Deer Total Killed This Deer Season!!

[Wrangler95]

Here are the total kills for 2021-2022 from velvet hunt until closure Jan 2nd for anyone who is interested!

Harvest Reports by Animal | Hunter's Toolbox | Go Outdoors Tennessee

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[Jcalder]

My county killed 300. That's a struggle lol.

 

[Snake]

Giles lead again but their kill was down , used to be over 5000 . Seemed like most counties were down .

 

[Wrangler95]

My county had a very low kill compared to other counties close to Clay County!

 

[redblood]

Bedford county had 73 deer killed with a bow. That seems insanely low for a unit L county

 

[WestTn Huntin man]

There's still some Private land season and the Youth Hunt left. I hope the Kids have a Great weekend . Cold weather oughta have them moving good and Kicking up their heels.

 

[Deer Assassin]

Interesting

 

[fairchaser]

Fayette county is down 1100 deer from the same period in 2020-2021. That's about 40% fewer deer harvested.

 

[Wrangler95]

Maybe an abundance of acorns had a part in the lower kill this year!

 

[BSK]

Maybe an abundance of acorns had a part in the lower kill this year!

Yup.

 

[rifle02]

My uneducated guess is that if the Harvest rate was down simply because the hunter success rate was down the next year ought to be crazy. Should I expect that we will be covered up with deer next year?

 

[JDUB]

Or, and this is just an opinion.....TWRA has villified and publicized CWD (been around since the 60's) to the point that hunters just quit. That coupled with the fact that young people arent being taught how to dress and process their own meat may have an impact as well. I also do not think all deer are being checked in on the app. My .02

 

[BSK]

My uneducated guess is that if the Harvest rate was down simply because the hunter success rate was down the next year ought to be crazy. Should I expect that we will be covered up with deer next year?

Don't know if it will show up in harvests, but in years of a bumper acorn crop and harvest decline, census populations jump significantly the following year.

 

[Snake]

Don't know if it will show up in harvests, but in years of a bumper acorn crop and harvest decline, census populations jump significantly the following year.

Exactly , I couldn't walk for the acorns , like walking on marbles .

 

[backyardtndeer]

Interesting numbers. Down pretty significantly when you figure total harvest for 2020-21 in my county was over 1700 deer and 2021-22 is around 1200. Acorns this year in this area of West Tennessee were NOT any heavier than the 2020 season.

 

[redblood]

No doubt there is a lower harvest trend taking place, but i do think 2020 had a higher than should have been harvest mainly due to time off due to covid. I would wager a further investigation would reveal a disproportionately high number of deer harvested during the work week

 

[Don'tDrinkTinks]

Or, and this is just an opinion.....TWRA has villified and publicized CWD (been around since the 60's) to the point that hunters just quit. That coupled with the fact that young people arent being taught how to dress and process their own meat may have an impact as well. I also do not think all deer are being checked in on the app. My .02

Myself included but I know many of my deer hunting buddies and acquaintances are no longer deer hunting in TN. I'm hunting in KY and I know a ton of guys who used to deer hunt and duck hunt are now pretty much just duck hunting.

 

[Bushape]

Or, and this is just an opinion.....TWRA has villified and publicized CWD (been around since the 60's) to the point that hunters just quit. That coupled with the fact that young people arent being taught how to dress and process their own meat may have an impact as well. I also do not think all deer are being checked in on the app. My .02

Wouldn't licenses issued, or lack thereof, back this up?

 

[trkhunter]

guys it ain't rocket science!! we dont have the deer numbers we once had!!! reminds me of the turkey numbers!!!!

 

[ronnycl]

with hunters reporting fewer deer sighting and TWRA issuing more depredation permits to ag farmers = fewer deer to hunt and harvest. No Harvard grad here needed to figure this one out! If TWRA could kill all deer in cwd zone they would.