2020 New York State White-tailed Deer Harvest Summary

WHITE-TAILED DEER HARVEST SUMMARY 2020

Photo by Monte Loomis, December 2020 Results reported in this document were funded by the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. Grant WE-173-G

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HUNTERS:

Want Older Bucks in New York?

It's Your Choice

You can increase the availability of older bucks by choosing to pass up shots at young bucks.

? Older bucks create more rubs and scrapes, vocalize more, and yield more meat ? all things that create unforgettable hunting experiences.

1.5 YEAR OLD

Photo Credit: Charles Alsheimer

2.5 YEAR OLD

Photo Credit: Charles Alsheimer

3.5 YEAR OLD

Photo Credit: Charles Alsheimer

If you want more older bucks, encourage your neighbors and hunting partners to join you in taking fewer young bucks.

You can boost deer condition and body and antler size by balancing the deer population with the habitat:

? Take a doe if permits are available in your area ? Create young forest to enhance natural forage

and cover for deer

Let YOUNG BUCKS go

and watch them GROW YOUR CHOICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

2020 Calculated Deer Harvest by Zone

Deer Take by Tag Type

Reg Big Bow/Muzz Bow/Muzz Game 1 Either-Sex Antlerless

DMP 2

DMAP 2

Northern Zone Total 16,110 Male Adult 16,067 Male Fawn 4

Female Adult 35 Female Fawn 4

5,649 4,053

67 1,441

88

3,386 112 115 3,088 71

6,915 313 736 5,396 470

1,200 13 71 996 120

Deer Take by Season 3

Bow

Muzzle- loader

Regular

Youth

2,952 6,877 23,240 191

1,370

3,087 15,967

134

55

168

761

9

1,495

3,473

5,947

41

32

149

565

7

Total

33,260 20,558

993 10,956

753

Southern Zone Total 55,233 Male Adult 54,886 Male Fawn 27

Female Adult 295 Female Fawn 25

41,828 37,348

304 4,014 162

14,914 572 572

13,367 403

101,774 2,970 13,627 72,560 12,617

6,981 99 412

5,754 716

65,069 38,174 2,639 22,008 2,248

12,892 3,296 640 8,304 652

141,735 53,799 11,602 65,368 10,966

1,034 606 61 310 57

220,730 95,875 14,942 95,990 13,923

Statewide Total

71,343

Male Adult 70,953

Male Fawn 31

Female Adult 330

Female Fawn 29

47,477 41,401

371 5,455 250

18,300 684 687

16,455 474

108,689 3,283 14,363 77,956 13,087

8,181 112 483 6,750 836

68,021 39,544 2,694 23,503 2,280

19,769 6,383 808 11,777 801

164,975 69,766 12,363 71,315 11,531

1,225 740 70 351 64

253,990 116,433 15,935 106,946 14,676

1 Regular Big Game tags were generally for antlered deer only, but could be used for deer of either-sex during late bow and muzzleloader seasons or anytime in Suffolk and Westchester Counties.

2 Deer Management Permits (DMPs) and Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) tags were for antlerless deer. Bucks with shed antlers or antlers less than 3 inches long were not considered legally antlered deer and may be taken using a DMP or DMAP tag.

3 Season Totals include all deer taken on all tags eligible to be used during those seasons. DMPs and DMAP tags could be used during all seasons.

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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

2020 Deer Harvest - Recent Trend Comparison

Total Take Adult Buck Take ( 1.5 years old) Adult Female Take ( 1.5 years old) Antlerless Take (fawns and adult does) % Buck Fawns in Antlerless Take % Buck Take 2.5 Years Old Antlerless to Adult Buck Harvest Ratio

Deer Management Permits (DMPs) Issued DMP Take DMP Success Rate

DMAP Take Muzzleloader Season Take 1

% Antlerless of Muzzleloader Take Bow Season Take 1

% Antlerless of Bow Take Crossbow Take Youth Deer Hunt Hunter Reporting Rate (statewide, all tags) Deer Check (% of harvest checked by DEC) 2 Statewide Harvest Estimate Precision (95% CI)

2020

253,990 116,433 106,946 137,557 11.6% 61.7% 1.2 : 1 664,169 108,689 16.4%

8,181 19,769 67.7% 68,021 41.9% 11,285 1,225 44.9% 5.8% ?1.87%

2019

224,190 120,403 82,176 103,787 10.7% 62.6% 0.9 : 1 624,612 81,134 13.0%

8,257 16,944 62.7% 51,618 38.4% 10,569 1,148 52.3% 6.9% ?1.57%

Change (2019 to 2020)

13.3% -3.3% 30.1% 32.5%

6.3% 34.0%

-0.9% 16.7%

31.8%

6.8% 6.7%

5-year Average (2015 to 2019)

214,288 109,634 76,781 104,654 14.1% 55.6%

1: 1 615,091 80,726 13.1%

9,241 15,460 64.3% 44,718 38.1%

1,098 48.3% 6.9% ?1.71%

1 Values for Muzzleloader and Bow Season Take include deer taken on Bow/Muzz tags and DMPs.

2 DEC checks hunter-killed deer each year to determine reporting rate by zone and tag type (DMP, Bow/Muzz, Regular Season tags, etc.) and to monitor biological metrics of deer taken (age, sex, antler characteristics). In 2020, DEC checked 14,825 deer throughout New York.

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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

2020 Deer Harvest by Wildlife Management Unit

Male Male Female Female

Adult Male Antlerless

Male Male Female Female

Adult Male Antlerless

WMU

Total

Adult Fawn Adult Fawn

per Mile2 per Mile2 WMU Adult

Fawn

Adult

Fawn

Total

per Mile2 per Mile2

1C 1,861 386 1,909 369 4,525 2.1

3A 893 5 172 7 1,077 1.3

3C 850 63 548 66 1,527 2.7

3F 527 60 532 74 1,193 1.6

3G 825 77 679 92 1,673 1.8

3H 1,862 146 1,387 169 3,564 3.4

3J 988 94 785 107 1,974 2.8

3K 862 41 411 44 1,358 2.3

3M 2,546 366 2,696 405 6,013 3.4

3N 240 24 227 28 519

1.1

3P 188 13 133 18 352

1.5

3R 258 15 145 18 436

1.3

3S 677 94 422 89 1,282 1.6

4A 1,242 75 718 87 2,122 2.9

4B 479 39 312 45 875

3.0

4C 706 68 582 79 1,435 4.3

4F 3,822 384 3,047 430 7,683 3.3

4G 913 72 664 75 1,724 2.5

4H 965 62 546 66 1,639 3.3

4J 415 63 262 54 794

2.8

4K 822 61 607 69 1,559 3.2

4L 467 18 229 20 734

2.1

4O 1,812 114 1,107 130 3,163 2.4

4P 823 66 562 71 1,522 2.3

4R 614 34 342 41 1,031 2.1

4S 649 39 388 47 1,123 3.0

4T 374 45 366 54 839

2.8

4U 395 18 189 17 619

3.1

4W 985 66 580 68 1,699 2.2

4Y 566 52 439 62 1,119 3.2

4Z 745 52 518 67 1,382 3.0

5A 747 22 394 20 1,183 1.2

5C 703 7 218 11 939

0.6

5F 607 5 155 3 770

0.5

5G 1,257 17 471 22 1,767 1.1

5H 2,070 20 521 19 2,630 0.7

5J 1,075 13 409 14 1,511 1.6

5R 813 103 820 117 1,853 2.2

5S 1,324 84 908 100 2,416 3.1

5T 418 13 206 17 654

1.9

6A 3,256 43 815 47 4,161 2.2

6C 1,873 150 1,597 108 3,728 1.9

6F 862 2

77

2 943

0.7

6G 3,370 466 3,762 315 7,913 3.6

6H 167 18 169 13 367

1.0

6J 907 6 130 8 1,051 0.6

6K 2,854 215 2,075 156 5,300 2.5

6N 810 9 163 15 997

1.6

6P 495 92 537 78 1,202 2.4

6R 1,069 118 948 126 2,261 2.0

6S 1,593 170 1,248 167 3,178 2.7

3.0

7A 1,647 267 1,692 240 3,846 3.0

4.0

0.3

7F 1,593 276 1,679 242 3,790 2.3

3.2

2.1

7H 1,005 185 1,088 161 2,439 2.8

4.0

2.0

7J 2,490 514 2,980 447 6,431 3.0

4.7

1.9

7M 3,607 580 3,582 516 8,285 2.9

3.8

3.1

7P 1,292 123 815 107 2,337 2.7

2.2

2.8

7R 2,355 448 2,517 396 5,716 3.2

4.6

1.3

7S 2,447 394 2,249 342 5,432 3.7

4.5

4.6

8A 1,659 361 2,058 312 4,390 4.0

6.5

1.3

8C 200 39 178 35 452

1.4

1.8

1.3

8F 2,486 556 3,118 483 6,643 3.4

5.7

0.9

8G 2,676 635 3,578 559 7,448 3.9

7.0

1.4

8H 2,594 634 3,632 560 7,420 4.5

8.4

2.1

8J 1,969 395 2,257 352 4,973 2.8

4.2

2.5

8M 1,364 331 1,987 299 3,981 4.4

8.5

4.4

8N 1,725 381 2,160 338 4,604 5.5

9.2

3.3

8P 1,198 161 1,106 150 2,615 3.4

4.0

2.2

8R 1,428 419 2,342 367 4,556 5.3

11.6

2.3

8S 947 177 1,082 160 2,366 3.7

5.5

2.6

8T 1,977 286 2,038 275 4,576 5.1

6.8

2.9

8W 1,724 165 1,155 149 3,193 3.9

3.3

1.2

8X 2,222 433 2,639 398 5,692 5.5

8.7

1.8

8Y 1,512 231 1,352 202 3,297 4.3

5.0

1.9

9A 1,201 211 1,252 185 2,849 2.6

3.6

1.4

9F 983 166 981 151 2,281 3.5

4.7

2.2

9G 682 143 887 126 1,838 3.0

5.0

3.5

9H 3,726 811 4,785 720 10,042 3.8

6.5

1.8

9J 2,701 587 3,405 517 7,210 3.9

6.5

1.6

9K 1,544 363 2,174 320 4,401 3.5

6.4

3.1

9M 1,256 283 1,662 252 3,453 3.8

6.7

2.5

9N 719 195 1,152 176 2,242 3.5

7.4

0.7

9P 2,503 392 2,753 357 6,005 4.3

6.0

0.2

9R 559 72 505 63 1,199 2.6

2.9

0.1

9S 144 24 141 21 330

1.6

2.0

0.5

9T 634 79 626 79 1,418 2.6

3.2

0.2

9W 743 103 698 87 1,631 3.0

3.6

0.7

9X 680 83 639 76 1,478 3.1

3.6

2.8

9Y 600 147 875 130 1,752 4.8

9.2

2.6

1.1 NYS 116,433 15,935 106,946 14,676 253,990 2.5

2.9

0.6

1.9

0.1

4.9

1.2

0.1

2.1

0.4

3.5

2.2

2.7

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