Kentucky Deer Population and Management Archive -  Kentucky

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Kentucky Deer Population and Management Archive

Annual Deer Hunt

1950:             0

1968:      8.000

1976:      3,476

1979:      8,000 est.

1980:      9,702

1981:    14,983

1986:    39,520

1989:    70,149

1991:    92,934

1999:    95,229

2000:  106,263

2001:  103,338

2002:  115,082

2003:  116,540

2004:  124,752

2005:  112,462

2006:  122,233

2007:  113,436

2008:  120,610

2009:  113,584

2010:  110,376

2011:  119,663

2012:  131,395

2013:  144,409

2014:  138,899

2015:  155,730

2016:  139,450

2017:  136,026

2018:  145,753

2019:  148,382

2020:  141,633

2021:  132,322

2022:

144,515


Kentucky Deer Harvest Data


Deer Reports


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2021:  249