“We had many trophy-sized bucks come through the checkpoint,” Beckmann said. Still, we had a hunter success rate of approximately 25 percent.”Ī large number of big bucks were taken during the season. “Part of that decline was because the season was held later in the month this year. “The harvest this year was down like it was statewide,” said Wildlife Biologist David Beckmann with the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB). The 2019 harvest is down from the 440 deer harvested during the 2018 gun-deer season. There were nearly 1,300 hunters who signed in and took to the woods at Fort McCoy, harvesting more than 300 deer during the post’s 2019 nine-day gun-deer season. Garrett and Washington counties rounded out the top five with 4,607 and 4,041 deer, respectively.Hundreds of hunters found success during the 2019 gun-deer season at Fort McCoy held Nov. A total of 25,729 antlered and 45,194 antlerless deer were reported in this region.įrederick County led the harvest totals again this year with 6,358 deer, followed by Carroll County with 5,553 and Baltimore County at 4,969. Hunters in Region B - the remainder of the state - harvested 70,923 deer, up 5% from 67,677 deer harvested last year. Hunters in the western counties reported 5,056 antlered and 3,478 antlerless deer. Poor weather conditions on key hunting days contributed to the region’s harvest decline. The harvest in deer management Region A (Western Maryland) decreased 12%, from 9,705 deer last year to 8,534 this year. “Maryland’s deer population remains very healthy, and deer hunters continue to play the most critical role in the management of this important species.” “We are pleased with the results of this year’s overall deer harvest,” Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto said. Many factors affect the annual deer harvest, including weather, the amount of natural food available to deer, and the economy as it relates to recreational time available. Hunting deer on Sunday is only permitted during certain weeks in 20 of Maryland’s 23 counties. Hunters harvested more than 5,000 deer on Sundays.
The harvest was 3% higher than the 2018-2019 total of 77,382 deer. The statewide harvest included 29,233 antlered and 46,777 antlerless white-tailed deer, plus 1,552 antlered and 1,895 antlerless sika deer. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reported that deer hunters harvested 79,457 deer during the combined archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons, from Sept.
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