Tennessee Deer Population and Management Archive -  Tennessee

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Tennessee Deer Population and Management Archive

Annual Reported Deer Hunt

1948:        0

1949:     113

1952:     522

1968:     8,000

1985:   60,000

1989:  106,762

1999:  242,000

(peak year)

2000* 155,000

2001*  158,000

2002:  156,142

2003:  161,805

2004:  179,542

2005:  166,209

2006:  182,064

2007:  164,532

2008:  163,978

2009:  161,847

2010:  162,843

2011:  167,829 

2012:  176,994

2013:  168,552

2014:  164,934

2015:  166,845

2016:  157,702

2017:  143,995

2018:  147,098

2019:  135,150

2020: 160,260

2021:  132,294

2022

163,394

2023:  152,680


* Estimated from graph

** Preliminary


Tennessee data



Tennessee deer harvest graph 2005 to 2014


Tennessee 2012-13 Deer and Elk Report, includes historic data 2002 to 2012