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Table 3: Mule Deer Harvest by County, Sex, and Method
Archery Gun Muzzleloader
County Antlered Antlerless Antlered Antlerless Antlered Antlerless Total
Alfalfa 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Beaver 2 8 1 58 0 11 80
Beckham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cimarron 2 6 0 59 0 8 75
Dewey 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ellis 1 1 0 6 0 1 9
Grant 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Harmon 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Harper 0 0 0 11 0 1 12
Jackson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Major 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Roger Mills 0 0 0 4 0 1 5
Texas 0 5 1 39 0 9 54
Woods 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Woodward 0 6 0 3 0 0 9
Grand Total 6 28 5 184 0 31 254
Deer Figure 4: 2021-22 Archery Harvest by Week Figure 5:Archery Hunter Numbers and Harvest
Muzzleloader 6 2004-Current
Season Bucks Does 40 140

Muzzleloader hunt- 5 35
ers were in the field 120
from Oct. 23-31. 4 30 100
Seasonal bag limit 3 25 80
was four deer, only Harvest (in thousands) Harvest (in thousands) 20 Hunters (in thousands)
one of which could be 2 15 60
antlered. Additional 10 40
antlerless harvest was 1
5 20
encouraged by the
0
liberalization of antler- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 0
Week 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
less bag limits offered
Year
in specific Antlerless
Deer Zones as shown Figure 6: 2021 Muzzleloader Harvest by Day Figure 7: Muzzleloader Season Harvest and Hunter
Numbers 2004-Current
in Figure 10. 3.0
Bucks Does 35 120
During the nine-
2.5
day muzzleloader 30 100
season, 12,228 deer 2.0
were taken. That was a 20 80
substantial drop from Harvest (in thousands) 1.5 Harvest (in thousands) 25 60 Hunters (in thousands)
the previous year, a 15 40
drop that could be 1.0 10
attributed to warm 5 20
0.5
temperatures across
0 0
much of the state. 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30 10/31
The GHS estimat- Date Year
ed 85,248 hunters
went afield to harvest 4,546 antlerless deer
and 7,682 antlered deer. A breakdown of har-
vest by day and sex can be seen in Figure 6.
Harvest and hunter participation from previous
years is shown in Figure 7.

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