There are also additional areas now classified as EAB. If you hunt in one of these units and you killed an antlerless deer last year, you have qualified for EAB and should be getting a DNR sticker in the mail. If you didn't get an antlerless deer last season, you must harvest an antlerless deer before you can take a buck. Be sure to check the new regulations and your tags before going into the woods. Now, let's look at where hunters got trophy bucks last season.

The Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club officially recorded 285 trophy bucks in 2007 -- 82 percent taken by bowhunters, 15 percent taken with a firearms and 3 percent were roadside kills, found by residents or bought.

WEST-CENTRAL REGION
This 18-county region in the west-central part of the state is by far the best for trophy bucks. In 2007, hunters registered a whopping 109 trophies with the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club. A Monroe County hunter registered a non-typical buck that scored 200 1/8.

For the second consecutive year, Buffalo County was No. 1 in the region and the state with 31 WBBC trophies registered -- the largest a 184 1/8 typical. Twenty-nine were taken by bow and two by gun. The county also continues to produce good deer numbers, with 3,198 taken by bow and 8,066 by gun. Of those totals, 3,290 were antlered deer.

The neighboring county of Trempealeau finished second in the region and state with 12 trophies, 10 bagged by archers and two by gun hunters.

TOP 20 TROPHY-BUCK HARVEST COUNTIES, 1991-2007 (Data courtesy of the Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club)
COUNTY	GUN	BOW	OTHER	2007 TOTAL	OVERALL TOTAL
Buffalo	2	29	0	31	641
Dane	1	6	0	7	262
Trempealeau	2	10	0	12	246
Sauk	3	11	0	14	201
Columbia	0	4	2	6	175
Waukasha	0	1	0	1	174
Waupaca	3	4	0	7	156
Iowa	1	5	0	6	142
Dunn	2	6	0	8	135
Jefferson	0	2	1	3	131
Polk	2	5	0	7	123
Sawyer	0	2	0	2	121
Douglass	2	2	0	4	118
Rock	0	2	0	2	100
Washburn	0	1	0	1	96
Crawford	0	3	0	3	93
Price	1	2	0	3	92
Walworth	0	1	0	1	91
Grant	0	2	0	2	90
Bayfield	2	0	0	2	89

Vernon County came in third with 11 registered trophies. Nine of these monsters were taken by bow, leaving only two taken by gun.

NORTHERN REGION
Hunters in the 18-county northern region saw a big decrease in the number of trophies registered with the WBBC. In 2006, 71 trophy bucks were recorded but only 40 in 2007. The top counties were Polk, Taylor, Douglas and Baron. Polk has been the top county for the last four years in the northern region.

Last year, seven trophies were recorded from Polk, a decrease of six from the year before. Five big bucks were taken by bow and two by gun. Archers killed 1,103 antlered deer in 2007 out of a total bow kill of 2,652 animals. Gun hunters were successful on antlered deer as well. Of the 11,276 deer registered during the firearms season, 3,715 were bucks.

Taylor County came in second with five trophies registered. All five were taken with a bow with the largest scoring 154 5/8. The countywide archery kill was 2,519, and the total gun harvest was 7,908. The harvest of antlered deer was 3,420 in the county.

Of the four trophies taken in Douglas County, two were with a bow and two with a gun. During the archery season, 2,2,67 deer were harvested, of which 765 had some horns. During the gun season, 8,974 whitetails were dropped with 3,664 having antlers.

NORTHEAST REGION
The northeast region of the state did very well in producing trophy bucks. It is the second highest region in the state, with a total of 66 bucks registered last year with the WBBC. A Shawano County hunter registered a non-typical buck with a rack score of 214 6/8. This region consists of 16 counties and the top-producing county in this area was Marquette with nine trophies.