2019 NEBRASKA DEER HARVEST REPORT

[Pages:27]2019 NEBRASKA DEER HARVEST REPORT

ABOUT THIS REPORT Recommendations for deer seasons are developed under the following objective: Provide quality hunting and viewing opportunities within the limits of the deer resource while maintaining deer numbers at a level that most landowners will accept in terms of damage. Deer season recommendations are derived from input from landowners, hunters, general public and staff, and include data from landowner surveys, crop damage reports, deer vehicle collisions, deer harvest, hunter opinion and disease concerns. This report is a summary of harvest data from 2019 and previous years. Hunters are required to report harvested deer in Nebraska, through either in person checkstations and Telecheck, depending on season. Deer harvested outside the November Firearm season are required to be checked in via the NGPC Telecheck process. Those harvested during the 9 day November Firearm Season must be presented at mandatory checkstations distributed throughout the state. In 2019, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission staff aged 16,642 whitetail deer and 4,250 mule deer at those November Firearm checkstations, which was 34% of all whitetails and 38% of all mule deer harvested in 2019. Harvest and permit data are reported on the following pages by permit and deer management unit.

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2019 DEER SEASON HARVEST

Table 1. 2019 Either sex/buck only permit harvest.

Permit

Quota

Blue Northwest Blue Southeast Buffalo MDCA Buffalo Whitetail Calamus East Calamus West Elkhorn Frenchman MDCA Frenchman WT Keya Paha Loup East Loup West Missouri Pine Ridge Pine Ridge WT Plains Platte MDCA Platte WT Republican MD Republican WT Sandhills Upper Platte Wahoo

2200 3500 1600 1550 1300 1600 2700 2000 1600 2500 3000 1700 3200 1200 1000 1700 1400 1300 100 3000 2000 1200 3650

Sold

2200 3500 1600 1550 1300 1600 2700 2000 1600 2204 3000 1700 3200 1200 872 1700 1400 1132 100 3000 2000 1200 3650

Bag Limit

1 AD 1 AD 1 AD2 1 WT 1 AD2, 1 AOWT 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD, 1 AOWT 1 WT, 1 AOWT 1 AD2, 1 AOWT 1 AD2, 2 AOWT 1 AD2, 1 AOWT 1 AD, 1 AOWT 1 AD2 1 WT 1 AD 1 AD2, 1 AOWT 1 WT 1 MD Buck 1 WT 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD2

Total

994 1560 753 737 843 828 1158 1399 1053 1546 2337 1080 2098 652 434 1041 886 539

23 1464 1281 736 1553

Harvest

WT

B AO

769 223

1286 274

413 56

639 98

590 203

487 73

944 207

147 181

663 380

1087 342

1320 983

580 249

1417 654

332 43

361 71

314 27

189 113

481 53

0

0

1179 285

553 40

143 21

1241 312

MD B AO

2 0 0 0 279 5 0 0 49 1 243 25 5 2 1011 60 8 2 114 3 30 4 248 3 27 0 275 2 2 0 617 83 583 1 4 1 23 0 0 0 658 30 482 90 0 0

% Success 1st Bonus

45 44 47 48 54 11 52 43 63 7 52 13 60 10 56 17 / 3 54 9 53 12 54 50 61 58 6 48 23 49 64 61 42 -

Nov. FA TOTAL/Avg 45,000 44,408

24,995 15,135 4,888 4,660 312 51 10

Archery Muzzleloader Statewide Buck Rest. SW Buck WT SW Buck Landowner Youth Resident Youth Whitetail Youth NR Rest.

UNL UNL 50 UNL UNL UNL UNL UNL UNL

17,668 6742

50 846 9109 14,296 6601 3874 618

1 AD* 1 AD* 1 Buck 1 Buck 1 WT Buck 1 AD, 1 AO 1 AD* 1 WT 1 AD*

4941 3586 601 699 55 28 -

1882 965 425 415 77 28 -

21

0

0 21 0 42 -

425 182 1 242 0 50 -

2953 2915 28 9 1 32 -

7235 3763 1832 1242 398 43 8

3465 1672 525 1128 140 52 -

1608 1178 412 16 2 41 -

275 136 34 91 14 44 -

Other TOTAL/Avg

59,804

22,805 14,397 3,858 3,863 687 40

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AD ? Any deer

AD2 ? Any deer except AO MD

B ? Buck

NR ? Non-Resident

SW ? Statewide

UNL ? Unlimited

Buck ? Male deer with antlers greater than six inches in length

* - No Antlerless Mule Deer in the Pine Ridge Unit

AO ? Antlerless Only WT ? Whitetail

AOWT ? Antlerless Only WT MD ? Mule Deer

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2019 DEER SEASON HARVEST

Table 2. 2019 Antlerless only permit harvest.

Permit

Quota Sold Bag Limit

AO SCA Blue Northwest AO SCA Blue Southeast AO SCA Buffalo AO SCA Buffalo North AO SCA Calamus East AO SCA Calamus West AO SCA Elkhorn AO SCA Frenchman AO SCA Frenchman West AO SCA Keya Paha AO SCA Loup East AO SCA Loup West AO SCA Missouri AO SCA Pine Ridge WT AO SCA Plains AO SCA Platte AO SCA Platte North AO SCA Republican AO SCA Sandhills AO SCA Upper Platte AO SCA Wahoo AO SCA River Antlerless

1800 2000 1000 100 400 300 1000 1000 1250 500 1500 400 1000 500 500 800 500 1500 450 250 1900 12,000

1800 2000 739 100 122 225 1000 509 1250 243 795 169 954 500 470 542 500 1441 323 250 1900 8976

1 AOWT 1 AOWT 2 AOWT 2 AO 1 AOWT 1 AOWT 1 AOWT 2 AOWT 2 AO 2 AOWT 3 AOWT 2 AOWT 2 AOWT 2 AOWT 1 AO, 1 AOWT 2 AOWT 2 AO 2 AOWT 1 AO, 1 AOWT 1 AO, 1 AOWT 1 AOWT 2 AOWT

Total

523 609 384 82 61 112 285 201 1082 150 448 100 444 285 266 208 358 681 240 128 538 5323

Harvest WT B AO

12 510

29 578

8

372

0

14

1

60

5

106

8

277

7

192

3

142

8

141

12 436

3

64

19 424

9

275

11 110

9

197

5

94

20 660

4

116

2

33

23 515

169 5129

MD B AO

0

1

0

2

0

4

0 68

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0 929

0

1

0

0

1 32

0

1

0

1

3 142

0

2

5 254

0

1

5 115

0 93

0

0

1 24

% Success 1st Bonus

29 30 37 14 56 26 38 12 35 15 29 30 10 56 30 44 17 33 16 / 7 44 15 34 13 41 16 46 11 27 11 47 25 36 11 56 18 46 6 28 41 18

AO SCA TOTAL/AVG

30,650 24,808

12,508 367 10,445 15 1,673 39 16 / 7

ALL SEASONS

75,650/ UNL

129,020

60,308 29,899 19,190 8,538 2,672 45 14 / 6

AD ? Any deer

AD2 ? Any deer except AO MD

B ? Buck

NR ? Non-Resident

SW ? Statewide

UNL ? Unlimited

Buck ? Male deer with antlers greater than six inches in length

* - No Antlerless Mule Deer in the Pine Ridge Unit

AO ? Antlerless Only WT ? Whitetail

AOWT ? Antlerless Only WT MD ? Mule Deer

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HISTORIC DEER HARVESTAND PERMITS

Figure 1. Historic harvest by species and category. 2012 EHD Event here

Figure 2. Historic harvest, permit and total tag numbers. Permits represent the number of individual deer licenses sold; each permit may have one or more tags. Tags represent the total of all tags valid for the harvest of a deer, including bonus tags sold.

2012 EHD Event here

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2020 DEER MANAGEMENT UNITS

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BLUE NORTHWEST MANAGEMENT UNIT

2019 Harvest Data - Blue Northwest

Permit Type

Permit Numbers

Blue NW AO SC Blue NW Landowner Archery Muzzleloader Youth Youth WT Rest. NR Youth Rest. SWB WT SWB River Antlerless Totals

Auth 2200 1800

Sold 2200 1800

Sellout 11/2/19 11/17/19

Mule Deer

Buck AO Total

2

0

2

0

1

1

1

0

1

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

3

0

3

0

0

0

6

2

9

Whitetail Deer

Buck 769 12 446 347 47 92 96

4 4 319 0 2136

AO 223 510 267 78 49 45 40

2 0 1 8 1223

Total 992 522 713 429 96 137 136

6 4 323 8 3359

% Success

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Harvest comparisons by year

Year

Mule Deer

Buck AO Total %AO

2015

3

1

4

2016

2

3

5

2017

6

2

8

2018

3

0

3

2019

6

2

9

% Buck Age 1 2 3+

Buck

1849 1738 1924 1864 2136

AO

1237 1361 1275 1258 1223

Whitetail Deer

Total %AO

3086 40 3099 44 3199 40 3122 40 3359 36

% Buck Age 1 2 3+ 44 34 21 39 38 23 44 35 21 32 40 28 34 37 29

Total Permits Authorized

Year

Nov. Firearm

2015

2450

2016

2450

2017

2450

2018

2200

2019

2200

2020

2200

Bag Limit 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD

Special Seasons Blue Northwest SCA ? 2000 (1 AOWT) Blue Northwest SCA ? 2300 (1 AOWT) Blue Northwest SCA ? 2000 (1 AOWT) Blue Northwest SCA ? 1800 (1 AOWT) Blue Northwest SCA ? 1800 (1 AOWT) Blue Northwest SCA ? 1800 (1 AOWT)

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BLUE SOUTHEAST MANAGEMENT UNIT

2019 Harvest Data - Blue Southeast

Permit Type

Permit Numbers

Blue NW AO SC Blue NW Landowner Archery Muzzleloader Youth Youth WT Rest. NR Youth Restricted SWB WT SWB River Antlerless Totals

Auth 3500 2000

Sold 3500 2000

Sellout 11/11/19 11/27/19

Mule Deer

Buck AO Total

0

0

0

0

2

2

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

1

6

7

Whitetail Deer

Buck 1286

29 318 490 79 121 98 12

4 335

6 2778

AO 274 578 217 86 52 45 39

3 0 2 289 1585

Total 1560 607 535 576 131 166 137

15 4 337 295 4363

% Success

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Harvest comparisons by year

Year

Mule Deer

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Buck AO Total %AO

3

2

5

3

8

11

4

5

9

4

1

5

1

6

7

% Buck Age 1 2 3+

Buck 2598 2567 2542 2414 2778

AO 1757 1822 1569 1695 1585

Whitetail Deer

Total 4355 4389 4111 4109 4363

%AO 40 41 38 41 36

% Buck Age 1 2 3+ 37 30 33 32 36 32 35 34 31 29 36 35 29 32 39

Total Permits Authorized

Year

Nov. Firearm

2015

3500

2016

3500

2017

3500

2018

3500

2019

3500

2020

3500

Bag Limit 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD 1 AD

Special Seasons Blue Southeast SCA ? 2400 (1 AOWT) Blue Southeast SCA ? 2900 (1 AOWT) Blue Southeast SCA ? 2400 (1 AOWT) Blue Southeast SCA ? 2400 (1 AOWT) Blue Southeast SCA ? 2000 (1 AOWT) Blue Southeast SCA ? 2000 (1 AOWT)

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BUFFALO MANAGEMENT UNIT

2019 Harvest Data

Permit Type

Permit Numbers

Mule Deer

Whitetail Deer

% Success

Auth Sold Sellout Buck AO Total Buck AO Total

Buffalo MDCA

1600 1600 10/19/19 279 5 284 413 56 469

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Buffalo WT

1550 1550 11/15/19 0

0

0 639 98 737

48

AO SC Buffalo

1000 739

261

0

4

4

8 372 380

37 / 14

AO SC Buffalo North 100 100 1/4/20

0 68 68 0

14 14

56 / 26

Landowner

100 41 141 295 109 404

Archery

25 1 26 263 40 303

Muzzleloader

1

0

1

61 23 74

Youth

73 18 91 159 46 205

Youth WT

2

0

2

91 29 120

Youth NR Rest.

13 1 14 10

1

11

Statewide Buck

1

0

1

0

0

0

Restricted SWB

0

0

0

14

0

14

WT SWB

0

1

1 214 2 216

River Antlerless

0

4

4

23 759 782

Totals

494 143 637 2190 1549 3739

Harvest comparisons by year

Year

Mule Deer

Whitetail Deer

% Buck Age

% Buck Age

Buck AO Total %AO 1 2 3+ Buck AO Total %AO 1 2 3+

2015 707 76 783

10 24 44 32 2195 1495 3690 41 29 27 44

2016 688 84 772

11 21 45 34 2194 1612 3806 42 24 27 49

2017 696 74 770

10 16 43 40 2327 1541 3868 40 22 30 47

2018 608 142 750

19

9 41 50 2061 1666 3727 45 19 28 53

2019 494 143 637

22 10 49 42 2190 1549 3739 41 21 29 51

Total Permits Authorized

Year Nov. Firearm Bag Limit Whitetail Only Special Seasons

2014 1600 MDCA

1 AD2

1550 (1 WT)

Buffalo SCA ? 500 (2 AOWT)

2015 1600 MDCA

1 AD2

1550 (1 WT)

Buffalo SCA ? 500 (2 AOWT)

2016 1600 MDCA

1 AD2

1550 (1 WT)

Buffalo SCA ? 1000 (2 AOWT)

2017 1600 MDCA

1 AD2

1550 (1 WT)

Buffalo SCA ? 1000 (2 AOWT)

2018 1600 MDCA

1 AD2

1550 (1 WT)

Buffalo SCA ? 1000 (2 AOWT) Buffalo SCA North ? 100 (2 AO)

2019 1600 MDCA

1 AD2

1550 (1 WT)

Buffalo SCA ? 1000 (2 AOWT) Buffalo SCA North ? 100 (2 AO)

2020 1000 MDCA

1 AD2 1 AOWT

2100 (1 WT)

Buffalo SCA ? 1000 (2 AOWT) Buffalo SCA North ? 100 (1 AO, 1 AOWT)

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