Originally posted by aimlow:
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.
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.
