The numbers don't lie boys, Wisconsin is the clear leader ...
No restrictions to out of state hunters or non-rez land owners like Iowa, cheap non-rez license tags at $165 (Illinois is $450), plenty of public land. If Wisconsin went to shotgun or muzzleloader only like other states, scary what what could be produced.
And by the way we have pickled eggs & northern pike, Hamm's beer & Point Bock beer, cheese, and bacon fat basted eggs to cure that hangover
Top B&C Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
Typicals:
- Wisconsin: 1,770
- Illinois: 1,405
- Iowa: 1,291
- Minnesota: 1,168
- Kentucky: 1,009
- Ohio: 977
- Missouri: 851
- Kansas: 828
- Indiana: 739
- Texas: 731
Non-Typicals:
- Wisconsin: 712
- Ohio: 457
- Kentucky: 418
- Indiana: 369
- Iowa: 354
- Illinois: 331
- Kansas: 322
- Missouri: 301
- Minnesota: 293
- Texas: 248
Top P&Y Whitetail Producing States Last 10 Years
1. Wisconsin 12,246
2. Illinois 7,891
3. Iowa 5,025
4. Ohio 4,020
5. Kansas 3,534
6. Colorado 3,174
7. Indiana 3,045
8. Minnesota 3,005
9. Montana 2,658
10. Missouri 2,354