North Carolina Deer Population      An estimated population of about one million deer in 2016 to 2018 and 2025.  About the same in 2019 through 2021.  Lower populations in the east, higher in the west. A reduced doe hunt for 2017 given that the 2016 hunt, 11.2 percent below the 10 year average, indicated a population decline.  An estimated 1,165,000 deer in early 2015.  About one million deer in 2014.  Deer population estimated at 1.2 to 1.35 million in 2011.  Herd analysis at right.  


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