interesting stats..........that's a lot of venison

[5465]

found these and thought maybe some people could use these as referral to where they would like to make there next hunt. i found them very interesting. hard to believe that there is this much difference in the whitetail herd from state to state.DEER HUNTING STATISTICS/INFORMATION


LEADING DEER HUNTING STATES
(Licensed Resident Deer Hunters)
Pennsylvania 1,299,372
Michigan 1,005,000
Wisconsin 894,543
New York 812,446
Texas 645,000

LEADING WHITETAIL STATES
(Estimated whitetail populations)
Texas 3,748,000
Michigan 1,900,000
Mississippi 1,750,000
Wisconsin 1,600,000
Alabama 1,500,000

LEADING DEER-KILL STATES
(Total Whitetail Kill, Gun and Bow)
Wisconsin 469,555
Texas 442,000
Michigan 440,000
Pennsylvania 430,583
Georgia 375,100

LEADING FIREARM STATES
(Licensed Resident Gun Hunters)
Pennsylvania 1,000,000
Michigan 675,000
Wisconsin 656,164
New York 643,534
Texas 570,000

LEADING BOW HUNTING STATES
(Licensed Resident Bow Hunters)
Michigan 330,000
Pennsylvania 299,372
Wisconsin 238,379
Ohio 190,000
New York 168,912 LEADING BOW DEER KILL STATES
(Total Whitetail Kill With Bows)
Michigan 97,000
Wisconsin 69,269
Pennsylvania 54,622
Mississippi 40,000
Alabama 40,000



More than 83% of all hunters live in prime whitetail areas of the eastern two-thirds of the country. This accounts for more than 12.6 million hunters. Plus, seven of eleven western states are home to an increasing number of whitetail hunters.

Michigan leads the nation with 173,000 muzzle-loading hunters.


HERD FACTS


MONTANA
Est.deer population 250,000
Ave. annual harvest 69,000
IOWA
Est. deer population 325,000
Ave. annual harvest 105,000



ILLINOIS Est. deer population 700,000
Ave. annual harvest 133,000
TEXAS Est. deer population 3.75 million
Ave. annual harvest 400,000

 

[PAHunter]

That is very interesting info,SplitG3.With that it's easy to see why getting a good buck here in PA can be so difficult, with all the pressure we get.

 

[Bingo529]

You would think that with Iowas stat as far as number of deer to deer killed per year we wouldn't have such a problem with them in areas.Killing almost 1/3 of the population every year and still the problems????

 

[DOR]

TRX-
That was my thought exactly!
I would hate to be hunting in PA or MI with all that competition!
MN isn't so bad after all.

 

[Guest]

That is definitely one whole lot of venison.Even though the numbers of tags and filled tags every year I do agree that there is still a problem.I voluntier my services to take as many as they will let me.