Originally posted by arlowe13:
Here is some data since 2000. Total harvests are actually still trending "up" since 2000, and pretty much flat since 2004. To me, the data looks like the herd is pretty stable.
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It might prove interesting to again check arlowe13's post (shown above) on page 7 of this thread. The total annual harvest numbers seem to agree with those put out by IDNR. However, I am wondering upon what the firearms kill numbers are based??
UPDATE: I think I finally figured out the answer to my question. Arlowe13’s table and graph show data for total deer killed during each year’s
Traditional 16-day Firearms Season (as opposed to kills with firearms equipment). Also, the Firearms Kill in the table and graph does not include the
Late Antlerless Firearms Season data for 2012 through 2015. Those data are:
2012 = 10,091
2013 = 6,436
2014 = 4,171
2015 = 5,105
Arlowe13, thank you for posting some very nice, informative tables and graphs.
