Outdoor Calendar

2011

* Indicates date remains the same each year, except some permit deadlines may be extended one day if they fall on a Sunday or Federal Holiday.

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. 7.
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.*