Colorado Deer Population:    The state estimated a post-hunt deer population of 375,710 in 2023 with about 357,000 mule deer and 19,000 whitetails.  An estimate in 2022 of 391,921 with 372,325 mule deer and 19,596 whitetails.  The population is down from 416,426 in 2021 and 427,570 in 2020  An estimated 418,310 deer in 2019, 433,140 deer post-hunt in 2018. Up from 418,800 post-hunt in 2017; 418,500 in 2016, a decline in part as a result of a harsh winter. In 2015 about 435,660 deer. The mild 2014-15 winter allowed for better survival, especially in the northwest. The 2014 post-hunt population was estimated at 424,190 compared to 390,660 in 2013.   An estimated 1.2 million or more mule deer in the state during the 1940s.


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