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Florida Deer Population and Management Archive

Estimated Annual Deer Kill

Data for 1951 to 2007 estimated from FWC graph)

1950      6,000

1951      6,500

1952      7,500

1953      9,000

1954      9,200

1955    10,000

1956    12,500

1957    13,000

1958    14,000

1959    15,000

1960    17,500

1961    24,000

1962    25,000

1963    27,000

1964    29,000

1965    32,000

1966    38,000

1967    40,000

1968    43,000

1969    42,500

1970    49,000

1971    49,500

1972    59,000

1973    58,000

1974    55,000

1975    55,000

1976    70,000

1977    86,000

1978    55,000

1979    72,000

1980    73,000

1981    68,000

1982    65,000

1983    77,000

1984    75,000

1985    80,000

1986    90,000

1987   108,000

1988   109,000

1989     85,000

1990     80,000

1991     82,000

1992     82,000

1993   105,000

1994     90,000

1995     83,000

1996     81,000

1997     61,000

1998:    90,000

1999   105,000

2000   117,000

2001   110,000

2002   108,000

2003   118,000

2004   110,000

2005     80,500

2006   101,000

2007   108,437

2008*  130,058

2009   151,679

2010   176,791

2011:  136,966

2012:  142,325

2013:  102,626

2014:  102,478

2015:    96,892

2016:    87,591

2017:    94,594 

2018:    74,974

2019:    72,237

2020:

65,707

2021:  74,071

2022:  93,484


*2008 Estimated


National Deer Association Harvest Data for 2019 to 2022


Harvest Data


Florida Deer Management Plan.  2008 - 2018