Statewide Historic Deer Populations.xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	L
1	Year	Estimated Statewide Deer Population	Percent Change	Estimated Statewide Harvest	% of Population Harvested	Bucks	Antlerless	Hunters	Notes / Significant Events	Note: E.L. "Butch" Young compiled Estimated Texas Statewide White-tailed Deer Populations and Harvest Estimates (1938-1995) in 1997.

2	1938	232,000		34,000	14.7%
3	1939	263,000	13.36%	37,000	14.1%
4	1940	230,000	-12.55%	39,000	17.0%
5	1941	225,000	-2.17%	26,850	11.9%					Deer Population by Decade
6	1942	250,000	11.11%	28,000	11.2%					Decade	Avg. Population
7	1943								No Harvest or Population Estimate	1940	367,500
8	1944			50,000					No Population Estimate	1950	735,000
9	1945	500,000		50,000	10.0%					1960	2,331,100
10	1946	500,000	0.00%	50,000	10.0%					1970	3,176,240
11	1947			41,916					No Population Estimate	1980	3,597,071
12	1948			38,517					No Population Estimate	1990	3,442,983
13	1949	500,000		36,403	7.3%					2000	3,583,997
14	1950	500,000	0.00%	38,720	7.7%					2010	4,507,681
15	1951	500,000	0.00%	44,844	9.0%					2020	4,592,559
16	1952	450,000	-10.00%	37,500	8.3%
17	1953	450,000	0.00%	32,000	7.1%
18	1954	450,000	0.00%	44,480	9.9%
19	1955	450,000	0.00%	43,420	9.6%
20	1956	900,000	100.00%	95,000	10.6%
21	1957	900,000	0.00%	93,000	10.3%
22	1958	1,150,000	27.78%	125,000	10.9%
23	1959	1,600,000	39.13%	155,000	9.7%
24	1960	1,112,000	-30.50%	175,000	15.7%
25	1961	2,000,000	79.86%	204,000	10.2%
26	1962	2,000,000	0.00%	195,000	9.8%
27	1963	2,000,000	0.00%	214,109	10.7%
28	1964	2,250,000	12.50%	194,531	8.6%
29	1965	2,500,000	11.11%	202,273	8.1%
30	1966	2,945,000	17.80%	262,500	8.9%				Approximate year screwworms declared eradicated in Texas
31	1967	2,601,000	-11.68%	229,100	8.8%
32	1968	2,850,000	9.57%	267,475	9.4%
33	1969	3,053,000	7.12%	286,322	9.4%
34	1970	3,120,000	2.19%	279,706	9.0%
35	1971	3,302,395	5.85%	268,186	8.1%
36	1972	3,100,000	-6.13%	362,179	11.7%
37	1973	3,400,000	9.68%	366,033	10.8%	267,679	97,196	550,804
38	1974	3,170,000	-6.76%	341,446	10.8%	255,975	85,471	557,639
39	1975	3,146,000	-0.76%	348,953	11.1%	275,618	73,355	564,889
40	1976	3,181,000	1.11%	283,400	8.9%	212,294	71,106	515,379
41	1977	3,060,000	-3.80%	287,232	9.4%	220,203	67,029	524,895
42	1978	3,075,000	0.49%	272,076	8.8%	205,982	66,094	517,692
43	1979	3,208,000	4.33%	326,440	10.2%	237,215	89,225	537,658
44	1980	2,795,204	-12.87%	260,383	9.3%	191,370	69,013	506,815
45	1981	2,998,355	7.27%	300,052	10.0%	227,400	72,652	533,130
46	1982	3,637,215	21.31%	337,621	9.3%	248,632	88,989	525,690
47	1983	3,331,620	-8.40%	318,344	9.6%	232,411	85,933	514,242
48	1984	3,985,825	19.64%	373,262	9.4%	265,041	108,221	552,037
49	1985	3,700,319	-7.16%	383,499	10.4%	254,003	129,496	553,124
50	1986	4,177,672	12.90%	445,419	10.7%	280,925	164,494	563,363
51	1987	4,106,128	-1.71%	504,953	12.3%	294,094	210,859	567,344
52	1988	3,700,813	-9.87%	474,968	12.8%	256,344	218,624	541,759
53	1989	3,537,560	-4.41%	477,491	13.5%	256,045	221,446	564,120
54	1990	3,326,708	-5.96%	429,532	12.9%	238,482	191,050	562,477
55	1991	3,093,928	-7.00%	474,047	15.3%	253,630	220,417	586,384
56	1992	3,104,859	0.35%	468,893	15.1%	262,416	206,477	614,101
57	1993	3,364,188	8.35%	452,509	13.5%	254,901	197,608	593,110	Antlerless Deer Control Permits
58	1994	3,600,751	7.03%	421,423	11.7%	252,077	169,346	587,812	Antlerless and Spike Deer Control Permits
59	1995	3,687,178	2.40%	450,593	12.2%	252,065	198,528	582,149
60	1996	3,385,386	-8.18%	333,819	9.9%	190,754	143,065	576,448	Managed Lands Deer Permits with 5 deer, 3 buck bag, 2 extra weeks.		Using Distance Sampling Survey Methods starting in 2005
61	1997	3,359,031	-0.78%	364,850	10.9%
62	1998	3,785,178	12.69%	390,315	10.3%
63	1999	3,722,621	-1.65%	420,187	11.3%
64	2000	3,543,763	-4.80%	561,534	15.8%
65	2001	3,776,052	6.55%	515,215	13.6%
66	2002	3,826,146	1.33%	575,317	15.0%
67	2003	4,007,748	4.75%	570,706	14.2%
68	2004	3,915,862	-2.29%	566,482	14.5%
69	2005	3,367,200	-14.01%	584,385	17.4%
70	2006	2,911,500	-13.53%	604,800	20.8%
71	2007	3,005,200	3.22%	512,852	17.1%
72	2008	3,694,900	22.95%	619,650	16.8%
73	2009	3,791,600	2.62%	559,357	14.8%
74	2010	3,658,900	-3.50%	647,975	17.7%
75	2011	3,641,400	-0.48%	574,808	15.8%
76	2012	3,635,500	-0.16%	546,360	15.0%
77	2013	3,863,000	6.26%	625,577	16.2%
78	2014	4,021,700	4.11%	590,112	14.7%
79	2015	4,232,200	5.23%	574,508	13.6%
80	2016	4,294,900	1.48%	954,620	22.2%
81	2017	5,725,795	33.32%	918,009	16.0%
82	2018	5,480,804	-4.28%	883,564	16.1%
83	2019	5,585,497	1.91%	846,330	15.2%
84	2020	5,444,798	-2.52%	852,448	15.7%
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