Texas Deer Population and Management Archive - Texas
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Historic Population and Hunting Data 1938 to 2019
Annual Deer Hunt
1989: 477,491
1999:
2000* 663,415
2001* 605,974
2002* 681,389
2003* 674,609
2004* 669,861
2005: 707,059
2006: 679,304
2007: 616,641
2008: 734,793
2009: 658,082
2010: 743,239
2011: 684,998
2012: 650,328
2013: 783,784
2014: 712,648
2015: 668,217
2016: 971,677
2017: 935,629
2018: 896,502
2019: 861,531
2020: 862,978
2021: 837,586
2022:
688,434
*Estimates are based on the 2017-18 Big Game Survey, 2000 to 2004 adjusted for a change in methodology resulting in an average increase of about 17 percent for the harvest estimate.
Source: Big Game Harvest Survey Results
Mule Deer Information