MONROE — Hunting Works For Wisconsin recently met with its Monroe-area partners at the Blackhawk Technical College Enterprise Center to discuss data about the beneficial impact hunting has on the state economy. Wisconsin has a strong tradition of hunting, with over 895,000 people hunting in the state every year according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The economic impacts of these hunters is what Hunting Works For Wisconsin works to educate people about.
2018 Hunting Season
Seasons currently under way or upcoming:
■ Archery and Crossbow: now through Jan. 6, 2019
■ Extended Archery and Crossbow (see Wisconsin DNR for zones): Jan. 6-31, 2019.
■ Traditional Nine-Day Gun Deer Season: Nov. 17-25
■ Metro Sub-Unit Gun-Deer Season: Nov. 17-Dec. 5
■ Muzzleloader Season: Nov. 26-Dec. 5
■ December Statewide Four-Day Antlerless-Only Season: Dec. 6-9
■ Antlerless-Only Holiday Hunt (see Wisconsin DNR for zones): Dec. 24-Jan. 1
More information can be found at https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/hunt.
According to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, hunting generates $1 billion in salaries and wages and supports over 34,000 Wisconsin jobs. Additionally, hunting is a major source of tax revenue for the state. Hunters pay $228 million in state and local taxes, not including the Pittman-Robertson Act, an 11 percent federal excise tax on firearms, ammunition and archery equipment that goes toward hunter safety training and wildlife and habitat conservation. Overall hunting in Wisconsin has a ripple effect of $4 billion annually.
Hunting Works For Wisconsin was founded in 2014 and is supported by organizations such as the National Shooting Sports Foundation. It currently has over 150 partners, ranging from hotels, resorts, restaurants and gas stations to retailers, hunting and shooting organizations, chambers of commerce and visitors bureaus.
For more information on Hunting Works For Wisconsin, visit http://huntingworksforamerica.com/huntingworksforwi/.
