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Archery harvest data for deer in Arizona from 1952-2000.

Data has been gleaned from the Arizona Game and Fish publication “Hunt Arizona – 2002 edition”. Click on this link to order a copy of this excellent resource or call (602) 942-3000.

MD = Mule deer / WT= Coues White-tailed deer

Columns with blanks represent those years for which that particular data was not recorded.

Year	Tags sold	Hunters	Hunter days	MD buck harvest	MD antlerless harvest	WT buck harvest	WT antlerless harvest	Total	Percent Success
1952		104		21	0	0	0	21	20
1954		156		5	0	0	0	5	3
1955		98		12	0	0	0	12	12
1956		670		49	0	0	0	49	7
1957				33	0	0	0	33
1958	2736	2181	11736	175	226	1	1	403	19
1959	3451	3165	16292	143	224	0	8	375	12
1960	2349	2245	9517	82	93	2	6	183	8
1961	1695	1384	5518	15	20	5	2	42	3
1962	4625	4319	19768	141	172	47	44	404	9
1963	4567	4225	16922	88	91	18	17	214	5
1964	3596	3246	12809	50	63	13	15	141	4
1965	3835	3798						122	3
1966	3596	3387						150	4
1967	4679	4390						206	5
1968	4510	4216						176	4
1969	5107	4664						208	5
1970	5855	5275						228	4
1971	7261	6412						285	4
1972		6832						315	5
1973		7000						310	4
1974		7420						419	6
1975		7163						346	4
1976		7517						373	5
1977		9038						416	5
1978		7313						381	5
1979		8425						620	7
1980		7157						237	3
1981	19814	12862	77011	327	40	88	16	471	4
1982	15109	10212	63099	287	51	60	0	398	4
1983	11934	9689	63071	248	61	71	0	380	4
1984	12628	10619	70553	417	35	65	0	517	5
1985	14249	12302	85328	534	71	138	0	743	6
1986	16554	14397	104288	742	130	94	0	966	7
1987	18666	16163	111826	748	58	115	0	921	6
1988	20883	17909	119793	704	223	108	0	1035	6
1989	22399	19423	125848	598	201	189	0	988	5
1990	22398	19325	125940	674	35	100	0	809	4
1991	20324	18051	126545	773	0	129	0	902	5
1992	18883	17505	120123	691	0	100	0	791	5
1993	21580	19559	133174	1084	63	136	27	1310	7
1994	23445	20646	144881	942	105	212	39	1298	6
1995	23329	20383	149129	916	97	166	64	1243	6
1996	23568	20698	143789	996	83	145	36	1260	6
1997	23166	19939	148077	691	30	138	18	877	4
1998	23022	19375	146101	1050	63	166	38	1317	7
1999	24293	20738	158187	1032	27	227	28	1314	6
2000	25338	21148	155575	1209	55	177	37	1478	7