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Phone: 608-565-2551
V/TTY: 800-947-3529
Address:
N11385 Headquarters Road
Necedah, WI 54646

Visitor Center Hours:
6 days a week, 7:30am - 4:00pm, Closed Sundays.

Closed December 24-26, 31 and January 1-2, 2012 to observe federal holidays.


Visitor Center trails and the refuge are open sunrise to sunset.
After-hours bathrooms are available on the southwest end of the visitor center.

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Hunting & Fishing

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is open to hunting and fishing in accordance with applicable state regulations (please visit the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources or call the Wisconsin Rapids Field Office at 715-421-7800 ). Signs are posted throughout the refuge identifying hunting areas (see hunting/fishing brochure). No special Federal hunting permit is required. The refuge is in Unit 56.

Hunting

Hunting has been a primary activity on the refuge since 1939 and is recognized as a priority public use activity of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Hunting programs on our national wildlife refuges promote understanding of and increase public appreciation for America's natural resources, to manage wildlife populations at optimum levels, and to provide opportunities for quality recreational and educational experiences.

The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is the largest public hunting area near Madison, Wisconsin and has become a popular destination for many Wisconsin deer hunters. As many as 2,000 deer hunters visit the 44,000-acre refuge on opening day, with many returning year after year. While turkey hunting is not nearly as popular, the refuge has a healthy population of birds that appears to be increasing. The spring season is a particular good time to catch a gobbler. Necedah offers a wide range of hunting opportunities on limited parts of the refuge. Nearly the entire refuge is open for the deer firearms season.

As a migratory bird refuge, the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge has a large percentage of its managed pools closed to migratory bird hunting during fall bird migration (a requirement of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act). Twenty percent of the refuge is open to all small game, waterfowl, and deer hunting. The remaining 80 percent, except for a 2-square-mile safety zone around the Visitor Center complex, is open for gun deer, late archery deer, and small game. One large pool, Suk-Cerney, receives substantial waterfowl hunting use and also has a universally accessible waterfowl hunting blind. The refuge's hunting brochure provides information on seasons, open and closed areas, and refuge regulations.

Fishing as a traditional outdoor pastime is deeply rooted in America's natural heritage and a popular public use activity in the National Wildlife Refuge System.