Texas Deer Population:  An estimated 4.7 million whitetail deer in 2024 with a 2023 estimate of 183,529 mule deer.  A rough estimate of 5 million deer in 2022 down from a formal estimate of about 5.6 million deer in 2021 with 5.4 million whitetails and about 191,000 mule deer.  Down slightly from about 5.65 million in 2020 with 5.44 million whitetails.  Drought in 2022, but good rainfall in spring 2023, summer of 2021, 2019, and 2018 supported deer populations.   An estimated 5.8 million deer in 2019 with 5.6 million whitetails and about 200,000 mule deer.  Down from about 6 million deer in 2017.  The year 2000 estimated deer population was 3.9 million.   The 2024 Deer Population Forecast. 


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