Alabama Deer Population and Management Archive - Alabama Page
View the archive by scrolling through the window below. Historic deer hunt data is below the Archive window on the left column with links to sources.
Annual Deer Kill (rounded to nearest 1,000)
1950: 4,000
1968: 20,000
1984: 237,000
1985: 280,000
1986: 300,000
1987: 323,000
1988: 275,000
1989: 242,000
1990: 294,000
1991: 295,000
1992: 293,000
1993: 350,000
1994: 331,000
1995: 398,000
1996: 367,000
1997: 423,000
1998: 390,000
1999: 416,000
2000: 478,000
2001: 411,000
2002: 410,000
2003: 478,000
2004: 499,000
2005: 461,000
2006: 436,000
2007: 342,000
2008: 356,000
2009: 289,100
2010: 337,000
2011: 254,800
2012: 266,725
2013: 269,960
2014: 274,874
2015: 294,885
2016 295,000
2017: 212,444
2018: 203,040
2019: 218,358
2020: 272,731
2021:
301,122
2022:
308,729
Alabama estimates its total harvest from mailed hunter surveys. The 2017 estimate follows this approach.