Oregon Deer Population and Management News Archive
Annual Estimated Deer Kill 1952: 77,897 1955: 133,834 1960: 157,504 1961: 163,939 1962: 139,712 1963: 117,619 1964: 143,023 1965: 119,369 1966: 147,975 1967: 142,975 1968: 151,380 1969: 101,500 1970: 87,800 1971: 87,800 1972: 73,400 1973: 103.470 1974: 76,400 1975: 54,980 1976: 80,700 1977: 129,120 1978: 124,001 1979: 99,723 1980: 112,245 1981: 121,999 1982: 85,231 1983: 81,473 1984: No survey 1985: 81,696 1986: 81,696 1987: 83,265 1988: 83,265 1989: 72,374 1990: 90,646 1991: 78,089 1992: 92,336 1993: 57,980 1994: 70,848 1995: 63,344 1996: 65,757 1997: 70,525 1998: 72,089 1999: 63,507 2000: 61,816 2001: 58,283 2002: 50,644 2003: 51,868 2004: 47,424 2005: 48,605 2006: 44,646 2007: 51,210 2008: 46,308 2009: 43,476 2010: 40,239 2011: 43,223 Declining herd, hard winters. The DFW says harvest surveys were not conducted on all hunts beginning in 2004, so data is not comparable to previous years. | More Deer Management and Population News by State |