Maryland deer hunters harvested 98,029 deer during the 2011-2012 bow, muzzleloader and firearm seasons combined. This number is close to last year’s harvest of 98,663. The full release in on the Maryland DNR website.
We decided to take a closer look at the whitetail harvest by county. This map shows the overall change by county of antlered and antlerless whitetail hunts.
Maryland overall harvest change antlered and antlerless whitetail deer.
Washington county led the antlered advances with a 17.5% change for antlered deer. Allegany county led overall change at 17.5% and antlerless harvest at 28.9%. Charles county led the antlered decline at -10.6% with St. Mary’s leading the overall and antlerless decline at -11.2% and -12.9%.
The data.
County Antlered percent change Antlerless percent change Total percent change
Allegany 9.4 28.9 17.5
Anne Arundel 13.1 -6 -0.5
Baltimore 8.5 -5.6 -1.7
Calvert 10.9 10.6 10.7
Caroline -7.8 -7 -7.2
Carroll 5.7 6.6 6.3
Cecil 10 3.4 5.4
Charles -10.6 -11.1 -10.9
Dorchester 7.5 -5.1 -1.3
Frederick 8.8 3.8 5.5
Garrett -3 4.1 0.2
Harford -4.8 -5.3 -5.1
Aberdeen Prv. Grds. 13.8 15.6 15
Howard 3.9 -3.2 -1.2
Kent -0.4 -2.4 -1.8
Montgomery 1.6 -9.8 -6.7
Prince George's 0.2 -3.4 -2.3
Queen Anne's -4.3 0 -1.3
Saint Mary's -7.6 -12.9 -11.2
Somerset -1.7 -10.3 -7.9
Talbot 15.6 -8.6 -2.2
Washington 17.5 7.7 11.9
Wicomico -3 -6.8 -5.7
Worcester -8.3 -9.4 -9.1
Did you hunt in Maryland this year? Any thoughts on these numbers?
