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Harvest Report - 2016 vs. 2017 - Numbers Down
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<blockquote data-quote="Grnwing" data-source="post: 4543121" data-attributes="member: 14910"><p>Overall the total deer kill numbers are trending down since 2011(last year I looked at), each year less and less are killed. In 2012, 94k bucks were killed compared to 75k this year. Same year doe harvest went from 63k down to 51k. A 19k drop in buck kills and 12k drop in doe kills, or about 20% drop in deer kills over 6 years. </p><p></p><p>I can see the 2 buck limit AND change in the antlerless definition impacting the buck harvest and have some impact on the doe harvest, but the overall drop has to have some other explanation.</p><p></p><p>Is hunter recruitment dropping at similar rate? How many deer is the average deer hunter killing? Is the overall herd declining/stable/growing? Is the quality of our deer hunting going up or down?</p><p></p><p>Lots of questions and I am sure there are many different answers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grnwing, post: 4543121, member: 14910"] Overall the total deer kill numbers are trending down since 2011(last year I looked at), each year less and less are killed. In 2012, 94k bucks were killed compared to 75k this year. Same year doe harvest went from 63k down to 51k. A 19k drop in buck kills and 12k drop in doe kills, or about 20% drop in deer kills over 6 years. I can see the 2 buck limit AND change in the antlerless definition impacting the buck harvest and have some impact on the doe harvest, but the overall drop has to have some other explanation. Is hunter recruitment dropping at similar rate? How many deer is the average deer hunter killing? Is the overall herd declining/stable/growing? Is the quality of our deer hunting going up or down? Lots of questions and I am sure there are many different answers. [/QUOTE]
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