Originally posted by BREW...:
Originally posted by Jeff Valovich:
[b] the buck kill has been declining,
I checked the data for 2012/2016 and you are correct. The antlered buck harvest is up over the last couple of seasons.
2012 - 45,936
2013 - 46,240
2014 - 45,686
2015 - 51,176
2016 - 51,783
2017 - ?
I'm pretty sure the 2017 antlered buck harvest WILL be down due to the lousy statewide weather on opening day of the firearms season. But barring unforeseen situations like an EHD outbreak over the Summer and/or more extreme weather next hunting season, I think the antlered buck harvest will rise AND the overall harvest will be back up to the 120,000-125,000 range in 2018.
