Pennsylvania hunters killed an estimated 435,180 deer during the 2020-21 hunting seasons

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Pennsylvania hunters killed an estimated 435,180 deer during the 2020-21 hunting seasons, the state game commission announced Friday.That topped the previous license year’s harvest of 389,431 by about 12%, the agency reported.

The statewide buck harvest of 174,780 last season set a new record for bucks killed in the antler restrictions era. The buck harvest also increased 7% over the previous license year’s buck harvest of 163,240. The antlerless deer harvest for the 2020-21 seasons was 260,400. It exceeded the 2019-20 antlerless deer harvest of 226,191 by 15%. The 2018-19 harvest was 226,940.

Bowhunters accounted for over a third of Pennsylvania’s 2020-21 overall deer harvest, taking 160,480 deer, which includes 80,130 bucks and 80,350 antlerless deer. The 2019-20 archery harvest was 145,908, which included 74,190 bucks and 71,718 antlerless deer. The estimated muzzleloader harvest of 28,270 was down slightly from the previous year’s harvest of 29,604. The 2020-21 muzzleloader harvest included 1,140 antlered bucks compared to 1,260 bucks in 2019-20.

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