Maine Deer Population and Management Archive - Maine
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Annual Reported Deer Hunt
1920 5,829
1950 39,216
1959* 42,735
*peak
1993: 27,402
1997: 31,152
1999: 31,473
2000: 36,886
2001: 27,769
2002: 38,153
2003: 30,313
2004: 30,926
2005: 28,148
2006: 29,918
2007: 28,884
2008: 21,061
2009: 18,045
2010: 20,063
2011: 18,839
2012: 21,365
2013: 24,795
2014: 22,490
2015: 20,325
2016: 23,512
2017: 27,233
2018: 32,451
2019: 28,323
2020: 33,159
2021: 38,947
2022: 43,787
2023: 38,215
Moose
2016: 1,609
2017: 1,518
2021: 2,527
2022: 2,199
Historic Registered Deer Kill
1919 5,784
1920 5,829
1921 8,861
1922 7,628
1923 *
1924 *
1925 8,379
1926 *
1927 8,112
1928 9,051
1929 11,708
1930 13,098
1931 14,694
1932 15,465
1933 18,935
1934 13,284
1935 19,726
1936 19,134
1937 19,197
1938 19,363
1939 19,187
1940 22,201
1941 19,881
1942 22,591
1943 24,408
1944 21,708
1945 24,904
1946 31,728
1947 30,349
1948 35,364
1949 35,051
1950 39,216
1951 41,730
1952 35,171
1953 38,609
1954 37,379
1955 35,591
1956 40,290
1957 41,142
1958 39,393
1959 41,735
1960 37,758**
* No records
** Preliminary
Source: Deer in Maine, Game Division Bulletin No. 6, 1961