Pennsylvania Deer Harvest 1915 to 2020.xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	Big Game Harvest Data from Pennsylvania Game Commission
2	The following table displays Pennsylvania harvests of white-tailed deer, black bear, wild turkey, and elk dating back to 1915.
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4	*Deer harvests in these years are calculated harvest, rather than reported. The adjustment was made to reflect declines in successful hunter reporting rates.
5	**Annual bag limit set at one turkey of either sex per year.
6	***Spring season opened and annual bag limit expanded to one of either sex in the fall and one bearded turkey in the spring season.
7	****Spring season bag limit expanded to two with the purchase of a special turkey license.
8	† First modern elk hunt in the Commonwealth
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10	Year
11	Antlered Deer Harvest
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13	Antlerless Deer Harvest	Total Deer Harvest	Bear Harvest	Spring Turkey
14	Harvest	Fall Turkey
15	Harvest	Antlered Elk Harvest	Antlerless Elk Harvest	Total Elk Harvest
16	*2020				3,621
17	*2019	163,240	226,191	389,431	4,657	37,286	9,006	34	95	129
18	*2018	147,750	226,940	374,690	3,153	40,303	9,129	27	74	101
19	*2017	163,750	203,409	367,159	3,438	38,101	9,168	27	79	106
20	*2016	149,460	183,794	333,254	3,530	35,966	10,708	27	79	106
21	*2015	137,580	178,233	315,813	3,748	41,180	14,861	22	65	87
22	*2014	119,260	184,713	303,973	3,368	41,258	18,013	27	63	90
23	*2013	134,280	218,640	352,920	3,510	36,507	16,273	26	47	73
24	*2012	133,860	209,250	343,110	3,632	36,920	14,074	20	33	53
25	*2011	127,540	208,660	336,200	4,350	35,852	14,300	19	34	53
26	*2010	122,930	193,310	316,240	3,090	33,849	15,884	18	23	41
27	*2009	108,330	200,590	308,920	3,512	44,639	20,934	21	24	45
28	*2008	122,410	213,440	335,850	3,458	42,437	24,288	17	25	42
29	*2007	109,200	213,870	323,070	2,362	37,992	25,369	14	21	35
30	*2006	135,290	226,270	361,560	3,124	**** 39,339	**** 24,482	14	21	35
31	*2005	120,500	233,890	354,390	4,164	32,593	25,173	10	25	35
32	*2004	124,410	284,910	409,320	2,976	NO DATA	NO DATA	12	22	34
33	*2003	142,270	322,620	464,890	3,000	42,876	31,100	19	49	68
34	*2002	165,416	352,113	517,529	2,686	41,147	37,346	32	29	61
35	*2001	203,247	282,767	486,014	3,063	49,186	48,008	† 14	13	27
36	*2000	203,221	301,379	504,600	3,075	43,815	44,865
37	*1999	194,368	184,224	378,592	1,740	37,808	40,721
38	*1998	181,449	196,040	377,489	2,598	32,661	33,628
39	*1997	176,677	220,339	397,016	2,110	30,956	37,398
40	*1996	153,432	197,565	350,997	1,796	33,726	35,787
41	*1995	182,235	248,348	430,583	2,190	36,401	49,748
42	*1994	157,030	238,051	395,081	1,365	28,558	39,094
43	*1993	165,214	243,343	408,557	1,790	24,068	30,477
44	*1992	163,159	198,065	361,224	1,589	18,180	21,468
45	*1991	149,598	238,417	388,015	1,687	16,606	31,979
46	*1990	170,101	245,460	415,561	1,200	17,472	25,527
47	*1989	169,795	218,806	388,601	2,213	17,154	21,669
48	*1988	163,106	218,293	381,399	1,614	14,659	22,515
49	*1987	157,547	177,242	334,789	1,556	14,674	28,346
50	*1986	150,359	149,655	300,014	1,362	16,155	26,763
51	1985	76,097	85,331	161,428	1,029	14,197	18,217
52	1984	76,500	63,680	140,180	1,547	9,723	15,844
53	1983	70,233	66,060	136,293	1,529	10,852	20,494
54	1982	72,113	66,109	138,222	588	12,804	29,848
55	1981	73,322	75,208	148,530	819	11,115	26,794
56	1980	73,196	62,281	135,477	921	19,266	30,173
57	1979	58,864	55,930	114,794	736	9,066	18,772
58	1978	61,698	59,543	121,241	CLOSED	7,735	24,300
59	1977	74,879	71,199	146,078	CLOSED	8,765	29,464
60	1976	64,084	57,949	122,033	605	10,536	26,483
61	1975	71,986	66,209	138,195	388	7,683	23,050
62	1974	70,689	54,963	125,652	223	Not surveyed	Not surveyed
63	1973	70,316	56,575	126,891	299
64	1972	62,633	44,582	107,215	370	400	35,984
65	1971	55,602	48,625	104,227	488	7,033	25,798
66	1970	53,350	46,336	99,686	CLOSED	1,563	22,000
67	1969	59,923	56,761	116,684	295	2,128	21,000
68	1968	62,038	79,836	141,874	218	*** 1,636	*** 18,000
69	1967	78,268	66,147	144,415	568		23,000
70	1966	58,722	60,031	118,753	605		20,000
71	1965	65,150	34,638	99,788	347		15,000
72	1964	49,231	41,903	91,134	526		13,679
73	1963	48,204	36,212	84,416	280		13,608
74	1962	42,266	30,647	72,913	554		15,775
75	1961	38,705	17,327	56,032	237		17,312
76	1960	38,776	29,887	68,663	392		14,920
77	1959	38,270	51,902	90,172	296		15,228
78	1958	46,738	65,187	111,925	439		13,008
79	1957	49,254	55,862	105,116	294		16,156
80	1956	41,921	CLOSED	41,921	335		14,481
81	1955	45,044	41,111	86,155	335		17,994
82	1954	40,915	CLOSED	40,915	403		16,,202
83	1953	37,384	16,252	53,636	303		14,604
84	1952	27,164	37,829	64,993	261		9,227
85	1951	34,582	37,952	72,534	429		8,962
86	1950	23,302	31,515	54,817	354		5,278
87	1949	46,602	84,121	130,723	411		6,885
88	1948	33,608	CLOSED	33,608	388		4,318
89	1947	31,475	63,568	95,043	569		3,751
90	1946	31,110	4,209	35,319	325		2,518
91	1945	24,575	1,085	25,660	366		1,716
92	1944	28,411	CLOSED	28,411	295		2,849
93	1943	23,931	14,951	38,882	307		2,297
94	1942	30,860	CLOSED	30,860	149		3,938
95	1941	19,271	CLOSED	19,271	593		3,911
96	1940	40,995	145,580	186,575	524		5,218
97	1939	49,106	14,581	63,687	535		5,191
98	1938	CLOSED	171,662	171,662	384		6,766
99	1937	39,347	CLOSED	39,347	537		6,619
100	1936	18,804	CLOSED	18,084	356		3,208