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Season-specific deer harvest estimates are as WMU 1A: firearms, 3,000 antlered, 6,800 antlerless; archery, 2,140 antlered, 1,790 antlerless; and muzzleloader, 60 antlered, 1,210 antlerless; WMU 1B: firearms, 4,000 antlered, 7,500 antlerless; archery, 1,950 antlered, 1,260 antlerless; muzzleloader, 50 antlered, 740 antlerless; WMU 2A: firearms, 5,100 antlered, 9,200 antlerless; archery, 1,950 antlered, 1,810 antlerless; muzzleloader, 50 antlered, 1,690 antlerless;

2011-12 Antlered Deer Data
WMU Deer checked Deer checked by PGC and by PGC deer aging person- reported by hunters nel

WMU 2B: firearms, 1,800 antlered, 9,000 antlerless; archery, 2,620 antlered, 7,000 antlerless; muzzleloader, 80 antlered, 1,000 antlerless; WMU 2C: firearms, 5,700 antlered, 9,200 antlerless; archery, 2,450 antlered, 2,090 antlerless; muzzleloader, 50 antlered, 1,510 antlerless; WMU 2D: firearms, 7,200 antlered, 14,400 antlerless; archery, 3,800 antlered, 2,330 antlerless; muzzleloader, 100 antlered, 2,570 antlerless; WMU 2E: firearms, 3,100 antlered, 5,300 antlerless; archery, 970 antlered, 790 antlerless; muzzleloader, 30 antlered, 1,010 antlerless;
Deer reported by hunters Harvest Estimates1

1A	 1B	 2A	 2B	 2C	 2D	 2E	 2F	 2G	 3A	 3B	 3C	 3D	 4A	 4B	 4C	 4D	 4E	 5A	 5B	 5C	 5D	 UNK2	 Totals

291	 596	 410	 181	 577	 615	 296	 501	 517	 354	 651	 757	 383	 357	 502	 499	 556	 532	 116	 552	 466	 38	 		 9,747

107	 195	 128	 70	 200	 213	 115	 179	 217	 124	 229	 276	 140	 123	 207	 208	 203	 224	 36	 239	 175	 17	 		 3,625

1,912	 1,976	 2,241	 1,744	 2,868	 3,866	 1,607	 1,933	 2,636	 1,177	 2,093	 2,595	 1,655	 1,679	 2,208	 2,309	 2,616	 2,142	 1,130	 3,113	 3,364	 533	 52	 47,449

							5,200	 							6,000	 							7,100	 							4,500	 							8,200	 						11,100	 							4,100	 							5,400	 							6,300	 							3,300	 							5,900	 							7,100 							4,500	 							4,800	 							5,300	 							5,500	 							7,100	 							5,100	 							3,600	 							7,200	 							8,900	 							1,200	 										140	 127,540

1 - Published harvest estimates are estimated using a Mark-Recapture estimator and are rounded to the nearest 100 or 1,000 depending on precision of the estimate. 2 - UNK calculated as total unknown reported divided by statewide reporting rate, rounded to 10s

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Pennsylvania Game News - May 2012
History of the Whitetail
26 Days for a Gobbler
I Took a Stand
Enemies Among Us
The Smile Says It All
Wild Turkey Trivia
Wild Turkey Cures A Heartache
First VPA-HIP Habitat Project Nears Completion
Field Notes
Conservation News
Off the Wire
Another View
The Naturalist’s Eye
Fun Game
Straight from the Bowstring
Lock, Stock & Barrel
Crossings
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