Big Game Harvest Estimates: Whitetail Deer (Gun)

Big Game Harvest Estimates:
White-tailed Deer (Gun)
Wisconsin DNR
Year, Estimated Harvest, Antlerless Deer - In parenthesis (1), Leading Counties

1930 30,000 County totals not available
1931 -- No estimate available
1932, 36,009, Sawyer, Price, Bayfield, Vilas, Ashland
1933 -- Closed season
1934 21,251 Sawyer, Bayfield, Vilas, Oneida, Ashland
1935 -- Closed season
1936 29,676 Vilas, Bayfield, Sawyer, Oneida, Price
1937 14,835 Vilas, Bayfield, Oneida, Sawyer, Price
1938 32,855 Vilas, Bayfield, Sawyer, Oneida, Price
1939 25,730 Vilas, Bayfield, Oneida, Sawyer, Price
1940 33,138 Vilas, Bayfield, Sawyer, Oneida, Price
1941 40,403 Vilas, Bayfield, Sawyer, Oneida, Price
1942 45,188 Vilas, Bayfield, Sawyer, Oneida, Price
19432 128,296 Vilas, Sawyer, Oneida, Bayfield, Price
1944 28,537 Bayfield, Vilas, Oneida, Marinette, Douglas
1945 37,527 Bayfield, Marinette, Vilas, Jackson, Douglas
1946 55,276 Vilas, Juneau, Bayfield, Jackson, Marinette
1947 53,520 Juneau, Bayfield, Marinette, Vilas, Jackson
1948 41,954 Marinette, Jackson, Bayfield, Vilas, Oneida
1949 159,112 Jackson, Vilas, Marinette, Bayfield, Oneida
1950 167,911 Vilas, Marinette, Bayfield, Oneida, Jackson
1951 129,475 Bayfield, Price, Oneida, Douglas, Forest
1952 27,504 Forest, Jackson, Marinette, Lincoln, Douglas
19533 19,823 Vilas, Jackson, Marinette, Price, Oneida
1954 24,698 Vilas, Forest, Marinette, Jackson, Price
1955 35,060 Marinette, Buffalo, Price, Oneida, Dunn
1956 35,562 Jackson, Marinette, Oneida, Vilas, Price
1957 68,138 (25,359) Jackson, Marinette, Oneida, Vilas, Bayfield
1958 95,234 (44,987) Jackson, Oneida, Marinette, Price, Vilas
1959 105,596 (47,696) Oneida, Price, Marinette, Sawyer, Forest
1960 61,005 (25,515) Price, Marinette, Oneida, Vilas, Bayfield
1961 38,772 Jackson, Price, Bayfield, Douglas, Marinette
1962 45,835 Jackson, Oneida, Price, Douglas, Bayfield
1963 65,020 (4,513) Jackson, Bayfield, Clark, Buffalo, Douglas
1964 93,445 (19,557) Jackson, Bayfield, Price, Douglas, Sawyer
1965 98,744 (30,064) Jackson, Oneida, Bayfield, Marinette, Price
1966 110,062 (42,700) Jackson, Waupaca, Bayfield, Marinette, Douglas
1967 128,527 (57,495) Waupaca, Jackson, Marinette, Oneida, Bayfield
1968 119,986 (57,465) Waupaca, Marinette, Jackson, Waushara, Bayfield
1969 98,008 (45,353) Marinette, Waupaca, Jackson, Shawano, Marathon
1970 72,844 (22,536) Buffalo, Jackson, Waupaca, Marinette, Wood
1971 70,835 (21,841) Jackson, Waupaca, Buffalo, Wood, Shawano
1972 74,827 (25,411) Jackson, Waupaca, Adams, Wood, Buffalo
1973 82,105 (24,741) Jackson, Waupaca, Adams, Shawano, Wood
1974 100,405 (33,092) Jackson, Waupaca, Wood, Adams, Marathon
1975 117,378 (44,005) Jackson, Waupaca, Marathon, Wood, Waushara
1976 122,509 (52,999) Jackson, Waupaca, Buffalo, Shawano, Marathon
1977 131,910 (49,148) Jackson, Columbia, Marinette, Buffalo, Waupaca
1978 150,845 (63,448) Jackson, Marinette, Marathon, Waupaca, Wood
1979 125,570 (49,020) Jackson, Waupaca, Buffalo, Marinette, Sauk
1980 139,624 (58,583) Jackson, Waupaca, Sauk, Marinette, Iowa
1981 166,673 (67,639) Jackson, Marinette, Sauk, Waupaca, Marathon
1982 182,715 (85,181) Jackson, Waupaca, Marinette, Sauk, Marquette
1983 197,600 (100,972) Iowa, Sauk, Jackson, Waupaca, Columbia
1984 255,726 (138,923) Sauk, Iowa, Jackson, Columbia, Richland, Marinette
1985 274,302 (161,601) Marinette, Jackson, Waupaca, Oconto, Shawano, Sauk
1986 259,240 (141,354) Jackson, Sauk, Marinette, Waupaca, Shawano
1987 250,530 (133,649) Marinette, Jackson, Waupaca, Marathon, Clark
1988 263,424 (141,888) Marinette, Waupaca, Marathon, Jackson, Clark
1989 310,192 (170,541) Marinette, Marathon, Waupaca, Clark, Oconto
1990 350,040 (209,314) Marinette, Marathon, Clark, Jackson, Waupaca
1991 352,520 (232,511) Marinette, Douglas, Polk, Burnett, Waupaca
1992 288,820 (177,344) Marinette, Jackson, Clark, Marathon, Waupaca
1993 217,584 (101,077) Jackson, Waupaca, Buffalo, Iowa, Sauk
1994 307,629 (172,055) Marinette, Jackson, Marathon, Clark, Sauk
1995 398,002 (226,111) Marinette, Jackson, Marathon, Clark, Sauk
1996 388,791 (250,169) Marinette, Iowa, Jackson, Marathon, Sauk
1997 292,513 (171,463) Sauk, Marathon, Waupaca, Shawano, Buffalo
1998 332,254 (180,679) Marinette, Marathon, Portage, Oneida, Jackson
1999 402,204 (242,948) Marathon, Marinette, Clark, Jackson, Waupaca
2000 528,494 (356,741) Marinette, Marathon, Clark, Bayfield, Jackson
2001 361,264 (219,322) Marinette, Marathon, Bayfield, Clark, Oneida
2002 317,888 (191,432) Marinette, Clark, Marathon, Waupaca, Shawano
2003 388,344 (240,908) Sauk, Marathon, Marinette, Bayfield, Waupaca
2004 413,794 (280,571) Marathon, Waupaca, Clark, Shawano, Bayfield
2005 387,310 (239,688) Marathon, Clark, Waupaca, Shawano, Jackson
2006 393,306 (256,028) Marathon, Clark, Jackson, Waupaca, Polk
2007 402,563 (269,432) Marathon, Clark, Polk, Waupaca, Shawano

(1) Number of quota (antlerless) deer in parenthesis included in estimated harvest; bold numbers include estimates with unknowns.
(2) Split season.
(3) First year of mandatory gun deer registration.