2016 Deer Harvest Report - Minnesota Department of Natural ...

2016

Minnesota

Deer Harvest Report

Total Deer Harvest by Season, 1995- 2016

300,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Year

Firearms

Archery

Muzzleloader

Harvest

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife

DNR Building - 500 Lafayette Road Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155-4007

(Updated 25 April 2017)

Table of Contents Table 1. Statewide Firearms, Archery, and Muzzleloader Harvest, License Sales, and Success Rates, 1995-2016. Table 2. Deer Harvest Season, 2016. Table 3. Firearms Harvest and Harvest per Square Mile by Permit Area, 2016. Includes regular, youth, all-season, multizone, and bonus permits. Table 4. Firearm Harvest using Bonus and Disease Management Permits, 2016. Table 5. Early Antlerless Season Harvest by Permit Area, 2016. Table 6. Summary of Firearms Special Hunts, 2016. Includes regular, youth, and bonus permits. Table 7. Free Landowner Firearms Harvest by Permit Area, 2016. Table 8. Archery Harvest by Permit Area, 2016. Includes regular, youth, and bonus permits. Table 9. Archery Harvest using Bonus Permits by Permit Area, 2016. Table 10. Summary of Archery Special Hunts, 2016. Includes regular, youth, and bonus permits. Table 11. Free Landowner Archery Harvest by Permit Area, 2016. Table 12. Muzzleloader Harvest by Permit Area, 2016. Includes regular muzzleloader, youth, and

bonus permits. Table 13. Muzzleloader Harvest using bonus Permits by Permit Area, 2016. Table 14. Summary of Muzzleloader Special Hunts, 2016. Includes regular, youth, and bonus permits Table 15. Free Landowner Muzzleloader Harvest by Permit Area, 2016. Table 16. Summary of youth firearm hunts and NW youth season, 2016. Table 17. Total Deer Harvest by Permit Area, 2016. Includes all license types, permits, and special hunts. Table 18. Estimated firearm hunter numbers, density, and harvest by permit area, 2016. Table 19. Deer harvest per square mile by season, 2016. Table 20. Harvest by Depredation Permit, 2016. Table 21. 2016 Firearm Lottery Distribution Report. Table 22. 2016 Muzzleloader Lottery Distribution Report. Table 23. 2016 Special Permit Areas for Firearms Hunters. Table 24. 2016 Special Permit Areas for Muzzleloader Hunters.

Table 1. Statewide Firearms, Archery, and Muzzleloader Harvest, License Sales, and Success Rates 1995 - 2016.

REGULAR FIREARMS Resident License Sales Non-Resident License Sales Bonus Permit Sales Multi-Zone Buck License Sales Youth License Sales All Season Deer License Sales Total License (Permit) Sales Registered Buck Harvest1 Antlerless Permits Offered Antlerless Permits Issued Antlerless Permits App. Registered AL Harvest1 Registered Total Harvest1 Registered % Successful2

ARCHERY Resident License Sales Non-Resident License Sales Youth Archery Sales Mgmt Permit License Sales Total License Sales Total Harvest - All-Season License Total Archery Harvest Registered % Successful2

MUZZLELOADER Total Muzzleloader License Sales Estimated All-Season Hunters Total Muzzleloader Harvest Registered % Successful2 Antlerless Permits Offered Antlerless Permits App.

TOTAL Registered Harvest

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014 2015

2016

419,965 9,339 22,603 29,902 1,835

483,644 88,997 201,525 162,761 257,653 109,196 198,193

40.1 461,041

389,745 8,535 27,148 38,806 2,964

467,198 71,242 154,195 116,650 174,329 68,106 139,348

29.8 440,050

369,190 7,830 32,229 42,803 3,844

455,896 64,867 150,195 105,481 142,260 62,038 126,905

27.8 423,667

378,320 8,852 20,884 44,739 3,445

456,240 82,921 140,280 108,016 151,148 60,475 143,396

31.4 435,356

395,745 9,970 23,785 43,903 2,038

475,441 92,584 177,380 135,852 214,597 71,681 164,265

34.8 451,656

400,814 10,595 34,802 42,669 3,215 2,384 495,289 102,961 232,595 180,490 237,571 88,492 191,453

38.6 459,677

401,005 10,972 59,013 41,921 4,011 3,986 519,601 98,894 286,540 196,603 225,341 98,169 197,063

37.9 461,895

367,964 10,835 105,699 35,658 2,884 22,125 545,165 101,333 365,667 192,907 202,086 102,280 203,613

37.3 439,466

344,875 11,334 194,201 32,929 34,463 30,998 648,800 110,440 31,625 25,386 30,253 147,420 257,860

39.7 454,599

309,698 12,036 183,186 32,359 51,347 46,008 634,634 116,612 30,760 24,111 28,454 123,278 239,890

37.8 451,448

291,298 12,523 184,566 28,233 50,501 59,090 626,211 95,594 28,830 25,656 31,403 119,363 214,957

34.3 441,645

299,774 12,520 167,343 15,984 49,599 75,511 620,731 95,695 18,925 18,925 31,403 135,981 231,676

37.3 453,388

285,286 12,520 145,522 15,051 49,242 76,385 584,006 97,528 18,830 18,830 31,403 118,860 216,388

41.7 438,484

376,006 11,883 190,156

N/A 50,397

N/A 628,442 85,646 32,325 32,325 31,403 98,147 183,793

34.8 438,286

377,077 11,759 140,920

N/A 56,678

N/A 586,434 83,820 60,100 60,100 90,882 78,525 162,345

33.8 445,514

379,866 11,908 143,763

N/A 59,726

N/A 595,263 88,027 60,083 60,083 86,783 86,077 174,104

35.9 451,500

382,668 11,955 142,049

N/A 60,943

N/A 597,615 76,003 15,525 15,525 21,071 88,197 164,200

32.9 455,566

391,822 12,483 89,750

N/A 62,949

N/A 557,004 84,729 32,854 32,854 67,308 71,140 155,869

32.0

391,967 12,496 97,402

N/A 64,748

N/A 566,613 70,627 36,816 36,816 68,811 67,885 145,449

29.7

374,314 11,674 29,642

N/A 62,488

N/A 478,118 69,851 26,332 26,332 96,580 44,038 113,889

25.3

371,612 13,501 31,065

N/A 62,333

N/A 448,007 83,939 31,065 31,065 95,656 48,758 132,697

29.6

372,645 12,540 44,365

N/A 61,138

N/A 446,323 87,855 39,646 39,646 97,056 52,338 144,470

32.4

70,056 1,171 N/A 15,387 86,614

14,521 16.8

67,058 1,098 N/A 15,632 83,788

14,338 17.1

63,499 980 N/A

17,478 81,957

13,258 16.2

63,826 1,029 N/A 15,846 80,701

12,306 15.2

66,226 1,073 N/A 16,945 84,244

13,376 15.8

68,947 1,271 N/A 20,393 90,611

15,776 17.4

69,608 1,288 N/A 22,141 93,037

15,884 17.1

57,532 1,275 N/A 18,126 76,933

14,744 19.2

59,339 1,428 3,748 N/A 60,767 2,356 21,691

22.3

50,601 1,144 7,261 N/A 59,006 3,489 20,726

29.2

50,293 1,207 7,489 N/A 58,989 4,563 23,538

24.6

49,595 1,286 7,688 N/A 58,569 8,284 25,360

24.8

52,780 1,509 7,663 N/A 61,952 6,900 24,161

24.3

87,872 1,509 9,005 N/A 99,033 N/A 22,632

18.5

88,707 1,610 9,157 N/A 99,474 N/A 20,629

17.5

91,156 1,638 9,577 N/A 102,371 N/A 22,057

17.8

90,252 1,718 10,306 N/A 102,276 N/A 20,444

17.0

95,259 1,814 11,276 N/A 108,349 N/A 21,605

18.8

92,717 1,952 12,212 N/A 106,881 N/A 19,388

14.5

92,301 1,946 11,965 N/A 106,212 N/A 17,119

15.3

93,462 2,032 11,905 N/A 107,399 N/A 20,074

18.7

92,076 2,062 10,846 N/A 104,984 N/A 20,360 19.4

--2,452

--3,367

--3,164

--3,152

--2,928

11,972 --

4,548 38.0

13,043 --

4,494 34.5

11,764 --

3,505 29.8

9,142 12,020 9,466

44.7

10,512 14,168 9,289

37.6

9,226 23,293 15,421

47.4

10,781 23,293 13,507

39.6

9,867 26,813 12,138

28.2

64,673 N/A 9,572 13.4

63,282 N/A 7,929 11.3

55,640 N/A 9,023 14.4 5,792 7,260

59,384 N/A 7,416 11.6 1,997 2,615

58,363 N/A 7,779 12.4 1,626 3,743

51,092 N/A 7,045 12.7 2,144 3,544

43,946 N/A 5,847 12.7 1,593 4,588

50,176 N/A 6,572 7.6 1,434 3,393

53,097 N/A 8,383 6.3 1,352 2,930

215,166 157,317 143,327 158,854 180,569 211,777 217,452 222,050 290,525 260,604 255,736 270,778 260,434 221,837 194,186 207,313 192,331 186,634 172,781 139,442 159,343 173,213

Table 2. Deer Harvest by Season, 2016.

Season 1A 2A 3A 3B

Metro Firearm Youth

Depredation1 Early Antlerless1 Free Landowner1

900 Series1 Muzzleloader

Archery CWD

Total

Hunters 160,998 243,010 29,621 12,694

N/A N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

4,995 53,097 104,984

N/A 609,399

Bucks 32,192 48,995 4,975 1,062

631 671 0

394 3,092 8,741 168 100,921

Harvest

Antlerless 10,075 34,578 4,077 3,032 576 546 11 483 1,310 1,195 5,001 10,708 700 72,292

Total 42,267 83,573 9,052 4,094 1,207 1,217

11

483

1,310

1,589 8,093 19,449 868 173,213

Overall Success 26.3% 34.4% 30.6% 32.3%

N/A N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

31.8% 15.2% 18.5% N/A

1Includes deer taken during regular firearms, muzzleloader, and archery seasons.

Table 3. Firearms Harvest and Harvest per Square Mile by Permit Area, 2016. Includes all regular firearm licenses.

Permit

Adult

Adult

Fawn

Fawn

Area Size

Bucks/

Antlerless/

Total/

Area

Zone

Male Female Male Female Total

(sq.mi.)

Sq. Mile

Sq. Mile

Sq. Mile

101

1A

487

54

13

10

564

496

0.98

0.16

1.14

103

1A

798

128

23

6

955

1,824

0.44

0.09

0.52

105

1A

975

187

32

19

1,213

932

1.05

0.26

1.30

108

1A 1171 133

31

17

1,352 1,701

0.69

0.11

0.79

110

1A 1057 202

38

23

1,320

530

1.99

0.50

2.49

111

1A

557

48

12

10

627

1,440

0.39

0.05

0.44

114

1A

38

6

2

1

47

412

0.09

0.02

0.11

117

1A

20

4

1

1

26

1,129

0.02

0.01

0.02

118

1A

629

59

9

5

702

1,445

0.44

0.05

0.49

119

1A

450

5

2

1

458

946

0.48

0.01

0.48

122

1A

232

79

21

5

337

622

0.37

0.17

0.54

126

1A

301

72

12

4

389

979

0.31

0.09

0.40

127

1A

55

29

2

6

92

587

0.09

0.06

0.16

152

1A

85

9

1

1

96

62

1.38

0.18

1.56

155

1A 1304 571

142

102 2,119

639

2.04

1.28

3.32

156

1A 1568 254

55

51

1,928

834

1.88

0.43

2.31

157

1A 2495 698

220

128 3,541

904

2.76

1.16

3.92

159

1A 1272 254

75

48

1,649

575

2.21

0.66

2.87

169

1A 1594

15

6

3

1,618 1,202

1.33

0.02

1.35

171

1A 1169 457

128

78

1,832

729

1.60

0.91

2.51

172

1A 1882 612

164

113 2,771

786

2.39

1.13

3.52

173

1A

781

157

44

30

1,012

617

1.27

0.37

1.64

176

1A 1440 226

52

26

1,744 1,150

1.25

0.26

1.52

177

1A

700

224

49

27

1,000

553

1.27

0.54

1.81

178

1A 1713 270

66

37

2,086 1,325

1.29

0.28

1.57

179

1A 1717 512

121

85

2,435

939

1.83

0.76

2.59

180

1A

752

222

44

22

1,040

999

0.75

0.29

1.04

181

1A 1038 176

27

24

1,265

746

1.39

0.30

1.70

182

1A

397

244

82

46

769

280

1.42

1.33

2.75

183

1A 1323

13

4

3

1,343

675

1.96

0.03

1.99

184

1A 2939 1017 286

207 4,449 1,318

2.23

1.15

3.37

197

1A 1140 166

41

31

1,378 1,343

0.85

0.18

1.03

199

1A

113

1

0

0

114

152

0.74

0.01

0.75

201

2A

124

63

10

6

203

169

0.73

0.47

1.20

203

2A

60

6

3

1

70

132

0.46

0.08

0.53

208

2A

257

66

7

3

333

379

0.68

0.20

0.88

209

2A

549

214

55

51

869

641

0.86

0.50

1.36

210

2A

860

353

92

60

1,365

635

1.35

0.79

2.15

213

2A 2320 1355 476

343 4,494 1,161

2.00

1.87

3.87

214

2A 1617 1121 436

341 3,515

566

2.86

3.35

6.21

215

2A 1363 893

347

277 2,880

730

1.87

218

2A 1060 516

213

152 1,941

912

1.16

219

2A

580

298

99

63

1,040

427

1.36

221

2A 1337 413

165

112 2,027

647

2.07

222

2A

916

311

136

78

1,441

413

2.22

223

2A

642

403

157

110 1,312

385

1.67

224

2A

111

47

13

11

182

49

2.26

225

2A 1460 849

298

206 2,813

635

2.30

227

2A

940

461

181

108 1,690

491

1.91

229

2A

239

108

31

23

401

313

0.76

230

2A

228

135

38

32

433

464

0.49

232

2A

264

153

43

25

485

380

0.69

233

2A

241

64

17

11

333

386

0.62

234

2A

171

38

11

6

226

637

0.27

235

2A

53

19

5

4

81

37

1.44

236

2A

603

303

113

51

1,070

404

1.49

237

2A

246

40

21

5

312

737

0.33

238

2A

84

18

2

3

107

98

0.86

239

2A 1523 726

247

183 2,679 1,110

1.37

240

2A 1797 1160 330

313 3,600

694

2.59

241

2A 3431 2360 742

561 7,094 1,047

3.28

242

2A

641

354

102

74

1,171

307

2.09

246

2A 2283 879

271

201 3,634

860

2.66

247

2A

730

457

160

89

1,436

263

2.77

248

2A

374

257

89

64

784

229

1.64

249

2A 1206 489

163

89

1,947

729

1.65

250

2A

320

88

12

8

428

730

0.44

251

2A

80

31

7

8

126

68

1.17

252

2A

256

95

14

14

379

735

0.35

253

2A

390

83

21

13

507

987

0.40

254

2A

506

208

54

35

803

946

0.53

255

2A

497

262

74

49

882

774

0.64

256

2A

584

216

74

42

916

654

0.89

257

2A

439

185

57

38

719

426

1.03

258

2A

872

455

200

115 1,642

381

2.29

259

2A 1437 846

286

203 2,772

546

2.63

260

2A

409

132

21

17

579

1,252

0.33

261

2A

223

92

12

8

335

796

0.28

262

2A

221

48

9

7

285

677

0.33

263

2A

453

146

39

25

663

513

0.88

264

2A

732

308

85

44

1,169

672

1.09

265

2A

500

252

72

38

862

495

1.01

266

2A

394

128

25

24

571

625

0.63

267

2A

269

93

35

11

408

472

0.57

268

2A

353

146

24

22

545

239

1.48

269

2A

269

43

11

11

334

652

0.41

270

2A

244

33

14

6

297

758

0.32

271

2A

245

65

17

8

335

646

0.38

272

2A

223

38

2

8

271

544

0.41

273

2A

498

234

54

31

817

634

0.79

2.08

3.94

0.97

2.13

1.08

2.44

1.07

3.13

1.27

3.49

1.74

3.41

1.45

3.71

2.13

4.43

1.53

3.44

0.52

1.28

0.44

0.93

0.58

1.28

0.24

0.86

0.09

0.35

0.76

2.20

1.16

2.65

0.09

0.42

0.24

1.10

1.04

2.41

2.60

5.19

3.50

6.78

1.73

3.81

1.57

4.23

2.68

5.45

1.79

3.43

1.02

2.67

0.15

0.59

0.68

1.85

0.17

0.52

0.12

0.51

0.31

0.85

0.50

1.14

0.51

1.40

0.66

1.69

2.02

4.31

2.45

5.08

0.14

0.46

0.14

0.42

0.09

0.42

0.41

1.29

0.65

1.74

0.73

1.74

0.28

0.91

0.29

0.86

0.80

2.28

0.10

0.51

0.07

0.39

0.14

0.52

0.09

0.50

0.50

1.29

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