 25.
• Muskrat season in the northern zone opens through Feb. 29.
• Mink season in the northern zone opens through Feb. 29.
• Fisher trapping season opens in various zones, through Dec. 31.

October 29

• Mink season opens in south and Winnebago zones through Feb. 29 in south and March 15 in Winnebago.
• Muskrat season opens in south zone through Feb. 29, and Winnebago zone through March 15.
• Non resident raccoon season opens through Feb. 15.

October 30

• Period 1 Horicon Zone Canada goose closes.

October 31

• Period 2 Horicon Zone Canada goose runs through Dec. 16.
• Lake trout season closes on waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan and their tributaries.*
• Deadline to purchase Lake Winnebago system sturgeon spearing licenses.*

November 1

• Wild ginseng season closes.*

November 5

• Beaver trapping season opens in the northwest zone (A), northeast zone (B) through April 30 and in the southern zone (C) through March 31.
• Otter trapping season opens in all zones and runs through April 30 in the North zone and through March 31 in the Central zone and South zone.

November 6

• Sharp-tailed grouse season closes.

November 7

• Woodcock season closes.

November 9

• Mourning dove season closes.*

November 15

• Trout and salmon fishing closes on downstream section of Lake Superior tributaries that remained open after Sept. 30. (see current trout fishing regulations for stream sections).*

November 17

• Early archery deer season closes statewide. Reopens Nov. 19 through Jan. 8.
• Fall turkey hunting season closes. Fall turkey season extension reopens in zones 1-5, on Nov. 28 and runs through Dec. 31.
• Fall crow season closes.

November 18

• It is illegal to hunt with a firearm or bow the day before the gun deer season opens, except for waterfowl hunting or hunting on licensed game farms or shooting preserves, or within the CWD management zone.

November 19

• Regular gun deer season open through Nov. 27.
• Late archery season opens through Jan. 8, 2010.

November 22

• Northern zone duck season closes.

November 27

• Regular gun deer season closes.

November 28

• Muzzleloader deer season opens, through Dec. 8.
• Fall turkey season extension opens in zones 1-5, through Dec. 31.

November 30

• Muskellunge season closes.*
• Turtle season closes. *

December 1

• Lake trout season on Lake Superior opens, through Sept. 30.*

December 4

• Southern and Mississippi zone duck seasons close.

December 7

• Muzzleloader deer season closes.
• Bobwhite quail season closes.

December 8

• Ruffed grouse season closes in the zone B.*

December 8 - 11

• Antlerless-only firearm hunt in Herd Control and CWD management units.

December 9

• Canada goose season in the north exterior zones closes.

December 10

• Spring turkey permit application deadline.*
• Application deadline for bear hunting kill permit.*

December 14

• Canada goose season in the south exterior zones closes.

December 26

• Period 2 hunting and trapping season for bobcat north of Hwy. 64 through Jan. 31.

December 16

• Horicon zone Canada goose hunting periods 2 closes.

December 24

• Holiday firearm season in CWD management zone through Jan. 8 (Earn-a-buck).

December 29

• Canada goose Mississippi River zone season closes.

December 31

• Pheasant season closes.*
• Fall turkey season extension in zones 1-5 closes.
• Hungarian partridge season closes.*
• Bobcat hunting and trapping season closes.*
• Fisher trapping season closes.*
• Frog season closes.*