Montana Deer Population and Management News Archive
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Annual Deer Hunt 1999: 94,000 2000: 100,000* 2001: 121,000* 2002: 130,000** 2003: 140,000* 2004: 119,266 2005: 115,238 2006: 136,054 2007: 125,866 2008: 115,741 2009: 105,084 2010: 94,730 2011: 81,989 2012: 87,638 2013: 78,238 2014: 75,680 2015 2016: 118,000 *Year 2000, 2001, 2003 estimated from mule deer harvest **Year 2002 is estimated The 1999 harvest was about equally split between mule deer and whitetails. 2000: 49,616 2001: 64,425 2003: 69,687 | More Deer Management and Population News by State |