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- Counties · Harvest historyUnion led Louisiana's 2024-25 reported deer harvestLDWF prints only a top 20 of reported deer. Statewide reported harvest rose from 88,256 in 2020-21 to 143,527 in 2024-25. The 2024-25 hunter survey is a separate 239,000.
- Counties · Harvest historyWMU 9H led the 2025 deer harvest and WMU 8R led densityDEC calculated 8,177 deer in WMU 9H and 17.1 deer per square mile in WMU 8R. Both are 2025 estimates from reports and checks, not a raw count or your odds.
- Counties · Harvest historyCedar Creek led 2025-26 WMA check-ins with 795 deerCedar Creek WMA had 795 of the 2025-26 WMA check-in deer. Hunter totals are hunt-row counts, and the success percent is deer divided by hunters on one hunt.
- Counties · Harvest historyZone 4B led Connecticut's 2025 deer harvest per square milePrivate-land shotgun and rifle success was 46% in zone 4B, with 1.7 deer per square mile. Zone 5 had the largest harvest in that season at 584 deer.
- Counties · Harvest historyCamp Blanding led 2025-2026 WMA deer checksFWC check-station and sign-out rows put Camp Blanding at 193 recorded deer in 2025-2026. The rank is a station count, not a herd score or a personal odds sheet.
- Counties · Harvest historyMaine Bear Hunting Methods: What the 2025 Harvest Report ShowsChoosing among bear hunting methods using reported harvest and guide shares.
- Counties · Harvest historyPennsylvania Bear Hunting in 2024: How the Harvest Split Across SeasonsComparing season segments, opening-day harvest and Wildlife Management Units.
- Counties · Harvest historyIdaho Bear Harvest in 2024: Spring, Fall and Method by UnitComparing spring and fall bear harvest in named general-hunt units.
- Counties · Harvest historyWisconsin Bear Hunting: What the 2025 Zone Results ShowComparing state-authorized harvest across six bear zones, with separate totals for other harvest categories.
- Counties · Harvest historyMinnesota's 2025 Archery Deer Harvest Was 50.2% Crossbow; Kentucky Reported 46.3%For 2025, Minnesota's deer registrations totaled 14,939 taken by crossbow versus 14,838 by vertical bow. Crossbow shares in the preceding seasons were 43.8% and 48.2%. Kentucky has stayed around 46% beginning in 2021. A two-year assessment by the Minnesota DNR detected no herd impact to date.50.2%of Minnesota's 2025 archery deer were taken with crossbows
- Counties · Harvest historyButton Bucks for Each 100 Does: A Rough Harvest Clue to Fawn ProductionThe Iowa harvest reported by hunters yielded 16.6 button bucks for each 100 does in 2024, below the 20.7 average for 2007 to 2016. Learn to calculate your county's ratio and judge the role of chance.16.4button bucks per 100 does in Iowa, 2022 to 2024, down from 20.7
- Counties · Harvest historyIs the Deer Decline Real? A Seven-State County LookTwo states saw steep harvest drops, two changed little, and a third gained. “The deer decline” can mislead: harvest can reflect herd size, antlerless permit rules, weather or disease shocks.−32.8%Iowa reported harvest, 2006 to 2024
- Counties · Harvest historyIowa, County by County: Two Decades of the Most Coveted DrawNon-residents prize Iowa for its limited draw and big-buck reputation. Yet reported harvest dropped 32.8% between 2006, Iowa DNR's earliest comparable year, and 2024. The county map shows nearly universal but sharply unequal declines.−32.8%Iowa reported harvest, 2006 to 2024
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Buck-to-Doe Fingerprint: Reading Management Intent from the HarvestA state's antlered/antlerless harvest ratio tracks shifts in the kill over its own history. It alone cannot prove intentional herd reduction. Interpretation stays within that state; comparisons across state borders are invalid.0.60Iowa buck-to-doe harvest ratio in 2005, down from 1.10 in 2001
- Counties · Harvest historyBuying Deer Ground: An Independent Read on County QualityLand ads use trophy prospects to support their asking price per acre. Buyers can test the pitch against an independent source of evidence: county harvest and trophy-tier data from FDR.#68Will County's approximate rank on the FDR Index, despite its big-buck reputation
- Counties · Harvest historySpring 2026 Turkey Harvest Rose in All Seven Southeast States We TrackEach of the seven states we track reported an increase in spring turkey harvest. Their combined count climbed from 136,121 birds in 2025 to 158,927 in 2026, a gain of 16.8%. Kentucky, North Carolina and Arkansas each recorded their largest total for the years covered by our data.158,927spring turkey reports across seven Southeast states in 2026
- Counties · Harvest historyOklahoma's Fall Turkey Estimate Is Down 76.8% Since 1986Oklahoma hunter surveys estimate 2,490 fall turkeys for 2024, a 76.8% decrease from 10,755 for 1986. Spring harvest is down 76.5% since its 2006 high. Most of fall's decline had happened by 1988.−76.8%Oklahoma fall turkey estimate since 1986
- Counties · Harvest historyForest, Not Corn: Deer Harvest per Square Mile in Five Midwest StatesDuring 2020 to 2024, Iowa's top county quarter by forest share had 7.0x the deer registrations for each square mile of its bottom quarter. Wisconsin's gap was 1.3x: a strong forest-share filter in Iowa, a weak one in Wisconsin.7.0×Iowa harvest density, most-forested quarter of counties against least
- Counties · Harvest historyOhio's Bow Counties: Where Archery Takes Most of the DeerDuring 2024, 95.4% of Cuyahoga County's registered deer were taken with crossbow or longbow, compared with 23.6% in Wyandot. Ohio's statewide share was 45.8%; 26 counties out of 88 exceeded half.95.4%of Cuyahoga County's 2024 deer came by archery
- Counties · Harvest historyMinnesota's 2025 Gun Season: 44.9% of Firearm Deer Came in Two DaysMinnesota's 146,341 firearm deer registrations for 2025 list Nov. 8 or 9 as the kill date for 44.9%. Permit-area adult-male shares range between 41.2% and 86.2% of registered deer, describing harvest rather than herd sex ratios.44.9%of Minnesota's 2025 firearm deer came in two days
- Counties · Harvest historyMontana Elk Harvest Is Up 17.2% While Mule Deer Harvest Is Down 43.4%Statewide Montana estimates put elk harvest 17.2% higher and mule deer harvest 43.4% lower from 2004 to 2025. Per elk taken, hunters killed 2.79 mule deer in 2004 versus 1.35 in 2025.+17.2%Montana elk harvest, 2004 to 2025
- Counties · Harvest historySix Wyoming Mule Deer Areas Have Stayed in the Buck Harvest Top 10 Since 2021An estimated 651 mule deer bucks put Southeast Wyoming (area 15) first in 2025. Six of 126 areas held top 10 ranks each season from 2021 to 2025. Totals reflect deer, hunter counts and licenses.651estimated bucks taken in Wyoming area 15 in 2025, the top area
- Counties · Harvest historyWest Virginia's Best Spring Turkey Counties: Mason Has Led 8 of 11 YearsIn 2026, Mason County again topped West Virginia with 523 spring turkey checks, leading in 8 out of 11 seasons. The statewide 12,006 is a 12.3% rise, still 281 shy of 2018's 12,287.8 of 11seasons Mason County finished first in West Virginia
- Counties · Harvest historyIowa Turkey Counties: Spring and Fall Are Two Different HuntsIowa's reported turkey harvest declined 69.4% in fall from 2007 to 2025 and increased 33.2% in spring. Clayton County tops each season, with six counties shared by the top-ten lists.−69.4%Iowa fall turkey take, 2007 to 2025
- Counties · Harvest historyIowa's Deer Harvest Is Two Series, and the 2005 Peak Can't Be ComparedIowa DNR warns that estimates through 2005 cannot be compared with later harvest. Reported totals begin in 2006: a 32.3% decline to 101,919 by 2025, with harvest staying within 99,414 to 109,600 from 2013 onward.−32.3%Iowa reported harvest, 2006 to 2025
- Counties · Harvest historyKentucky's Deer Harvest, 1999 to 2025: Up 52.8% to 145,483The 2025 Kentucky deer season produced 145,483 check-ins, compared with 95,227 in 1999, a 52.8% increase. Southeast harvest exceeded twice its earlier total (+111.4%); Northeast harvest rose 6.2%.+52.8%Kentucky deer check-ins, 1999 to 2025
- Counties · Harvest historyKentucky's Crossbow Deer Harvest Reached 14,363 in 2025, 9.9% of the TotalNo crossbow deer were recorded before 2004; the 2025 season total reached 14,363. The longer season first applied in 2019, when 9,783 roughly doubled the 2018 count of 4,705.14,363crossbow deer checked in Kentucky in 2025
- Counties · Harvest historyTwenty Years of Illinois HarvestThe statewide deer take dropped 15% after its 2005 high, bottomed out sharply in 2013 and regained some ground as chronic wasting disease reached 28 counties.−15%Illinois harvest, 2005 to 2024
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Rise and Fall of the Golden TriangleThe Triangle earned its reputation for mature bucks rather than high deer numbers. Since 2005, Pike's total harvest has dropped 48%, while its mature-buck harvest has declined 39%. Bucks 2.5 years and older still represent 77% of its buck harvest. Adams has fared better, with mature-buck harvest down only 6%.−48%Pike County total harvest since 2005
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Whiplash Season: Why Missouri's Harvest SwingsMissouri reached its highest recorded harvest in 2023 to 24, dropped 15% a year later, then recovered. Acorn crops, weather and season dates help explain shifts in the harvest total.326,026Missouri's all-time harvest high, 2023 to 24
- Counties · Harvest historyIllinois Has Two Deer Seasons: The Archery MapIn twenty years, bows rose from 35% to 47% of Illinois's harvest. The state average masks a sharp split: archery dominates the metro northeast, varying by county; firearms lead rural southern and western counties. Methods map land and law.47%of the 2024 Illinois harvest taken by bow, up from about 35% in 2005
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Two-Tier Map: Why Half of America's Deer Data Isn't County DataSeven states track the kill location by county for every deer. Five provide harvest detail at the management unit level or coarser: four through mailed surveys and Minnesota through permit-area registration. County totals for those five are made up rather than drawn from source data.Sevenstates record harvest by county
- Counties · Harvest historyWatching the Rut Happen: 132 Weekly Reports from OhioRequired deer check-ins during Ohio's hunting season yield a statewide weekly harvest pattern that builds through the November rut and jumps during gun week.132weekly Ohio harvest bulletins across seven seasons
- Counties · Harvest historyThe 2012 Fingerprint: How One Disease Summer Still Shows in the HarvestA severe hemorrhagic-disease outbreak in 2012 left a one-season dip in Midwest harvest, followed by a lower, steady level. The baseline shifted downward without starting a continuing decline.−17.4%Illinois harvest, 2012 to 2013
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Missing Counties: What Wisconsin's County Harvest Tool Leaves OutWisconsin DNR's county tool omits eleven Northern Forest counties. Its 2025 note says changed borders leave no history for new units. State totals retain their harvest; archived tables yielded their county series for 1939 to 2013.61of Wisconsin's 72 counties appear in the state harvest tool
- Counties · Harvest historyTwo Numbers, One Herd: Michigan's Reporting GapMichigan counts harvested deer through mandatory registration and estimates the harvest through a hunter survey. During the years with results from both, registration counts were 12.4% to 22.5% lower than the DNR's statewide survey estimate. Across our work, we treat these measurements separately.22.5%Michigan registered harvest below the survey estimate, 2023
- Counties · Harvest historyKansas Without a County: Hunting a Survey StateKansas offers a dream hunt for non-residents, but its data stands apart. A hunter survey after the season estimates harvest by unit, leaving no county-of-kill count. That limit determines how to read the state.40,000permit holders sampled each year for Kansas harvest estimates
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Perishable Record: The Deer Data That DisappearsMinnesota replaces its current-season, individual-deer registration snapshot each year; North Dakota’s files for earlier years return errors; Wisconsin removed eleven counties. The fullest deer data has a limited life: save it before it disappears or lose it.186,333registered deer in Minnesota's latest season
- Counties · Harvest historyWhen Harvests Bounce Back: What Two Decades of Harvest Records Say About RecoveryAfter summer disease or severe winter weather, how did harvest respond? Recovery timing and levels varied: Illinois regained its 2011 total by 2024; by 2020, Michigan had too, then slipped. Iowa held lower. A review of past harvests.+21.6%Illinois harvest gain from the 2013 low to 2024
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Data Hunter's Field Guide: Reading Government Deer Numbers Without Getting FooledFive traps in official deer statistics: a headline that hides a partial count, a season with the wrong label, a goal presented as a measured result, a crash map and a made-up county. Each comes with a checked example and a clue that exposes the problem.20,877North Dakota gun-season deer in 2025, often quoted as the whole harvest
- Counties · Harvest historyWisconsin's 87-Season Arc: The Rise and Fall of a Deer EmpireOur longest unbroken county harvest series, Wisconsin 1939 to 2025, covers a full cycle: postwar scarcity, a managed midcentury surge, the 615,293 high in 2000, and a 43.9% drop during intentional herd cuts and the CWD era.−43.9%Wisconsin harvest, 2000 to 2025
- Counties · Harvest historyThe Best Deer Data in America Is on a Military BaseDepartment of Defense installations hold controlled hunts that require check-in and publish deer data for individual properties at the country's finest reporting resolution, reaching the level of a single hunt day.1,254hunters in the field at Camp Ripley on October 31, 2020
- Counties · Harvest historyWhy Deer-Crash Maps LieDeer collision totals are pitched as maps of deer density, but they map traffic. Counts alone lack a travel denominator; vehicle-mile rates account for the amount of driving.0.306correlation of Iowa county harvest with animal crashes
- Counties · Harvest historyTwo Missouris: The Cropland North and the Acorn-Driven OzarksMissouri's deer harvest tells two different stories. Northern farming counties reliably produce good harvests; results in the wooded Ozarks vary widely with the acorn crop. A strong harvest in the north can come in the very same fall as a poor one in the south.9 of 11seasons Franklin County led Missouri's county harvest rankings, 2015 to 2025
- Counties · Harvest historyOne State, Two Herds: The UP Winter Machine vs. the Ag BeltMichigan's Upper Peninsula deer herd rises and crashes according to how harsh winter gets; the southern Lower Peninsula is a steady agricultural region. A mild winter helped drive a 15 to 21% rise in UP buck harvest in 2024, while southern buck harvest stayed level. That single season captures the regional split.+15 to 21%rise in Upper Peninsula buck harvest in 2024