Arkansas Population and Management Archive - Arkansas Page
View the archive by scrolling through the window below or Load the Archive Document. Historic deer hunt data is below the Archive window on the left column with links to sources.
Annual Deer Hunt
1938: 203
1939: 540
1940: 408
1941: 433
1942: 1,000
1943: 1,723
1944: 1,604
1945: 1,687
1946: 1,661
1947: 2,016
1948: 2,779
1949: 3,075
1950: 4,122
1951: 4,600
1952: 6,090
1953: 6.245
1954: 7,343
1955: 6,856
1956: 8,249
1957: 9,438
1958: 9,993
1959: 12,280
1960: 15,000
1961: 19,359
1962: 27,772
1963: 25,148
1964: 16,637
1965: 17,138
1966: 20,028
1967: 21,751
1968: 20,063
1969: 25,696
1970: 26,017
1971: 24,720
1972: 32,087
1973: 33,794
1974: 33,763
1975: 33,322
1976: 27,790
1977: 29,109
1978: 43,452
1979: 36,074
1980: 45,202
1981: 44,591
1982: 42,873
1983: 60,248
1984: 66,039
1985: 60,076
1986: 79,880
1987: 106,392
1988: 110,207
1989: 113,079
1990: 90,910
1991: 110,896
1992: 110,401
1993: 122,063
1994: 120,491
1995: 163,924
1996: 152,460
1997: 152,460
1998: 179,225
1999: 194,687
2000: 182,132
2001: 150,279
2002: 124,451
2003: 108,456
2004: 131,639
2005: 132,415
2006: 165,663
2007: 169,853
2008: 184,991
2009: 187,074
2010: 186,247
2011: 192,510
2012: 213,487
2013: 213,215
2014: 208,075
2015: 212,938
2016: 202,070
2017: 205,310
2018: 210,065
2019: 188,151
2020: 216,835
2021: 181,379
2022 185,579
Online searchable database of hunting statistics
Bag limits increased.
45 percent does in 2012 hunt