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Empire Home >> 2006 Deer Harvest Report Numbers
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Empire Hunting IS NOT the authority on deer hunting in New York State. We're just a couple guys
with a gun and a Web server. The data represented in these reports is from the
New York Department of
Environmental Conservation and is subject to change at their discretion. Empire Hunting does not make
any warranties to the validity of the 2006 deer harvest data. We are simply representing and analyzing
the numbers the DEC has released for the 2006 deer season.
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2006 Deer Harvest Information Broken Down
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Overall
As expected, deer harvest numbers for 2007 were up slightly this year. Hunters in New York
took a total of 189,108 deer.
- 96,569 were ADULT BUCKS (51.06% of all deer taken and an 8% increase from last year).
- 92,539 were ANTERLESS (48.9% of ALL DEER).
- 60,102 TOTAL ADULT DOES were taken in New York in 2006 (31.78% of ALL DEER)
- 14,101 TOTAL DOE FAWNS were taken in New York in 2006 (7.45% of ALL DEER)
- 18,336 TOTAL BUTTON BUCKS were taken in New York in 2006 (9.69% of ALL DEER)
- 114,905 TOTAL MALE DEER were taken in New York in 2006 (60.76% of ALL DEER)
- 74,203 TOTAL FEMALE DEER were taken in New York in 2006 (39.23% of ALL DEER)
- 158,324 TOTAL DEER were taken in the Southern Zone (83.72% of ALL DEER).
- 28,427 TOTAL DEER were taken in the Northern Zone (15.03% of ALL DEER).
- 2,357 TOTAL DEER were taken on Long Island (1.24% of ALL DEER).
Of the anterless deer taken:
- 60,102 were adult females (31.7% of all deer taken).
- 18,336 were button bucks (9.69% of all deer taken).
- 14,101 were doe fawns (7.45% of all deer taken)
As far as method:
- 29,454 were taken with archery.
- 143,908 were taken with firearm.
- 15,746 were taken with muzzleloader.
Interesting Aspects of the 2006 Deer Harvest Data
* 189,108 deer were taken in 2006. 96,569 adult bucks were taken (51.06%). Think that is a lot?
- 180,200 deer were taken in 2005 (89,015 were adult bucks - 49%).
- 208,406 deer were taken in 2004 (88,733 were adult bucks - 42.57%),
- 253,088 deer were taken in 2003 (107,533 were adult bucks - 42.48%).
- 308,216 deer were taken in 2002 (128,292 were adult bucks - 41.62%).
- 281,870 deer were taken in 2001 (127,084 were adult bucks - 45.08%).
- 295,859 deer were taken in 2000 (140,857 were adult bucks - 47.60%).
* In 2006, more bucks were killed than does. We went back through the records to the Year 2000 and
that has never happened in the new Century. We cannot find when, if ever, that has happened.
Last year was close, 49% of deer taken were bucks. But in 2004, 42.57% of deer taken were bucks.
None the less, the number of bucks taken in New York has been over 40% of the total deer take
since 2000 regardless of the number of doe permits issued.
* In 2006, there were 114,905 male deer killed (60.76%). That's 40,702 more male deer harvested
than female deer.
* The State issued 396,500 Deer Management Permits in 2006. 63,293 (15.9%) of those DMPs were filled.
* 9,989 deer were taken with Deer Management Assistance Permits (DMAP) with 7,646 of those permits being filled
in the Southern Zone.
* No new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) were reported
* In most WMUs the proposed buck take objective was not met. In fact, it didn't even
comes close in most areas. 17 WMUs still do not have a buck take objective set.
Of those 17 counties, only 7 had a buck take of more than 1.0 per
square mile.
* 1,363 ADULT MALE deer were put on DMPs in 2006
Click Below to see the official press release at the New York DEC Website.
DEC Releases 2006-07 Deer Harvest
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