Pennsylvania Deer Population and Management Archive -  Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Deer Population and Management Archive

Annual Deer Hunt, *Estimated from Survey After 1985

1907:         200

1915:      1,287

1916:      1,722

1917:      1,725

1918:      1,754

1919:      2,939

1920:      3,300

1921:      4,840

1922:      6,115

1923:      6,460

1924:      7,904

1925       8,316

1926:    12,941

1927:    14,374

1928:    25,097

1929:    22,822

1930:    26,294

1931:    95,051

1932:    19,724

1933:    20,480

1934:    21,137

1935:    70,470

1936:    18,084

1937:    39,347

1938: 171,662

1939:    63,687

1940: 186,575

1941:   19,271

1942:   30,860

1943:   38,882

1944:   28,411

1945:   25,660

1946:   35,319

1947:   95,043

1948:   33,608

1949: 130,723

1950:   54,817

1951:   72,534

1952:   64,993

1953:   53,636

1954:   40,915

1955:   86,155

1956:   41,921

1957: 105,116

1958: 111,925

1959:   90,172

1960:   68,663

1961:   56,032

1962:   72,913

1963:   84,416

1964:   91,124

1965:   99,788

1966: 118,753

1967: 144,415

1968: 141,874

1969: 116,684

1970:   99,686

1971: 104,227

1972: 107,215

1973: 126,891

1974: 125,652

1975: 138,195

1976: 122,033

1977: 146,078

1978: 121,241

1979: 114,794

1980: 135,477

1981: 148,530

1982: 138,222

1983: 136,293

1984: 140,180

1985: 161,426

1986: 300,014

1987: 334,789

1988: 381,399

1989: 388,601

1990: 415,561

1991: 388,015

1992: 361,224

1993: 408,557

1994: 295,081

1995: 395,081

1996:350,997

1997: 397,016

1998: 377,489

1999: 378,592

2000: 504,600

2001: 486,014

2002: 517,529

2003: 464,890

2004: 409,320

2005: 354,390

2006: 361,560

2007: 323,070

2008: 335,850

2009: 308,920

2010: 316,240

2011: 336,200

2012: 343,110

2013: 352,920

2014: 303,973

2015: 315,813

2016: 333,254

2017: 367,152

2018: 374,690

2019: 389,431

2020: 435,180

2021: 376,810

2022:

422,960

2023:  430,010



2021 Deer Population Report


2017-18 Deer Population Report [PDF]


2016-17 Deer Population Report [PDF]


2015-16 Deer Population Report [PDF]


2014-15 Deer Harvest Estimates [PDF]


1915 to 2011 Harvest summary


Pennsylvania Deer Harvest 1986 to 2008


Explanation of harvest method


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2016:   97