Kansas Deer Population

	A	B	C	D	F	G	H	I	J
1	Year	Total Population	Whitetail Population	Mule Deer Population	Harvest	Harvest/Pop	Buck Kill	Mule Deer/Total

2	2000	800,000	757,000	43,000	111,159	high doe harvest in 2000		0.05375
3	2001	757,866	714,567	43,299	101,554			0.05713277523
4	2002	618,746	575,860	42,887	82,912			0.06931209142
5	2003	531,963	497,942	34,021	71,283			0.06395301666
6	2004	574,142	541,461	32,680	76,935			0.05692045568
7	2005	536,000	500,433	35,567	74,910	0.1397574627		0.06635636252
8	2006	535,000	493,228	41,772	79,191	0.1480205607		0.07807850467
9	2007	591,000	548,166	42,834	73,681	0.1246717428		0.07247715736
10	2008	597,000	535,365	61,635	80,490	0.1348241206		0.103241206
11	2009	635,000	572,426	62,574	87,047	0.1370818898		0.09854173228
12	2010	683,000	641,070	41,930	89,038	0.130363104		0.0613909224
13	2011	746,000	697,869	48,131	97,938	0.1312841823		0.06451876676
14	2012	612,000	554,948	57,052	94,070	0.1537091503		0.09322222222
15	2013	673,000	622,777	50,223	89,664	0.133230312		0.07462555721
16	2014	627,000	576,000	51,000	97,394	0.1553333333		0.08133971292
17	2015	678,000	627,000	51,000	95,813	0.1413171091		0.07522123894
18	2016	635,616	595,000	40,616	86,140	0.1355220762		0.06390021648
19	2017	642,935	595,000	47,935	79,567	0.1237559007		0.07455652593
20	2018	653,600	600,000	53,600	81,769	0.1251055692		0.08200734394
21	2019	664,893	620,000	44,893	77,900	0.1171617087	40,718	0.06751913466
22	2020	700,000	646,600	53,400	83,126	0.1187514286	44,379	0.07628571429
23	2021	707,419	665,719	41,700	84,007		45,215
24	2022	700,000	648,600	51,400		0.1343681032	average	0.07306431703	average
25	2023	699,400	662,800	36,600
26	2024	700,000	655,400	44,600
27	Harvest data for 2022 not yet available, Mule deer population estimate for 2023 not yet available
28	The 2005 to 2016 total deer population is estimated from a KDFW graphic in sheet 2 (Total Deer Sources)
29	The 2000 to 2020 mule deer estimates are from sheet 3 (Mule Sources)
30	The total deer harvest for 2017 and 2018 based on comments that the total for these years was about the same as previous
31	The total deer harvest for 2021 was estimated from state comments and the change in the deer harvest.
32	The 2000 to 2004 total population was estimated using harvest data, assumes 13.4 percent of the deer are taken
33	The 2000 total population estimate is adjusted down somewhat to account for a high doe kill started to reduce the population
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