North Dakota Deer Population and Management Archive - North Dakota
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Annual Deer Hunt
1941: 2,890
2000*: 77,000
2001*: 63,000
2002
2003: 92,000
2004: 98,500
2005: 107,385
2006: 109,676
2007: 107,532
2008: 100,417
2009: 83,910
2010: 76,731
2011: 59,410
2012: 44,070
2013: 36,677
2014: 33,278
2015: 36,407
2016: 45,385
2017: 45,413
2018: 46,445
2019: 52,072
2020: 55,938
2021: 45,219
2022: 36,912
2023: 35,818
Deer gun hunter success rates have been: 66% in 2016, 60% in 2014, 55% in 2013, 63% in 2012, 52 percent in 2011, 64 percent in 2010, 59 percent in 2009.
2010 Deer Management Plan, includes graph of license sales 1933 to 2008 and population analysis by area
In 2012 32,499 WTD and 2,056 mule deer
N.D. Deer Licenses issued, p. 4 in Managing Deer Hunter Expectations, 2015