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Alaska Deer Population and Management Archive

Annual Deer Hunt

Sitka Black-Tailed Deer

1944:  7,204  p 23

1945:   9,077

1946:  11,280

1947:  10,922

1948:    7,476

1949:    4,520

1950:    4,600

1951:    4,200

1952:    3,300

1953:    5,100

1954:    4,600

1955:    5,900

1956:    7,800

1957:    8,250

1958:  13,000

1959:  12,100

1960:  13,300

1961:  12,100

1962:  11,700

1963:  12,500

1964:  11,700

1965:  12,200

1966:  14,200


1997:    8,880

1998:  11,107

19999,850

2000:    8,635

2001:  11,433

200212,659

2003:  17,782

2004:  10,371

200519,005

200619,859

20079,084

200812,922

200912,217

201013,917

201119,544

2012:  13,061

201313,929

2014:  13,504

2015:  20,120

2016:  23,064

2017:  14,952

2018:  15,686

2019:  17,610

2020:  14,180

2021:  17,678

2022: 12,627


The harvest is going up with more whitetail deer.


Deer Hunting Summaries


Online harvest reports


Forage resource evaluation system for habitat—deer: an interactive deer habitat model