{"id":35652,"date":"2022-02-10T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=35652"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T18:46:26","slug":"maryland-hunters-report-taking-70845-deer-in-2021-2022-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/02\/10\/maryland-hunters-report-taking-70845-deer-in-2021-2022-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Hunters Report Taking 70,845 Deer in 2021-2022 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frederick County Leads State in Harvest Totals<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Photo by Patricia Neal, submitted to the 2021 Maryland DNR Photo Contest<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a>\u00a0reported that deer hunters harvested 70,845 deer during the combined archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons, from Sept. 10, 2021 through Feb. 3, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

The statewide harvest included 27,947 antlered and 39,498 antlerless white-tailed deer, plus 1,541 antlered and 1,859 antlerless sika deer. The harvest was 13% lower than the 2020-2021 total of 81,729 deer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaryland hunters concluded another successful but challenging deer season,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Director Paul Peditto said. \u201cFluctuations in the annual harvest are attributable to various factors including hunter effort and natural food availability, <\/span>but is also indicative that the deer population is trending toward a population level that reduces damage to agriculture and minimizes impacts on our natural communities<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunters harvested 7,289 deer on Sundays, comprising 10% of the total harvest.\u00a0<\/span>Hunting deer on Sunday<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is only permitted during certain weeks in 20 of Maryland\u2019s 23 counties.<\/span><\/p>\n

The harvest in deer management\u00a0<\/span>Region A<\/span><\/a> (Western Maryland) decreased 16%, from 9,383 deer last year to 7,929 this year. Hunters in the western counties reported 4,888 antlered and 3,041 antlerless deer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunters in\u00a0<\/span>Region B<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the remainder of the state \u2014 harvested 62,916 deer, down 13% from 72,346 deer harvested last year. A total of 24,600 antlered and 38,316 antlerless deer were reported in this region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frederick County had the highest reported harvest again this year, with 6,088 deer reported. Carroll County followed with 5,071 deer, and Baltimore County was third with 4,501. Garrett and Washington counties rounded out the top five with 3,923 and 3,899 deer, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Maryland Reported Antlered and Antlerless Deer Harvest\u00a0
\n<\/strong>for the 2021-2022 and 2020-2021 Hunting Seasons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nAntlered<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nAntlerless<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
County<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n2021-22<\/strong><\/td>\n2020-21<\/strong><\/td>\n% Change<\/strong><\/td>\n2021-22<\/strong><\/td>\n2020-21<\/strong><\/td>\n% Change<\/strong><\/td>\n2021-22<\/strong><\/td>\n2020-21<\/strong><\/td>\n% Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allegany<\/strong><\/td>\n1,837<\/td>\n1,921<\/td>\n-4.4<\/td>\n1,177<\/td>\n1,379<\/td>\n-14.6<\/td>\n3,014<\/td>\n3,300<\/td>\n-8.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Arundel<\/strong><\/td>\n755<\/td>\n642<\/td>\n17.6<\/td>\n1,082<\/td>\n1,277<\/span><\/td>\n-15.3<\/td>\n1,837<\/td>\n1,919<\/span><\/td>\n-4.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baltimore<\/strong><\/td>\n1,680<\/td>\n1,781<\/span><\/td>\n-5.7<\/td>\n2,821<\/td>\n3,575<\/span><\/td>\n-21.1<\/td>\n4,501<\/td>\n5,356<\/span><\/td>\n-16.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calvert<\/strong><\/td>\n551<\/td>\n468<\/span><\/td>\n17.7<\/td>\n787<\/td>\n916<\/span><\/td>\n-14.1<\/td>\n1,338<\/td>\n1,384<\/span><\/td>\n-3.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caroline<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n908<\/td>\n884<\/span><\/td>\n2.7<\/td>\n1,576<\/td>\n1,894<\/td>\n-16.8<\/td>\n2,484<\/td>\n2,778<\/span><\/td>\n-10.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 sika<\/em><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carroll<\/strong><\/td>\n2,058<\/td>\n2,196<\/span><\/td>\n-6.3<\/td>\n3,013<\/td>\n4,006<\/span><\/td>\n-24.8<\/td>\n5,071<\/td>\n6,202<\/span><\/td>\n-18.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cecil<\/strong><\/td>\n1,197<\/td>\n1,227<\/span><\/td>\n-2.4<\/td>\n1,996<\/td>\n2,530<\/span><\/td>\n-21.1<\/td>\n3,193<\/td>\n3,757<\/span><\/td>\n-15.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles<\/strong><\/td>\n873<\/td>\n1,074<\/span><\/td>\n-18.7<\/td>\n1,082<\/td>\n1,557<\/span><\/td>\n-30.5<\/td>\n1,955<\/td>\n2,631<\/span><\/td>\n-25.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dorchester<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n732<\/td>\n728<\/span><\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n1,235<\/td>\n1,327<\/span><\/td>\n-6.9<\/td>\n1,967<\/td>\n2,055<\/span><\/td>\n-4.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 sika<\/em><\/td>\n1,350<\/td>\n1,337<\/span><\/td>\n1.0<\/td>\n1,703<\/td>\n1,749<\/span><\/td>\n-2.6<\/td>\n3.053<\/td>\n3,086<\/span><\/td>\n-1.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frederick<\/strong><\/td>\n2,674<\/td>\n2,854<\/span><\/td>\n-6.3<\/td>\n3,414<\/td>\n4,488<\/span><\/td>\n-23.9<\/td>\n6,088<\/td>\n7,342<\/span><\/td>\n-17.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garrett<\/strong><\/td>\n2,443<\/td>\n2,873<\/span><\/td>\n-15.0<\/td>\n1,480<\/td>\n2,031<\/span><\/td>\n-27.1<\/td>\n3,923<\/td>\n4,904<\/span><\/td>\n-20.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harford<\/strong><\/td>\n1,139<\/td>\n1,209<\/span><\/td>\n-5.8<\/td>\n2,023<\/td>\n2,371<\/span><\/td>\n-14.7<\/td>\n3,162<\/td>\n3,580<\/span><\/td>\n-11.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howard<\/strong><\/td>\n775<\/td>\n807<\/span><\/td>\n-4.0<\/td>\n1,244<\/td>\n1,576<\/span><\/td>\n-21.1<\/td>\n2,019<\/td>\n2,383<\/span><\/td>\n-15.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent<\/strong><\/td>\n1,077<\/td>\n1,044<\/span><\/td>\n3.2<\/td>\n1,954<\/td>\n2,108<\/span><\/td>\n-7.3<\/td>\n3,031<\/td>\n3,152<\/span><\/td>\n-3.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomery<\/strong><\/td>\n1,280<\/td>\n1,363<\/span><\/td>\n-6.1<\/td>\n2,026<\/td>\n2,741<\/span><\/td>\n-26.1<\/td>\n3,306<\/td>\n4,104<\/span><\/td>\n-19,4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prince George’s<\/strong><\/td>\n702<\/td>\n662<\/span><\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n928<\/td>\n963<\/span><\/td>\n-3.6<\/td>\n1,630<\/td>\n1,625<\/span><\/td>\n0.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Queen Anne’s<\/strong><\/td>\n1,074<\/td>\n1,006<\/span><\/td>\n6.8<\/td>\n1,884<\/td>\n2,321<\/span><\/td>\n-18.8<\/td>\n2,958<\/td>\n3,327<\/span><\/td>\n-11.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Mary’s<\/strong><\/td>\n657<\/td>\n792<\/span><\/td>\n-17.0<\/td>\n820<\/td>\n1,264<\/span><\/td>\n-35.1<\/td>\n1,477<\/td>\n2,056<\/span><\/td>\n-28.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somerset<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n734<\/td>\n691<\/span><\/td>\n6.2<\/td>\n1,337<\/td>\n1,566<\/span><\/td>\n-14.6<\/td>\n2,071<\/td>\n2,257<\/span><\/td>\n-8.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 sika<\/em><\/td>\n17<\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Talbot<\/strong><\/td>\n694<\/td>\n697<\/span><\/td>\n-0.4<\/td>\n1,363<\/td>\n1,576<\/span><\/td>\n-13.5<\/td>\n2,057<\/td>\n2,273<\/span><\/td>\n-9.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/strong><\/td>\n1,889<\/td>\n2,096<\/span><\/td>\n-9.9<\/td>\n2,010<\/td>\n2,616<\/span><\/td>\n-23.2<\/td>\n3,899<\/td>\n4,712<\/span><\/td>\n-17.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wicomico<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n1,046<\/td>\n1,063<\/span><\/td>\n-1.6<\/td>\n1,991<\/td>\n2,289<\/span><\/td>\n-13.0<\/td>\n3,037<\/td>\n3,352<\/span><\/td>\n-9.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 sika<\/em><\/td>\n140<\/td>\n118<\/span><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n116<\/span><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n252<\/td>\n234<\/span><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worcester<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n1,172<\/td>\n1,164<\/span><\/td>\n0.7<\/td>\n2,255<\/td>\n2,662<\/span><\/td>\n-15.3<\/td>\n3,427<\/td>\n3,826<\/span><\/td>\n-10.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 sika<\/em><\/td>\n34<\/td>\n38<\/span><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n78<\/span><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n116<\/span><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n29,488<\/strong><\/td>\n30,742<\/strong><\/td>\n-4.1<\/strong><\/td>\n41,357<\/strong><\/td>\n50,987<\/strong><\/td>\n-18.9<\/strong><\/td>\n70,845<\/strong><\/td>\n81,729<\/strong><\/td>\n-13.3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Small sample size<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Frederick County Leads State in Harvest Totals The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0reported that deer hunters harvested 70,845 deer during the combined archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons, from Sept. 10, 2021 through Feb. 3, 2022. The statewide harvest included 27,947 antlered and 39,498 antlerless white-tailed deer, plus 1,541 antlered and 1,859 antlerless sika deer. The harvest  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[3604,3059,5116,4960,4073,3926,4224],"class_list":["post-35652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-archery","tag-deer","tag-deer-firearms-season","tag-hunting","tag-muzzleloader-season","tag-sika-deer","tag-white-tailed-deer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35652"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35665,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35652\/revisions\/35665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}