Big Game Harvest Data

The following table displays Pennsylvania harvests of white-tailed deer, black bear, wild turkey, and elk dating back to 1915.

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*Deer harvests in these years are calculated harvest, rather than reported. The adjustment was made to reflect declines in successful hunter reporting rates.
**Annual bag limit set at one turkey of either sex per year.
***Spring season opened and annual bag limit expanded to one of either sex in the fall and one bearded turkey in the spring season.
****Spring season bag limit expanded to two with the purchase of a special turkey license.
† First modern elk hunt in the Commonwealth

Year	Antlered Deer Harvest	Antlerless Deer Harvest	Total Deer Harvest	Bear Harvest	Spring Turkey Harvest	Fall Turkey Harvest	Antlered Elk Harvest	Antlerless Elk Harvest	Total Elk Harvest
*2024	175,280	301,600	476,880
*2023	171,600	258,410	430,010	2,920	39,268	4,632	59	59	118
*2022	164,190	258,770	422,960	3,171	35,738	7,616	55	76	131
*2021	145,320	231,490	376,810	3,655	28,087	6,814	54	91	145
*2020	174,780	260,400	435,180	3,621	34,492	8,479	37	97	134
*2019	163,240	226,191	389,431	4,657	37,286	9,006	34	95	129
*2018	147,750	226,940	374,690	3,153	40,303	9,129	27	74	101
*2017	163,750	203,409	367,159	3,438	38,101	9,168	27	79	106
*2016	149,460	183,794	333,254	3,530	35,966	10,708	27	79	106
*2015	137,580	178,233	315,813	3,748	41,180	14,861	22	65	87
*2014	119,260	184,713	303,973	3,368	41,258	18,013	27	63	90
*2013	134,280	218,640	352,920	3,510	36,507	16,273	26	47	73
*2012	133,860	209,250	343,110	3,632	36,920	14,074	20	33	53
*2011	127,540	208,660	336,200	4,350	35,852	14,300	19	34	53
*2010	122,930	193,310	316,240	3,090	33,849	15,884	18	23	41
*2009	108,330	200,590	308,920	3,512	44,639	20,934	21	24	45
*2008	122,410	213,440	335,850	3,458	42,437	24,288	17	25	42
*2007	109,200	213,870	323,070	2,362	37,992	25,369	14	21	35
*2006	135,290	226,270	361,560	3,124	**** 39,339	**** 24,482	14	21	35
*2005	120,500	233,890	354,390	4,164	32,593	25,173	10	25	35
*2004	124,410	284,910	409,320	2,976	NO DATA	NO DATA	12	22	34
*2003	142,270	322,620	464,890	3,000	42,876	31,100	19	49	68
*2002	165,416	352,113	517,529	2,686	41,147	37,346	32	29	61
*2001	203,247	282,767	486,014	3,063	49,186	48,008	† 14	13	27
*2000	203,221	301,379	504,600	3,075	43,815	44,865
*1999	194,368	184,224	378,592	1,740	37,808	40,721
*1998	181,449	196,040	377,489	2,598	32,661	33,628
*1997	176,677	220,339	397,016	2,110	30,956	37,398
*1996	153,432	197,565	350,997	1,796	33,726	35,787
*1995	182,235	248,348	430,583	2,190	36,401	49,748
*1994	157,030	238,051	395,081	1,365	28,558	39,094
*1993	165,214	243,343	408,557	1,790	24,068	30,477
*1992	163,159	198,065	361,224	1,589	18,180	21,468
*1991	149,598	238,417	388,015	1,687	16,606	31,979
*1990	170,101	245,460	415,561	1,200	17,472	25,527
*1989	169,795	218,806	388,601	2,213	17,154	21,669
*1988	163,106	218,293	381,399	1,614	14,659	22,515
*1987	157,547	177,242	334,789	1,556	14,674	28,346
*1986	150,359	149,655	300,014	1,362	16,155	26,763
1985	76,097	85,331	161,428	1,029	14,197	18,217
1984	76,500	63,680	140,180	1,547	9,723	15,844
1983	70,233	66,060	136,293	1,529	10,852	20,494
1982	72,113	66,109	138,222	588	12,804	29,848
1981	73,322	75,208	148,530	819	11,115	26,794
1980	73,196	62,281	135,477	921	19,266	30,173
1979	58,864	55,930	114,794	736	9,066	18,772
1978	61,698	59,543	121,241	CLOSED	7,735	24,300
1977	74,879	71,199	146,078	CLOSED	8,765	29,464
1976	64,084	57,949	122,033	605	10,536	26,483
1975	71,986	66,209	138,195	388	7,683	23,050
1974	70,689	54,963	125,652	223	Not surveyed	Not surveyed
1973	70,316	56,575	126,891	299
1972	62,633	44,582	107,215	370	400	35,984
1971	55,602	48,625	104,227	488	7,033	25,798
1970	53,350	46,336	99,686	CLOSED	1,563	22,000
1969	59,923	56,761	116,684	295	2,128	21,000
1968	62,038	79,836	141,874	218	*** 1,636	*** 18,000
1967	78,268	66,147	144,415	568		23,000
1966	58,722	60,031	118,753	605		20,000
1965	65,150	34,638	99,788	347		15,000
1964	49,231	41,903	91,134	526		13,679
1963	48,204	36,212	84,416	280		13,608
1962	42,266	30,647	72,913	554		15,775
1961	38,705	17,327	56,032	237		17,312
1960	38,776	29,887	68,663	392		14,920
1959	38,270	51,902	90,172	296		15,228
1958	46,738	65,187	111,925	439		13,008
1957	49,254	55,862	105,116	294		16,156
1956	41,921	CLOSED	41,921	335		14,481
1955	45,044	41,111	86,155	335		17,994
1954	40,915	CLOSED	40,915	403		16,,202
1953	37,384	16,252	53,636	303		14,604
1952	27,164	37,829	64,993	261		9,227
1951	34,582	37,952	72,534	429		8,962
1950	23,302	31,515	54,817	354		5,278
1949	46,602	84,121	130,723	411		6,885
1948	33,608	CLOSED	33,608	388		4,318
1947	31,475	63,568	95,043	569		3,751
1946	31,110	4,209	35,319	325		2,518
1945	24,575	1,085	25,660	366		1,716
1944	28,411	CLOSED	28,411	295		2,849
1943	23,931	14,951	38,882	307		2,297
1942	30,860	CLOSED	30,860	149		3,938
1941	19,271	CLOSED	19,271	593		3,911
1940	40,995	145,580	186,575	524		5,218
1939	49,106	14,581	63,687	535		5,191
1938	CLOSED	171,662	171,662	384		6,766
1937	39,347	CLOSED	39,347	537		6,619
1936	18,804	CLOSED	18,084	356		3,208
1935	23,802	46,668	70,470	402		4,498
1934	21,137	CLOSED	21,137	CLOSED		4,167
1933	20,480	CLOSED	20,480	586		3,510
1932	19,724	CLOSED	19,724	216		2,992
1931	24,796	70,255	95,051	501		4,038
1930	20,115	5,979	26,294	707		2,374
1929	22,822	CLOSED	22,822	447		3,834
1928	CLOSED	25,097	25,097	427		2,362
1927	14,374	CLOSED	14,374	321		4,070
1926	11,646	1,295	12,941	660		CLOSED
1925	7,287	1,029	8,316	470		3,241
1924	7,778	126	7,904	929		2,331
1923	6,452	8	6,460	500		6,049
1922	6,115	CLOSED	6,115	563		5,431
1921	4,840	CLOSED	4,840	510		4,654
1920	3,300	CLOSED	3,300	420		3,000
1919	2,939	CLOSED	2,939	472		5,181
1918	1,754	CLOSED	1,754	387		2,751
1917	1,725	CLOSED	1,725	368		** 2,950
1916	1,722	CLOSED	1,722	435		4,991
1915	1,287	CLOSED	1,287	188		3,651

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