Pennsylvania Deer Population and Management Archive - Pennsylvania
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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
2017-18 Deer Population Report [PDF]
2016-17 Deer Population Report [PDF]
2015-16 Deer Population Report [PDF]
2014-15 Deer Harvest Estimates [PDF]
Pennsylvania Deer Harvest 1986 to 2008
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2016: 97