DEC deer harvest report: Marked increase of deer killed by hunters last fall, other favorable trends
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Phillip Pless, of Newfane, N.Y., shot this monster 18-point buck Nov. 8 in Niagara County. The deer is a new state for a buck taken with a non-typical rack.
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Hunters in New York killed more than 253,000 white-tailed deer during the 2020 deer hunting season, an overall 13 increase from the previous year, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s annual harvest estimate.
The results, which are reflected in the DEC’s recently released 2020 White-Tailed Deer Harvest Summary report, bodes well for the agency’s statewide deer management goals and initiatives, according to Jeremy Hurst, the DEC’s big game unit leader.