West Virginia Deer Population and Management Archive - West Virginia
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Annual Reported Deer Hunt
Graph of 1945 to 2004
1950: 6,559
1951: 21,951
1955: 13,148
1957: 6,187
1960: 15,928
1965: 19,911
1968: 10,547
1970: 13,988
1975: 35,336
1980: 54,166
1985: 84,600
1990: 169,948
1992: 204,201
1997: 235,305
1999: 231,221
2000: 195,000
2001: 218,253
2003: 208,216
2004: 179,066
2005: 135,361
2006: 136,289
2007: 145,577
2008: 163,603
2009: 155,214
2010: 106,499
2011: 135,696
2012: 132,261
2013: 150,877
2014: 104,707
2015: 138,493
2016: 112,384
2017: 108,160
2018: 108,856
2019: 99,437
2020: 106,861
2021: 105,278
2023: 109,246
*Record harvest in 2002.
Chronic Wasting Disease first detected in 2005
West Virginia Draft Elk Plan 2011 - 2015
