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Title: Deer Management Units, Zones, and Metro Subunits - Wisconsin, 2025

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Dates

  • Coverage: 2025

Summary

This data represents deer management units, zones and metro subunits, Wisconsin in 2025. [Wisconsin DNR Deer Management Units and Metro sub-units separated by Zones. For more information, contact Erin Larson - Wisconsin DNR Bureau of Wildlife Management or Bill Ceelen - Wisconsin DNR Bureau of Technology Services, GIS Section. Field definitions:DEER_MGMT_UNIT_ID (shapefile: DEER_MGMT_) - Deer Management Unit (DMU): DMUs are based on county boundaries except for areas that are subdivided as metropolitan deer management subunits, islands of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Madeline Island in Ashland County or being within the exterior boundaries of the Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Menominee and Red Cliff reservations. Antlerless deer quotas and tag levels are decided at the level ofDMU.DEER_MANAGEMENT_ZONE (shapefile: DEER_MANAG) - Deer Management Zone (DMZ): DMUs grouped together in similar habitat types METRO_SUBUNIT (shapefile: METRO_SUBU) - Metropolitan deer management subunits that are a subdivided part of a DMU due to it being in an urban area.DEER_MGMT_UNIT_NAME (shapefile: DEER_MGMT1) - a combination of the deer management unit (DMU), the Metro Subunit, and the zone (DMZ).]

Subjects

  • Environment
  • Biota
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-92.964215, -86.70883, 47.083097, 42.457983)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-92.964215, -86.70883, 47.083097, 42.457983)

Provider

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Deer Management Units, Zones, and Metro Subunits - Wisconsin, 2025. Polygon data. https://geodata.wisc.edu/catalog/9C920D16-73E2-45E5-8825-0F18CAF3AD93

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English