NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Summary of Deer Harvested in NJ, 1972

Summary of Deer Harvested in NJ, 1972 - 2004 by Season and Year

Year	Fall Bow	Youth Hunt	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
1972	1,464			6,994		2,563		11,021	7,763	3,258
1973	1,689			6,837		2,792		11,318	7,722	3,596
1974	1,717			6,995		4,434		13,146	7,936	5,210
1975	1,823			6,790		3,885	190	12,688	7,812	4,876
1976	1,960			7,140		3,768	150	13,018	8,374	4,644
1977	2,381			7,829		3,999	210	14,419	9,329	5,090
1978	2,361			7,017	249	5,911	280	15,818	8,690	7,128
1979	2,020			8,673	387	4,783	243	16,106	10,084	6,022
1980	4,853			9,959	648	5,423	308	21,191	12,404	8,787
1981	5,520			10,485	989	4,817	326	22,137	13,131	9,006
1982	6,587			10,033	1,073	5,711	341	23,745	13,527	10,218
Year	Fall Bow	Youth Hunt	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
1983	6,524			10,121	1,160	5,136	378	23,319	13,756	9,563
1984	7,149			11,030	1,631	5,259	550	25,619	14,866	10,753
1985	7,535			11,513	2,829	7,080	435	29,392	16,417	12,975
1986	7,861		1,768	13,758	3,488	6,344	558	33,777	19,907	13,870
1987	8,483		2,548	14,523	3,815	9,077	782	39,228	22,006	17,222
1988	9,816		2,326	14,158	4,203	14,779	618	45,900	22,544	23,356
1989	10,107		2,952	14,018	5,899	14,895	655	48,526	23,075	25,451
1990	10,422		2,619	13,513	4,897	15,962	809	48,222	23,141	25,081
1991	11,423		3,319	11,090	4,426	14,420	738	45,416	21,882	23,534
1992	10,976		4,604	12,832	5,461	12,964	838	47,675	24,252	23,423
1993	13,393		2,953	11,895	5,739	15,302	660	49,942	23,821	26,121
Year	Fall Bow	Youth Hunt	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
1994	14,396		3,602	11,596	5,700	15,306	842	51,442	24,650	26,792
1995	15,821		3,992	14,071	7,746	17,359	780	59,769	28,073	31,696
1996	11,527		7,327	10,035	9,580	17,094	1,141	56,704	25,992	30,712
1997	12,196		6,977	11,518	9,831	17,941	1,088	59,551	27,211	32,340
1998	12,581		7,228	10,921	9,850	18,268	1,166	60,014	26,989	33,025
1999	14,282		9,583	10,848	10,920	28,498	1,267	75,398	22,035	53,363
2000	13,868		9,429	13,016	12,470	27,116	1,545	77,444	23,307	54,137
2001	13,037	730	9,726	9,977	12,357	23,060	1,083	69,970	20,734	49,236
2002	11,329	783	8,657	10,524	10,166	20,678	894	63,031	20,783	42,248
2003	13,420	888	9,858	12,322	11,236	20,541	1,191	69,456	23,307	46,149
2004	13,128	709	8,340	7,895	10,359	16,950	1,183	58,564	17,965	40,599