Buck caught on deer cam in Town of Chippewa
Just west of Butternut
 

 White Tail Deer
Deer populations are very high in the Butternut area. Some large antlered older bucks are available. The deer management units in this vicinity are above population goals. The units in T- zones and with bonus tags provide opportunities to harvest additional antlerless deer. The Butternut area provides hunting seasons for archers, rifle, and muzzle loaders. A visit to your local Department of Natural Resources office will provide you with current year hunting regulations.
 

 Black Bear
The black bear population is very stable in Wisconsin. The season is from early September to early October. Dog hunting is allowed in our area. The opening week of bear season rotates each year with dog hunters starting first one year and bait hunters the following year. Hunters putting out bear bait in the Butternut area will have black bear visiting their bait stations.
 

Ruffed Grouse
Northern Wisconsin provides some of the best ruffed grouse hunting in the lake states. The grouse were at the high of the cycle in 1999 and are now on the downward trend of the ten-year cycle. Ruffed grouse populations should be increasing within next couple of years. Ruffed grouse prefer the Aspen timber types with some mix of balsam and spruce. They are frequently found in low lands and heavy cover along streams during the dry hunting seasons. 
 

 Woodcock
The area has limited number of woodcock. The best woodcock hunting is during the fall migration during mid-October.
 

 Waterfowl
The area is on the edge of the Mississippi flyway, but provides fair waterfowl hunting opportunities. 
 

 Land Open to Public Hunting
 The area has thousands of acres of land open to public hunting. The lands open to hunting are the national forests, DNR lands, county forest lands, industrial forest, and some privately owned managed forest land. Contact the property manager for closed areas or restrictions on any of these properties before hunting on them. Do not hunt on private land without prior landowner permission.
Contact a Wisconsin DNR office for regulations, where public hunting grounds are located, and season framework for each year.