West Virginia Deer Population, Management News and Information Archive
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Annual Reported Deer Hunt
1950:     6,559
1951:   21,951
1955:   13,148
1957:     6,187
1960:   15,928
1965:   19,911
1968:   10,547
1970:   13,988
1975:   35,336
1980:   54,166
1985:   84,600
1990:  169,948
1992:  204,201
1997:  235,305
2000:  195,000  
2001:  218,253
2002:  255,356
2003:  208,216
2004:  179,066
2005:  135,361
2006:  136,289
2007:  145,577
2008:  163,603
2009:  155,214
2010:  106,499
2011:  135,696
2012:  132,261 
2013:  150,877 
2014:  104,707
2015:  138,493
2016   112,384
2017:  108,160
2018:  108,856
2019:    99,437

*Record harvest in 2002.


Chronic Wasting Disease first detected in 2005







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