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Estimated Annual Deer Kill (also below, reported kill, with links to data sources)
1998: 34,759
1999: 33,874
2000: 40,632
2001: 34,417
2002: 33,311
2003: 29,317
2004: 37,746
2005: 29,566
2006: 28,581
2007: 33,367
2008: 29,612
2009: 27,900
2010: 26,425
2011: 28,927
2012: 32,954
2013: 31,076
2014: 37,951
2015: 38,199
2016: 32,514
2017: 28,593
2018: 28,682
2019: 28,043
2020: 25,986
2021: 31,986
2022: 30,096
2023: 29,580
Reported Annual Deer Hunt and links to historic data
1911: 6,200
1912: 7,800
1913: 8,100
1914: 9,000
1915: 8,100
1916: 8,117
1917: Closed to 1927 to preserve herd
1927: 19,292
1928: 21,163
1929: 21,148
1930: 24,067
1931: 25,693
1932: 18,509
1933: 17,671
1934: 20,696
1935: 22,032
1936: 24,954
1937: 32,113
1938: 35,035
1939: 43,225
1940: 46,367
1941: 43,655
1942: 26,526
1943: 25,570
1944: 36,182
1945: 37,775
1946: 48,645
1947: 47,416
1948: 47,718
1949: 52,502
1950: 48,129
1951: 66,505
1952: 50,882
1953: 58,936
1954: 76,273
1955: 78,643
1956:102,636
1957: 68,262
1958: 62,251
1959: 75,460
1960: 82,182
1961: 72,540
1962: 59,813
1963: 60,167
1964: 71,126
1965: 66,627
1966: 75,954
1967: 46,006
1968: 54,468
1969: 51,290
1970: 40,115
1971: 41,218
1972: 38,569
1973: 31,300
1974: 23,810
1975: 26,679
1976: 29,875
1977: 37,062
1978: 31,516
1979: 36,321
1980: 32,899
1981: 42,586
1982: 31,963
1983: 26,524
1984: 32,659
1985: 32,798
1986: 31,067
1987: 26,580
1988: 25,986
1989: 28,399
1990: 26,454
1991: 25,853
1992: 29,192
1993: 23,406
1994: 23,773
1995: 17,230
1996: 23,658
1997: 20,937
1998: 18,755
1999: 18,639
2000: 22,508
2001: 18,900
2002: 18,315
2003: 16,288
2004: 20,925
2005: 16,430
2006: 16,240
2007: 18,978
2008: 16,941
2009: 16,088
2010: 14,817
2011: 10,892
2012: 12,526
2013: 14,733
2014: 14,243
2015: 19,639 *
2016: 27,608 *
2017: 21,749 *
2018: 22,029*
2019: 21,333*
2020: 19,568*
2021: 23,521*
2022: 21,871*
2023: 21,014*
* Mandatory harvest reporting in 2015 increased the reporting rate.
Recently, California also provides an estimated harvest.
Since 2010 generally the number of deer killed for Private Land Management (PLM) are not included in totals.
The California Deer Decline, 1950s to 1976
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