Town Corner Wildlife Area: hunting and access
Town Corner Wildlife Area is 899 acres of land managed by the Wisconsin DNR in Marinette County, 4 miles from Amberg. The DNR's page for it names deer among the game here. Hunters registered 3,288 deer in DMU 126 in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: the DNR's DNR property data, read 2026-10. Harvest: DNR Deer Metrics.
State wildlife areas, forests and other DNR landCounty forestTown Corner Wildlife AreaCounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 899 acres |
|---|---|
| County | Marinette County |
| Deer Management Unit | DMU 126 |
| DNR lists for hunting | deer |
| Public access (DNR) | Open to Hiking, Fishing, Hunting and Trapping |
| DNR property page | Town Corner Wildlife Area |
| Nearest towns | Amberg (4 mi), Pembine (8 mi) and Dunbar (8 mi) |
What is Town Corner Wildlife Area like?
Town Corner Wildlife Area is a 905-acre property located in north-central Marinette County. The property has frontage on Town Corner Lake and is a mix of lowland swamp conifer consisting of white cedar and spruce and uplands comprised of various ages of aspen, oak and pine, as well as grass openings. Granite rock outcrops are scattered throughout the entire property, and a small lake/bog is found in the center of the property. The small, 11-acre bog lake found near the center of the property supports unique plant and animal life and is part of the Town Corner Cedars State Natural Area. Property users can park at one of four mapped native surface parking areas and explore the many habitats Town Corner Wildlife Area has to offer.
Find Town Corner Wildlife Area from Highway 141 in the community of Amberg. Go west on Coleman Avenue, then north on Grant Street, which turns west out of town and is called Dow Dam Road. Continue west for 3 miles, then north on Smiley Road, which borders the southern portion of the Town Corner Wildlife Area. Continue on Smiley Road, then turn north on Rock Road, which borders the west side of the property. From Rock Road, head east on Town Corner Lake Road, which borders the north side of the property. The property was acquired by the state beginning in 1947 and completed in 1951 to be managed as a deer yard; an additional 120 acres was donated to the state in 1987. Despite management efforts, deer did not use the property as a yarding area. By the late 1950s, management shifted to providing hunting opportunities and forest game habitat.
In the DNR's words, from its page for the property.
What can you hunt on Town Corner Wildlife Area?
The DNR's page for Town Corner Wildlife Area names deer. Each follows Wisconsin's statewide season and, for deer, the tags and rules of the deer management unit.
What are the rules on Town Corner Wildlife Area?
The DNR's property map lists Town Corner Wildlife Area as "Open to Hiking, Fishing, Hunting and Trapping". Hunting follows Wisconsin's statewide seasons and the rules posted on the property.
Activities the DNR lists for Town Corner Wildlife Area: Birding, Cross-country skiing (no designated trail), Fishing, Hiking (no designated trail), Hunting, Trapping, Wild edibles/gathering and Wildlife viewing.
How many deer are taken around Town Corner Wildlife Area?
Town Corner Wildlife Area lies in DMU 126. The DNR registered 3,288 deer in DMU 126 in 2025.
| DMU | Town Corner Wildlife Area acres in it | Deer, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| DMU 126 | 899 | 3,288 |
Harvest for the whole deer management unit, not the property alone: Wisconsin DNR Deer Metrics (registered harvest by deer management unit).
How do you get to Town Corner Wildlife Area?
Nearest towns: Amberg (4 miles), Pembine (8 miles), Dunbar (8 miles) and Wausaukee (11 miles). Highways within 5 miles: US 141.
What other public land is near Town Corner Wildlife Area?
DNR properties within 10 miles:
- Pike Wild River: 4,758 acres, next to it
- Amberg Wildlife Area: 1,169 acres, 2.9 miles away
- Miscauno Wildlife Area: 622 acres, 5.3 miles away
- Wausaukee River State Habitat Area: 23 acres, 6.5 miles away
- Governor Earl Peshtigo River State Forest: 11,795 acres, 8.5 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Town Corner Wildlife Area
Counting Town Corner Wildlife Area itself, 9,407 of the 28,898 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (32.6%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public).
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| County forest | 6,067 |
| State wildlife areas, forests and other DNR land | 3,340 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Town Corner Wildlife Area?
In Marinette County, 4 miles from Amberg. The DNR's property page has its maps and parking.
Is Town Corner Wildlife Area open to hunting?
Yes. The DNR's property map lists it as "Open to Hiking, Fishing, Hunting and Trapping". Posted refuges or closed areas, where there are any, are marked on site.
Which deer management unit is Town Corner Wildlife Area in?
DMU 126.
How much public land is around Town Corner Wildlife Area?
9,407 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Town Corner Wildlife Area included, by PAD-US 4.1. The closest other DNR property is Pike Wild River (next to it).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: DNR, Town Corner Wildlife Area; Wisconsin DNR managed lands open to hunting.
- Boundary and acres: the DNR's map layer above. Surrounding public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public).
- Deer harvest: Wisconsin DNR Deer Metrics (registered harvest by deer management unit).
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