Tennessee Deer Population and Management Archive - Tennessee
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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 deer harvest graph 2005 to 2014
Tennessee 2012-13 Deer and Elk Report, includes historic data 2002 to 2012