2019 Season Deer Harvest Report

[Curmudgeon]

The report can be found here:

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/2019deerrpt.pdf

After the season, I started a thread about the frustrations of many hunters in my area (Grumblings 4F, 7M & 7P). Deer were hard to kill, even though there is no shortage. Looking at the maps on  page 7, 4F had a greater than 20% decrease in the antlerless take. 7M & 7P each had a 10-20% reduction over the previous year. Buck harvests were stable. My priority is always anterless deer. Killing bucks does little to help with our population problems.