Massachusetts Deer Population and Management Archive -  Massachusetts

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Masschusetts Deer Population and Management Archive

Annual Reported Deer Hunt

1966 to 2006

1910:  1,362

...

1966:   3,404

1976:   2,712

1980:   3,494

1981:   5,011

1982:   4.002

1983:   4,525

1984:   4,468

1985:   5,289

1986:   5,612

1987:   5,596

1988:   5,427

1989:   6,708

1990:   6,890

1991: 10,038

1992: 10,040

1993:   8,345

1994:   9,123

1995: 11,343

1996:   8,843

1997: 10.578

1998:   9,433

1999:   9,634

2000: 11,266

2001:   9,930

2002: 12,417

2003: 12,025

2004: 12,266

2005: 12,060

2006: 10,596

2007: 11,576

2008: 11,217

2009: 10,381

2010: 10,851

2011: 11,081

2012: 10,938

2013: 11,566

2014: 11,271

2015: 10,102

2016: 12,249

2017: 13,220

2018: 14,551

2019: 13,920

2020: 14,766

2021: 13,266

2022: 15,853

2023: 15,520




Data Source


A population around 50,000 in 1990.