2015 IN deer harvest to date

this real time harvest counter is a nice addition to the DNR site.

17068 deer and counting down this season

http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/8367.htm

I took a nice doe on Sunday. That seems like an awful small piece of the 17,068 take thus far.

17,254....

20,722 as of Nov 2. Nice! Those Ohio guys seem to be getting a lot of big bucks this year. Posting on Deer and Deer Hunting on Facebook all the time. Pretty big boys over there.

https://www.facebook.com/deerhuntingmag/?fref=nf

28289 today. Should go up by a few ten thousand by next Monday.

And those are just the ones that were actually checked in!!!

45000 plus now

65400 and counting

72143 after I added mine

75,304

Roughly 44,000 have been checked in since opening of firearm. Don't know how many of those are bow kills.

In the Saturday through Wednesday period last year, about 39,000 gun kills were checked in.

If all other numbers stay about the same as last year, we should see an additional 42,000 deer killed.

So my projection is 117,500, a 2% decline.

Of course I could be wrong

I know the numbers don't lie, but it sure seems like a bunch of deer are getting killed. All the planets aligned for opening weekend. All the crops were out, and we had very good weather for people to be out and stay after it. Ive had several people tell me about all the processors being booked full, and not taking any more deer. Maybe its because everybody I know but me has killed a deer!!!! Predicting a bigger kill than last year.

It does appear that the total numbers will be around what they were last season.

Good weather for the first three days of firearm season definitely had hunters in the woods.

91000+ today

in the last 6 days of gun season last year around 16,000 deer were killed.

In Muzzleloader almost 11,000.

Late antlerless was 4,000.

Archery, let's say 8,000 for the rest of the season.

91,000 + 16,000 + 11,000 + 4,000 + 8,000 = 130,000.

Could be a banner year.

My freezer is full. Sightings were up this year. I know this means nothing as I am a data point of ONE.

My oldest son got his first deer, I got a buck with a bow in October, and also helped my friend get his first deer (in the first 2 minutes of firearms season). Lots of memories made. I am calling it a successful season, now onto trapping!

I haven't taken a deer yet this year but my sightings are up this year as well...

And some said that there was no useful value in having a real time data collection system that online check in offers ...

Just 24 hr's later...


93,636

Would that include the Doe I took this morning?

Checked in at 11:32AM...

It's supposedly real time. So yes. And congrats.

93,699. 33 checked in since 1:14 pm

Awesome and thank you!

You guys are all over this more than an 18 yr old on a new Taylor Swift video .... all that matters is what the final count is..... at least we wont have to wait till summer to find out ....

I like Taylor Swift. Wish I was 18

93,794. Almost 100 more since 1:45

It passes time when the freezer is full.


And aggravates the bejeezers out off some.


Win win

94,954 at 8:30.

That's roughly 1,300 since 1:15 yesterday. Last year 1,452 were checked in the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

Jeff, here's Taylor's new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg

Happy Thanksgiving!

95,921 at 12:41.

96,140

I'd guess there's some interesting number crunching that could take place with all of the data...

-What times, where, hunting pressure by county, temps, moon phase, etc.

Yes I'm planning a diabolical assault next year during deer season once I analyze all the data! Seriously, I use Kentucky telecheck data frequently when planning hunts on WMAs. At least you can see harvest numbers from prior years and get some ideas on harvest and population trends. Not sure what detail we get with the Hoosier version, but it looks like you can only see your own game or the total.

Do road kills and all get checked in on this if they are called in just curious

Probably not since they would be considered an accident and not harvested...

97,261 !

Over a thousand checked more in since 2PM today!

Nope.

97354

100992....and counting

101,209

101,000 + 6,000 + 11,000 + 4,000 + 6,000 = 128,000

Will we end up around our 11 year average of 128,000 deer?

Or....will we end up above that average or will the numbers drop?

The next few weeks should be very interesting and I look forward to seeing the breakdown of the data.

Add another thousand since this morning

102827

102,800 + 2,400 + 11,000 + 4,000 + 6,000 = 126,200

Almost another 1000 taken so far...

103478

218 more in the last 47 minutes 😁

104,178......

boom, boom, boom.

If I had a gun with me on the trapline I could have killed a bunch more deer. They seem to be hanging by the ditches and creeks now with the orange army out in force.

Lots of tags left to fill but no freezer space!

105,369

105,807

Roughly 75,000 were checked in during gun season. That number was about 69,000 last year.

I know that I killed 2 fewer deer so the rest of you must be picking up my slack There's still some season left though.

With a 48 hour window to check in deer 75k is a very rough number...IMO

Time/Data will tell...

yup. processors are just now opening up. I expect a fair jump in numbers today.

106,008 and rising

Interestingly the DNR reported 120,073 deer taken in 2014. Currently 106,230 are now reported in 2015 so far. Unless late archery, muzzleloader and that late antlerless season are insanely successful it does not look like the 2015 deer harvest will match or beat 2014. As I have suspected all year, the 2015 deer harvest will most likely be lower than 2014. I only hope the DNR listens and drops bonus county tags and/or eliminates that late firearms antlerless season that we don't need.

Roughly 20,000 deer were killed after firearms season last year.

We are @ 106,000 right now. Last season the muzzleloader harvest was 11,000 and the late antlerless season accounted for 4,000 more.

106,000 + 11,000 + 4,000 = 121,000. Add in the late archery harvest and I would estimate the total ending up somewhere around 125,000 deer. Not a whole lot higher than last season, but a bit.

Of course that is just an estimate and the total could obviously be higher or lower.

As far as the late antlerless season goes for next year, I would imagine that depends upon how each county fared this year.

106,666. Yikes that's a demon number

106,670 now. That's better.

Safe to assume this number does NOT include check station data?

If you go to check station it will be done online also from what I have seen.

Brew is correct. This number includes check stations which are now just someone else entering the CheckIN data for folks who don't have a computer, don't know about CheckIN, or aren't comfortable doing it themselves.

Thanks, good to know.

So in your opinion, is this a good thing or a bad thing? I took 2 years off hunting, so I'm not caught up.

I think its very good espically for us that process our own and hunt where we live I can hhink about taking care of my deer in warmer weather instead of hanging over night loading back up checking it in and THEN process now I can shoot.check and process makes a huge diff in warm temps

If you mean the online checkin, then yes, of course it is a good thing. The adjustment period was tough for some I am sure but it is the only rational choice today.

The related real-time count is a cool thing but I sure wish we had something more like KY's system: https://app.fw.ky.gov/telecheckreview/

Talk about accountability Although it doesn't appear to give a realtime total anywhere like IN does.

106,945 right now.

Let me make a comment here and it has NOTHING to do about any agenda...................


As you watch the "real time" numbers realize the deer shot are what is in front of a legal license holder when he decides to shoot.............


This has NOTHING to do do with herd health or population. Could it be the "only" deer seen and the "licensed" hunter decided he did not want to go home with an open tag?

People can "blow smoke" on how many deer were killed this year, but what is the age of the deer killed?

If you believe that we have an increasing population......... I have some land in the desert I can sell......


Without a REAL census of deer the only number that can be used is what people killed. that is what Indiana uses today.


Investigate the facts people! Ask how a TRUE census is done..........

Give them another decade and our DNR will be where Kentucky's DNR is now....

Joe,

I think most everybody who looks at this rationally understands that. Our kill numbers are just a survey really. But it's a pretty decent sample size and the best data we have. Unfortunately DNR just doesn't have either the will or maybe the resources to do more. And honestly, I don't think they need to.

Everywhere I hunt, there are still plenty of deer. I hunted Monroe, Parke, Jackson and Washington Counties this year and saw about the same number of deer. The two deer I butchered were big and healthy. Most does had twins. Seems the guys who kill big deer every year are still killing big deer and there's lots of folks getting lucky in the big deer category too.

I'm not worried about our deer herd.

Almost 107,000 right now

John....If I may ask a question.Do you shoot the first buck you see with a rack or do you hold for what may be a Bigger Buck yet to come?

107,000 on the nose.

Brew, of course you can ask. I shoot the first non-fawn buck or doe I see. I like antlers but I am a meat hunter.

The harvest total is just a number. The breakdown of that harvest total will tell the tale....good or bad. Particular attention should be paid to the antlered deer and fawn percentages.

...and no, I won't venture to guess. Based on what I've been hearing for three years now, the harvest numbers should be sliding significantly. But it seems somebody is picking up the slack somewhere.

108,907

108,908

109,270 😁

Numbers continue to exceed where even I thought they would be....we will most likely break the 120K mark again.

110,025

So roughly 3,000 the first weekend of muzzleloader. Although I sure didn't hold up my end of the bargain. Saturday morning's freezing fog sure was cool though. I'll try to do better next weekend if we can keep the rain away.

The overall kill is one thing...it is the Buck kill that tells us where the herd is .....

If what I've seen at the meat locker is any indication, the buck harvest will be way up!

I like most of Kentucky's deer count page, although "All Counties" is missing and could easily be integrated. They are not far off - from a website perspective (my job), a few auto-generated graphs for buck/doe percentages as well can be programmed in a couple hours. Hopefully they will continue to upgrade.

It would be great if Indiana made those raw statistics available for people like me so we could run those numbers and graphs to create useful info quicker than the DNR

So if you had all the info you wanted real time how would that affect your or anyone else's hunting decisions? ...No hunting?
Please explain ....

The guy I worked with who processed my Doe showed me his paperwork on all the deer that he has processed so far this year and 90% or better were Bucks...

Bucks or male antlerless deer???

Their model is based off of the number of Antlered bucks killed

110480

Bucks... This was two weeks ago so just about all bucks will still be carrying their antlers...

I hunt a place in Tippecanoe county which got hit bad with EHD a while back, chose not to hunt it that year at all. Would be good to see real time data of how much this county harvest went down to confirm what I saw on the ground.

Funny that KY leads the way on this, maybe in 5-10 years we will be where KY DNR is today =)

Why not have county/region specific deer quotas and track this this online? We do this now with our river otter season (I know I checked one in yesterday)

They do this with big game in the western states so we know it can be done and has worked for years in places like Colorado.

Once again IN trails the pack in game management.

Another way it helps to have details is on public land. Kentucky WMA lists alphabetical and show current and past season harvest numbers including for deer antlered/antlerless and turkey as hen, jake or tom and also by weapon. I can see how many have been taken and see how productive the place has been for deer or turkey. It may lead you to or away from certain wmas and helps get an idea of what to expect. With this knowledge shared, you can do some cyberscouting before you hit the ground. Like 76 said, if you also know they were impacted by disease or a poor hatch, it's just one more nice to have modern convenience.

111699

112,154....

113,572

Only about 6,500 killed so far during muzzleloader. There were 11,000 killed last year. Gonna have to be a buster week to catch that.

People are tired of seeing WAY less deer at this point in the season...... and quit hunting sooner. No surprises here.....

I agree with what Scarlett Dew said. Tired of seeing as many yotes as deer.

fur trappers knew this would happen, fur market has collapsed and coyotes are basically worthless and the coyote live market is shut down in IN. Very little financial incentive to pursue these invasive deer killing vermin....

Quitters If it were easy, everybody would be doing it. It definitely gets tougher this time of year. Especially with this warm weather. Browse is everywhere. I mean I still have leaf lettuce coming up in my garden! Stupid El Nino!

I'll still be hunting through the end though. I'll try and gut shoot a few yotes down in Monroe County too.

It is funny how deer numbers in certain pockets vary. Many are reporting numbers of deer sightings being down this year. Personally, my deer sightings have gone way up this year. Which is odd because for the last 4 or 5 years they have dropped steadily to the point where it was hard to even get motivated to go hunt. But this year it has been crazy on both of my main properties. What has been missing is mature bucks this year. Heck even seeing a 2 1/2 year old would be nice at this point. This year it seems like 1 1/2 year old bucks are literally hiding behind every tree. Plenty of does also this year. But then I talk to other guys even in the same county and they are not seeing squat for deer. Been kind of odd for sure.

I just like seeing the real time harvest numbers. The next step would be for the state to be able to break the numbers down in real time even better. With the technology I would think that it wouldn't take too much to see county data and even antlerless vs buck data in real time.

Still time to get out there this year though. Cold fronts are moving in and it could get pretty good in the next few days.

I agree DEC... The two places I hunted this year (Fulton & Franklin County) my deer sightings were way up this year... Been a few years since I have seen that many deer... But other than the Doe I took there was only one other one I would have taken and she was bigger than the one I got...

Lotta dinks running around but that means in a couple two or three years there should be lots to chose from if they don't get taken or die by other means...

114,059...

115,154 and counting

116,453

I guess I better get mine pretty soon before they are all gone!

Supplies are limited

LOL......

Looks like about 10,000 so far in muzzie season. I'm sure some of those are bow kills but it looks like we are in line with last year. I might get one more for the freezer in the late antlerless season. I think Monroe County can afford it ☺

117,172 and counting. Definitely going to beat last years numbers

I added a button buck to the freezer today....jumped into my Toyota on the way to town. Mostly head shot then my mudders took him down. Poor guy.

So road kills now add to total?

I have watched this thread on several sites, it is like a competition on "Can we beat last years total?".

Enjoy the deer numbers........ dead and alive!

118,076

Adds to the meat in my freezer. Wasn't by choice. Wasn't gonna be wasted either!

Some of us just enjoy watching how the harvest unfolds. I'd think a bean counter would find it interesting. Bad year?

Everything is a competition for dudes 😀

I always watch harvest numbers. Now it's just a lot quicker. It puts the kabosh on speculation and anecdotal bickering too. It's hard to argue that the sky is falling when the data is right there. I'm a glass-half-full guy. Pessimism bums me out.

118,269 as of this morning.

Roughly 11,000 deer were killed between the opening/closing of muzzleloader season, so it appears the numbers are similar to last year.

Overall, I still think we are on track to end up somewhere in the mid-120's. Nothing earth shattering, but around our 11 year average of 128,000.

Looking forward to seeing the breakdown of the data by county, etc....

like I said earlier, overall kill is one thing, its the buck kill and age break down that is important...

Buck kill and age break down is important for what???? I must have missed your earlier post on this subject

Many states, including Indiana, use the antlered deer harvest total as a population indicator. (i.e. a declining antlered harvest indicates a declining deer herd.)

The adult female/fawn ratio is typically in the 3:2 range (60%-65%/35%-40%). I've been told you don't want the fawn kill to rise much above that ratio...as that would indicate the damage has already been done.

If you consistently pull water out of a well faster than the well can replenish, over time, the well will eventually go dry. If you are not monitoring water levels in the well, you won't find out there is a problem until it is too late.

We've never been able to accurately measure the "water level" of our deer herd. Indicators are what we are left with....

119,173 and counting...

119,479

119711

120,151

120,804

121,326 and counting

122,715

Big Ol jump today

nice weather, people off work, lots of counties open with the firearms antlerless season...

Flew right past last years harvest....guess the sky really wasn't falling

not much of an increase...if it wasnt for the dam "kill all the does" late gun season, there wouldnt be crap of an increase....if the buck kill is down, and the increase is all in the antlerless kill, next year will suck....so, dont put on those frilly panties yet.... lets wait to see where the kill spreads out....

My sucky hunting skills saved one doe on Thursday. A poorly timed windshift saved one last night.

Dave, you should know by now that the sky is always falling. The glass is always half empty. The country is always going to ****-in-a-handbasket. It is the end of the world as we know it.

If the shedog takes over the POTUS slot, then this country will continue its downward slide...... CRUZ 2016 !!

Depends on where you are at.....and how well you took care of the resource in your area over the last MANY years.

I also don't hang out with those that take enjoyment in simply watching and posting at every chance they get that our deer herd is being shot to pieces after 3 years of falling numbers.

But then again......... it's quite apparent that some people wish for more targets as they recklessly "cheer on" post after post for higher harvest,...and brag on the internet as they took out another one with their vehicle.....

......

........ and some people know exactly what to do about "those types".

123,931 and counting.

Saw 8 or 10 on the way home this evening, all lined up going into a picked cornfield. They we're coming from the north edge of town (eden). They know where to hide safely

Her funny feller scarlet pew


Omg I had the misfortune of hitting a deer.....as if its intentional. Bucktard.


The herds been decimated....lol far from it!

123,977

124,161

I'll say doe kill will be up...buck kill down.....if this is so, next years numbers will be down....if I'm wrong......well I'm wrong....

I added one more doe to the total. Smoked one at 193 yards off shooting sticks last night. Longest shot ever on a deer for me. 357 max loaded with Barnes 180 gr ttsx. Ranged and witnessed. Double lung, no run. DRT. Been a great season, hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.

Nice Job Double B

124,828

If it wasnt for the "kill all the does" late gun season, the kill would be well under 119,000, it took the DNR to institute this extra season and to increase the bag limits in the reduction zones to keep the kill numbers up... so, once again all that is happening it a further reduction of a diminishing herd.....

Isn't it the same as last year? Only with fewer counties qualifying this year?


😇

Yes this is true.

Not the same in "reduction zones"....the bag limits increased...with guns added (where allowed) after start of gun season!!!

But in all reality I DON"T believe the DNR is stock piling deer to allow killing as needed!!!

I also don't live in the Land of "IF".... :rolleyes:

I fail to see the diminishing heard when we continue to kill the same numbers and an almost steady increase. I guess I'm not a "DOOMSDAY" person at all. Maybe I should start building an end of the world bunker and stock it with dried venison.

125,007

125,089


Looks like its winding down. Will we hit 126000?

125,181

Its pretty much all over but the crying.

Not a bad year considering there's no deer in Indiana.

Not any more....