Summary of Deer Harvested by Season and Year 1972-73 Through 2019-20

Season	Fall Bow	Youth Hunts	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
1972-73	1,464			6,994		2,563		11,021	7,763	3,258
1973-74	1,689			6,837		2,792		11,318	7,722	3,596
1974-75	1,717			6,995		4,434		13,146	7,936	5,210
1975-76	1,823			6,790		3,885	190	12,688	7,812	4,876
1976-77	1,960			7,140		3,768	150	13,018	8,374	4,644
1977-78	2,381			7,829		3,999	210	14,419	9,329	5,090
1978-79	2,361			7,017	249	5,911	280	15,818	8,690	7,128
1979-80	2,020			8,673	387	4,783	243	16,106	10,084	6,022
1980-81	4,853			9,959	648	5,423	308	21,191	12,404	8,787
1981-82	5,520			10,485	989	4,817	326	22,137	13,131	9,006
Seasons	Fall Bow	Youth Hunts	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
1982-83	6,587			10,033	1,073	5,711	341	23,745	13,527	10,218
1983-84	6,524			10,121	1,160	5,136	378	23,319	13,756	9,563
1984-85	7,149			11,030	1,631	5,259	550	25,619	14,866	10,753
1985-86	7,535			11,513	2,829	7,080	435	29,392	16,417	12,975
1986-87	7,861		1,768	13,758	3,488	6,344	558	33,777	19,907	13,870
1987-88	8,483		2,548	14,523	3,815	9,077	782	39,228	22,006	17,222
1988-89	9,816		2,326	14,158	4,203	14,779	618	45,900	22,544	23,356
1989-90	10,107		2,952	14,018	5,899	14,895	655	48,526	23,075	25,451
1990-91	10,422		2,619	13,513	4,897	15,962	809	48,222	23,141	25,081
1991-92	11,423		3,319	11,090	4,426	14,420	738	45,416	21,882	23,534
Seasons	Fall Bow	Youth Hunts	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
1992-93	10,976		4,604	12,832	5,461	12,964	838	47,675	24,252	23,423
1993-94	13,393		2,953	11,895	5,739	15,302	660	49,942	23,821	26,121
1994-95	14,396		3,602	11,596	5,700	15,306	842	51,442	24,650	26,792
1995-96	15,821		3,992	14,071	7,746	17,359	780	59,769	28,073	31,696
1996-97	11,527		7,327	10,035	9,580	17,094	1,141	56,704	25,992	30,712
1997-98	12,196		6,977	11,518	9,831	17,941	1,088	59,551	27,211	32,340
1998-99	12,581		7,228	10,921	9,850	18,268	1,166	60,014	26,989	33,025
1999-00	14,282		9,583	10,848	10,920	28,498	1,267	75,398	22,035	53,363
2000-01	13,868		9,429	13,016	12,470	27,116	1,545	77,444	23,307	54,137
2001-02	13,037	730	9,726	9,977	12,357	23,060	1,083	69,970	20,734	49,236
Seasons	Fall Bow	Youth Hunts	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
2002-03	11,329	783	8,657	10,524	10,166	20,678	894	63,031	20,783	42,248
2003-04	13,420	888	9,858	12,322	11,236	20,541	1,191	69,456	23,307	46,149
2004-05	13,128	709	8,340	7,895	10,359	16,950	1,183	58,564	17,965	40,599
2005-06	14,040	839	8,206	10,001	10,040	15,533	998	59,657	20,508	39,145
2006-07	14,418	844	7,246	9,259	9,282	14,502	1,122	56,673	19,460	37,213
2007-08	9,994	725	6,086	8,243	8,338	12,399	1,232	47,017	17,467	29,549
2008-09	13,299	860	6,089	7,741	9,878	13,764	1,629	53,260	18,399	34,861
2009-10	14,161	689	6,852	8,014	7,639	13,383	2,046	52,784	19,181	33,603
2010-11	15,775	817	8,428	7,485	7,827	12,446	2,626	55,404	19,925	35,479
2011-12	14,207	767	8,022	7,025	6,509	10,815	2,764	50,109	18,567	31,533
Seasons	Fall Bow	Youth Hunts	Permit Bow	Six-day Firearm	Permit Muzzleloader	Permit Shotgun	Winter Bow	Total Harvest	Antlered Harvest	Antlerless Harvest
2012-13	15,049	743	7,934	6,614	6,432	10,267	2,903	49,942	17,752	32,146
2013-14	15,151	600	10,451	6,019	6,110	10,295	2,970	51,595	18,511	33,083
2014-15	16,628	616	9,447	5,714	5,789	10,857	3,653	52,704	17,412	33,292
2015-16	13,312	376	7,049	4,791	4,398	8,470	3,043	41,439	15,290	26,149
2016-17	15,105	407	10,247	6,284	4,935	9,164	3,104	49,246	19,889	29,357
2017-18	13,993	353	10,402	6,177	5,225	9,008	3,387	48,545	20,082	28,463
2018-19	14,612	436	10,649	7,291	4,812	9,374	3,687	50,861	21,545	29,316
2019-20	14,071	330	11,223	4,850	4,126	7,757	3,293	45,650	18,852	26,798

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