Louisiana Deer Population and Management Archive - Louisiana
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Annual Deer Hunt, From Mail Survey
1947: 5,000
1948: > 1,000
1960: 16,500
1968: 32,500
1989: 170,000
1997* 267,000
*Peak
2000 250,000
2001: 210,000
2002: 240,000
2003: 225,000
2004: 195,000
2005: 205,000
2006: 195,200
2007: 201,200
2008: 158,300
2009: 147,300
2010: 153,500
2011: 133,000
2012* 171,921
2013: 192,610
2014: 166,995
2015: 180,788
2016: 152,709
2017: 166,995
2018: 160,561
2019: 171,000
2020: 192,000
2021:
233,400
2022: 217,700
In 2012 senior hunters were added, increasing the harvest which probably declined that year without the change.
* Data from 2012 to 2018 was re-estimated in the 2019 report to account for lifetime license holders
Below are the original estimates and links to documents
2012: 152,700
2013: 166,200
2014: 139,928
2015: 156,100
2016: 138,300
2017: 135,100
2018: 120,800
Estimated data for 1970 to 2013 from LDFW graph
Reporting System Results
2008: 116,571
2009: 107.455
2010: 104,832
2011: 76,378
2012: 63,278
2013: 68,988
2000 to 2005 estimated from historical graph