Pennsylvania
Deer seasons, licenses, and the exceptions that change them, from the Game Commission’s 2026–27 digest and season announcement. This is a reading aid. The digest is the rule book.
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Three rule books, not fifty.
Each guide is a plain-English reading of that state’s current deer rules: licenses, tags, hunter education, equipment, seasons, reporting, and the property exceptions that do not fit in a single statewide date. Every factual card names its source.
Wisconsin
The Fall 2026–Spring 2027 regulations are the rule book. This page puts the deer license, the weapon split, and the season table into plain language and points back to the DNR for the unit map.
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Plain-language notes from the 2026 Deer Hunting Regulations Summary and the season calendar. The summary says it is a condensation of the Wildlife Conservation Order. The order controls.
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