Pennsylvania hunters killed an estimated 435,180 deer during the 2020-21 hunting seasons, the state game commission announced Friday. Hunters killed an estimated 376,810 white-tailed deer in the 2021-22 seasons, down sharply from the previous hunting-license year, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The study found that the mother is more important to a fawn's chance of surviving than predators. 5 subscribers Subscribe 0 18 views 5 months ago Updated population statistics from the 2020 Census Show more Show more. The observed ratio of adult doe to adult bucks fell from 14-to-1 to 2-to-1 over that period. Keystone State. The remainder were 1 years old. Pennsylvania has a population of about 1.5 million white-tailed deer. The . Only 2 percent of WMU 2D is public land. The PGC reports that 62% of antlered deer taken by hunters were 2.5 years old or older, while only 38% percent were 1.5 years old. In the South Carolina study, 100 percent of fawns killed by predators were killed within 9 weeks of birth. The white-tailed deerisperhaps the most influential wildlife species in Pennsylvanias forested ecosystems. Deer hunters remain the first line of defense in Pennsylvanias continuing efforts to manage CWD. trailer << /Size 117 /Info 77 0 R /Root 95 0 R /Prev 72717 /ID[<19d57cb66c1994059e67daae0cbd46fd>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 95 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 76 0 R /Metadata 78 0 R /Outlines 99 0 R /StructTreeRoot 96 0 R /Names 97 0 R /SpiderInfo 83 0 R /PageMode /UseOutlines >> endobj 96 0 obj << /Type /StructTreeRoot /ClassMap 53 0 R /K 102 0 R /ParentTree 54 0 R /ParentTreeNextKey 17 >> endobj 97 0 obj << /Dests 72 0 R /IDS 92 0 R /URLS 93 0 R >> endobj 115 0 obj << /S 103 /O 154 /E 170 /C 186 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 116 0 R >> stream iStock.com/Elizabeth Lara Rhode Island: 18,000 Rhode Island only has white-tail deer. All of those figures are consistent with long-term averages. the PGC increased hunting in order to reduce the herd. If the objective is to stabilize a deer population and the 'pre-hunt' deer population trend is stable, then the objective has been achieved. down to between 2,000-2,500 to combat Chronic wasting disease. Deer populations in Pennsylvania do not show predation-caused effects. Obtaining an adequate deer harvest is essential in the WMUs in and surrounding the states Disease Management Areas (DMAs), noted Andrea Korman, CWD biologist. Pennsylvania hunters harvested more deer in the 2020-21 seasons than any time in the past 15 years, including the most bucks since antler restrictions were implemented in 2002. Pennsylvania Demographics by CUBIT. : Call the Game Commission at 814-643-1831. However, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, which reported that statistic on Thursday, that decline should not be cause for concern. 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The graph shows the deer population in a pennsylvania county between 2010 and 2014. Keystone State. Total deer harvest estimates by WMU for 2020-21 (with 2019-20 figures in parentheses) are as follows: WMU 1A: 9,000 (6,400) antlered, 18,000 (13,200) antlerless; WMU 1B: 11,700 (8,700) antlered, 17,800 (12,700) antlerless; WMU 2A: 8,100 (6,900) antlered, 11,800 (9,900) antlerless; WMU 2B: 6,200 (5,500) antlered, 15,000 (10,400) antlerless; WMU 2C: 8,400 (9,400) antlered, 15,700 (14,069) antlerless; WMU 2D: 12,000 (13,000) antlered, 18,700 (18,888) antlerless; WMU 2E: 6,500 (6,400) antlered, 11,300 (9,473) antlerless; WMU 2F: 10,700 (9,000) antlered, 10,000 (9,724) antlerless; WMU 2G: 7,500 (8,100) antlered, 6,800 (6,105) antlerless; WMU 2H: 2,900 (2,400) antlered, 1,600 (1,100) antlerless; WMU 3A: 7,000 (5,700) antlered, 6,700 (5,700) antlerless; WMU 3B: 9,100 (7,600) antlered, 8,500 (10,300) antlerless; WMU 3C: 10,800 (9,400) antlered, 14,500 (12,800) antlerless; WMU 3D: 6,200 (6,000) antlered, 6,400 (4,900) antlerless; WMU 4A: 5,200 (6,000) antlered, 10,800 (7,924) antlerless; WMU 4B: 5,000 (5,700) antlered, 10,800 (8,285) antlerless; WMU 4C: 7,000 (7,000) antlered, 8,100 (8,300) antlerless; WMU 4D: 9,100 (8,700) antlered, 12,300 (10,955) antlerless; WMU 4E: 8,600 (7,300) antlered, 11,200 (9,500) antlerless; WMU 5A: 3,500 (3,400) antlered, 6,100 (5,000) antlerless; WMU 5B: 9,600 (10,200) antlered, 16,400 (15,345) antlerless; WMU 5C: 8,400 (7,600) antlered, 15,200 (14,427) antlerless; WMU 5D: 2,200 (2,500) antlered, 6,500 (6,700) antlerless; and. WMU 1B: archery, 5,160 (3,960) antlered, 4,180 (3,230) antlerless; muzzleloader, 40 (40) antlered, 1,520 (1,170) antlerless. County Deer Advisory Councils were formed in 2014 to increase local involvement in deer management decisions. The hunting license year in Pennsylvania typically runs from July 1 to June 30 of the following year. 2018-19 Deer Harvest Estimates (PDF) We see that in the entries coming into our Big Game Records Program, in the photos smiling hunters share, and in the deer we see when our staff visits deer processors to collect harvest data. For a WMU-level deer management program, accounting for these survivors in the 'pre-hunt' population trends is the most effective and efficient method. Assume that the population grows exponentially. State game lands in wildlife management unit: 131.2 square miles. First discovered in the wild herd in 2013 in Bedford and Blair counties. Between October and December of last year, researchers swabbed the noses of 93 dead deer from across Pennsylvania. READING, Pa. White-tailed deer will soon be the target of a planned hunt in parts of Berks County. Potential Deer Population Growth in 10 Years. Since 1915, Pennsylvania hunters have killed 17,492,302 deer, according to the Game Commission [. ] A recent review of the diet of coyotes, found that cervids (deer, elk, and moose) were the most common food item in their diet followed by rodents, plants, and rabbits and hares. During the depression the practice of hunting deer at night "jacklighting" became popular, made illegal in. The PGC said the harvest also points to how antlerless allocations and not length of seasons drive deer harvests. The review could not differentiate between animals that were hunted or scavenged, and according to the study's author it is likely that most of the cervids that are eaten were probably scavenged (e.g. In, an estimate of 1.5 million, another estimate of 1.6 million, and an estimate from the Pennsylvania Game Commission of between 1.3 and 1.5 million, or about 1.37 million. The deer population was estimated at about 1.2 million in, Population estimates have been a matter of public controversy. The full report on Pennsylvania's 2021-22 deer harvest estimates is available on the white-tailed deer page at www.pgc.pa.gov. In WMUs 1A and 1B, the antlered harvest increased substantially as well. Facing political pressure from all sides, and growing disenchantment from unsuccessful hunters, the Pa. Game Commission is seeking "middle ground" in its management of the state's deer herd. About 750,000 deer hunters were estimated, 16 per square mile of hunting land, but this number was later, population estimate from the state of 1.54 million with a deer population density of 39 deer per square mile of forested area. A heavy fawn is better able to regulate body temperature when wet or chilled. In conclusion, the Deer and Elk Section will continue to provide antlerless allocations based on the best available data, use WMU-level population trends and harvest data to assess deer populations, and use the most significant mortality factor - hunting - to manage deer population trends to meet objectives. With more deer testing positive in. Scientific Name: It exceeded the 2019-20 antlerless deer harvest 226,191 by 15 percent. Annual Reports of the White-tailed Deer and Elk Section can be viewed in the More Videos Next up in 5 Peak of the rut is about November 14. deer (b) Find a function that models the deer population t years after 2010. 2021-2023 Deer Population Objectives. About 550,000 deer hunters. In the 2018-19 license year, 147,750 bucks were harvested. Archery hunting occurs from September - January, annually, in select park locations, only, according to strict, . 0. Estimated Hunter-days by Species. Flintlock muzzleloader deer season is Dec. 26-Jan. 16. Because of these studies, questions about the role of predators in deer management in Pennsylvania are being asked: are predators reducing Pennsylvania's deer populations? This is when all does give birth around the same time each spring. Its largest annual population increase was 1.5% between 2019 and 2020. DEER, ANTLERLESS SPECIAL FIREARMS (Statewide):Oct. 20-22. Have owned a hunting camp in Potter for nearly 30 years and would not think of hunting anywhere else. One antlered deer per hunting license year. However, it does not go away, and there will always be a limit to the number of healthy deer an area can support. The deer they eat probably would not have survived the year. From 2012 to, , a total of 22 free-ranging deer tested CWD-positive deer. Given sufficient funding and personnel, a study of this magnitude could be accomplished within the Deer and Elk Section. Justin R. Dion. If a fawn survives its first 30 days, it is highly likely to survive to adulthood, as it will be able to outrun potential predators. The hard winter in 2013-14 reduced populations that had generally been stable to increasing into 2013, about 1.5 million deer. WMU 2D: archery, 6,080 (5,800) antlered, 3,560 (4,085) antlerless; muzzleloader, 120 (100) antlered, 1,740 (2,701) antlerless. A 1971 survey counted 65 elk in Pennsylvania In 1998 a three year long trap and transfer program expanded the elk's range. It is important to remember that even with the best management, deer herd size will always be limited by habitat carrying capacity, the number of animals an area can support. Attempts to directly account for predator losses in the antlerless allocation would result in duplicate removals. for removal from state roads, call the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation at 1-800-FIX-ROAD. It is estimated that Pennsylvania had 8 to 10 deer per square mile during those times. WMUs (1A, 1B, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5A and 5B. In 2018, 36 deer positives from a farm in Fulton County and two more from Bedford. |WnLRTp" 0000001102 00000 n The 2020-21 muzzleloader harvest was 28,260 (1,140 bucks, 27,120 antlerless deer). Out-of-balance deer populations impact other wildlife and frustrate efforts to establish healthy, young forests. 2015-16 Deer Harvest Estimates (PDF) Pennsylvania hunters killed an estimated 435,180 deer during the 2020-21 hunting seasons, the state Game Commission announced Friday. Thats an almost complete reversal of how things were two decades ago. Tess M. Gingery, Duane R. Diefenbach, Bret D. 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