North Carolina Population and Management Archive - North Carolina
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Annual Reported Deer Hunt. Estimated Hunt Below
1950: 15,000
1968: 39,000
1976: 22,614
1977: 28,428
1978: 29,730
1979: 30,053
1980: 28,794
1981: 34,666
1982: 37,893
1983: 47,873
1984: 49,894
1985: 55,074
1986: 62,682
1987: 78,259
1988 : 83,239
1989: 89,896
1990: 105,005
1991: 104,750
1992: 118,638
1993: 134,422
1994: 124,696
1995: 123,312
1996: 116,661
1997: 119,656
1998: 132,373
1999: 125,226
2000: 132,325
2001: 142,887
2002: 118,174
2003: 134,507
2004: 140,311
2005: 144,315
2006: 154,273
2007: 171,986
2008: 176,297
2009: 169,273
2010: 175,157
2011: 173,553
2012: 167,249
2013: 188,130
2014: 153,629
2015: 162,558
2016: 149,811
2017: 161,854
2018: 143,529
2019: 161,941
2020: 169,973
2021: 168,427
2022: 158,143
2023: 189,803
Annual Estimated Deer Hunt
Graph of Estimates 1949 to 2021, some missing years
Rough estimates of 2000 to 2009
2010: 234,195
2011: 217,146
2012: 219,385
2013: 238,185
2014: 193,783
2015: 231,137
2016: 222,260
2017: 189,706
2018: 178,560
2019: 201,980
2020: 178,364
2021: 205,346
2022: 193,755