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WMU 1A: 5,100 (6,400) antlered, 10,800 (13,900) antlerless;
WMU 1B: 5,800 (6,800) antlered, 8,800 (10,800) antlerless;
WMU 2A: 5,100 (6,800) antlered, 9,600 (13,200) antlerless;
WMU 2B: 4,300 (5,600) antlered, 13,000 (14,000) antlerless;
WMU 2C: 7,000 (7,200) antlered, 9,029 (11,000) antlerless;
WMU 2D: 11,400 (13,700) antlered 16,400 (21,600) antlerless;
WMU 2E: 4,400 (4,900) antlered, 5,600 (8,000) antlerless;
WMU 2F: 6,000 (6,600) antlered, 5,900 (8,000) antlerless;
WMU 2G: 4,800 (5,000) antlered, 4,700 (6,900) antlerless;
WMU 2H: 1,700 (1,500) antlered, 1,100 (1,700) antlerless;
WMU 3A: 3,300 (4,200) antlered, 4,300 (5,400) antlerless;
WMU 3B: 6,000 (6,200) antlered, 8,100 (8,700) antlerless;
WMU 3C: 6,500 (7,000) antlered, 10,300 (12,700) antlerless;
WMU 3D: 4,200 (3,400) antlered, 5,200 (5,000) antlerless;
WMU 4A: 3,300 (5,000) antlered, 6,805 (6,000) antlerless;
WMU 4B: 4,600 (5,300) antlered, 5,600 (5,800) antlerless;
WMU 4C: 4,800 (5,200) antlered, 5,000 (6,900) antlerless;
WMU 4D: 6,500 (7,200) antlered, 6,848 (8,200) antlerless;
WMU 4E: 5,800 (6,300) antlered, 5,900 (7,700) antlerless;
WMU 5A: 2,400 (2,800) antlered, 3,300 (4,100) antlerless;
WMU 5B: 6,900 (7,400) antlered, 12,400 (12,800) antlerless;
WMU 5C: 8,000 (8,100) antlered, 22,200 (21,700) antlerless;
WMU 5D: 1,300 (1,600) antlered, 3,800 (4,500) antlerless; and
Unknown WMU: 60 (80) antlered, 31 (40) antlerless.
 
Season-specific 2014-15 deer harvest estimates (with 2013-14 harvest estimates in parentheses) are as follows:
WMU 1A: archery, 2,320 (2,730) antlered, 2,350 (2,450) antlerless; and muzzleloader, 80 (70) antlered, 1,050 (1,250) antlerless.
WMU 1B: archery, 2,270 (2,380) antlered, 1,340 (1,530) antlerless; muzzleloader, 30 (20) antlered, 560 (670) antlerless.
WMU 2A: archery, 1,940 (1,640) antlered, 2,020 (2,060) antlerless; muzzleloader, 60 (40) antlered, 1,280 (2,080) antlerless.
WMU 2B: archery, 3,060 (3,740) antlered, 6,610 (6,010) antlerless; muzzleloader, 40 (60) antlered, 890 (990) antlerless.
WMU 2C: archery, 2,740 (2,730) antlered, 1,776 (2,150) antlerless; muzzleloader, 60 (70) antlered, 1,040 (1,550) antlerless.
WMU 2D: archery, 4,510 (4,960) antlered, 2,650 (2,940) antlerless; muzzleloader, 90 (140) antlered, 2,150 (2,660) antlerless.
WMU 2E: archery, 1,460 (1,570) antlered, 780 (1,010) antlerless; muzzleloader, 40 (30) antlered, 720 (1,190) antlerless.
WMU 2F: archery, 1,730 (1,660) antlered, 960 (1,070) antlerless; muzzleloader, 70 (40) antlered, 840 (1,230) antlerless.
WMU 2G: archery, 1,050 (1,180) antlered, 850 (1,170) antlerless; muzzleloader, 50 (20) antlered, 850 (1,430) antlerless.
WMU 2H: archery, 380 (290) antlered, 140 (290) antlerless; muzzleloader, 20 (10) antlered, 160 (310) antlerless.
WMU 3A: archery, 870 (1,080) antlered, 540 (620) antlerless; muzzleloader, 30 (20) antlered, 460 (680) antlerless.
WMU 3B: archery, 1,950 (2,040) antlered, 1,500 (1,820) antlerless; muzzleloader, 50 (60) antlered, 1,200 (1,490) antlerless.
WMU 3C: archery, 1,660 (1,950) antlered, 1,780 (2,230) antlerless; muzzleloader, 40 (50) antlered, 1,420 (1,970) antlerless.
WMU 3D: archery, 1,350 (1,170) antlered, 960 (1,130) antlerless; muzzleloader, 50 (30) antlered, 440 (670) antlerless.
WMU 4A: archery, 740 (900) antlered, 1,057 (600) antlerless; muzzleloader, 60 (100) antlered, 1,096 (800) antlerless.
WMU 4B: archery, 1,650 (1,650) antlered, 1,190 (1,080) antlerless; muzzleloader, 50 (50) antlered, 710 (820) antlerless.
WMU 4C: archery, 1,840 (2,250) antlered, 1,240 (1,540) antlerless; muzzleloader, 60 (50) antlered, 660 (860) antlerless.
WMU 4D: archery, 1,920 (1,950) antlered, 1,356 (1,660) antlerless; muzzleloader, 80 (50) antlered, 913 (1,140) antlerless.
WMU 4E: archery, 2,070 (2,240) antlered, 1,070 (1,650) antlerless; muzzleloader, 30 (60) antlered, 630 (1,050) antlerless.
WMU 5A: archery, 960 (970) antlered, 720 (850) antlerless; muzzleloader, 40 (30) antlered, 380 (550) antlerless.
WMU 5B: archery, 3,730 (4,030) antlered, 3,920 (3,730) antlerless; muzzleloader, 70 (70) antlered, 1,180 (1,270) antlerless.
WMU 5C: archery, 4,790 (5,110) antlered, 10,210 (9,840) antlerless; muzzleloader, 110 (90) antlered, 1,490 (1,760) antlerless.
WMU 5D: archery, 990 (1,300) antlered, 2,730 (3,140) antlerless; muzzleloader, 10 (0) antlered, 70 (160) antlerless.
Unknown WMU: archery, 40 (80) antlered, 0 (10) antlerless; muzzleloader, 0 (0) antlered, 0 (0) antlerless.
 
For additional information on Pennsylvania’s 2014-15 deer harvest, please go to the agency’s website –
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    BeenThereDoneThat.
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/16 07:57:11 (permalink)
    Thanks S-10 for getting this on board.  I've got some mixed emotions in that, the harvest numbers are down and what the outcome will be for 2015-16.  The weather factor will certainly be in their favor as an excuse and of course, "harvest numbers being down in other states" will be used as an ally in the PGC 'we're successful' project report.   I get the biggest laugh when the PGC reports bring other states into the mix than; they become negative to the same scenario when used by opposition of their 'White Tail Genocide' program.
     
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/16 09:30:52 (permalink)
    Wonder if they counted the CWD deer in with the antlerless numbers?

    Why would that matter?

    CWD permits required 100% reporting -- negative or positive. If the CWD deer are lumped in with the antlerless numbers, it will provide a false high because the "didn't report" fudge factor would be applied to a reporting ratio that is more than likely closer to reality.

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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/16 12:26:18 (permalink)
    The numbers aren't too suprising to me considering the reduction in AL tags and horrible weather for the first week of the rifle season for most parts of the state. 
     
     
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/16 17:47:23 (permalink)
    I would agree except that for most of the state it didn't matter what the weather was with respect to antlerless because they aren't legal that week except for Saturday.

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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/16 18:55:34 (permalink)
    If you look back over the last 15 years the PGC has blamed the low harvest numbers on it being too wet, dry, sunny, rainy, hot, cold, too much snow, not enough snow, too much feed, not enough feed, too windy, hunters not going deep enough into the woods, hunters not moving, and then claim we are still harvesting at the same percentage rate that we always did.
     
    They stated early on that the buck harvest is what determines the status of the deer herd. The buck harvest is down considerably even taking into account their calculations that deliberately inflate the harvest numbers.
     
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/16 20:18:04 (permalink)
    Dars, you're right about the split seasons and at least in my neck of the woods the second week offered much better weather.  But the fact remains that 3 of the 4 highest kill (for bucks) rifle days were miserable around here.  There were periods of fog so dense in my area that seeing 40 yards in the woods was virtually impossible for 3 of the 4 days I hunted during the first week.  That may not have been true across the state, but there is little doubt in mind that rifle harvests in my area were much lower due to the weather.  
     
     
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/17 07:00:17 (permalink)
    I agree with the buck harvest. The weather was bad. But keep in mind that with a greater and greater percentage of bucks taken during archery, the "bad first day weather" has less and less of an effect on the total harvest of bucks.

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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/17 17:10:45 (permalink)
    I think weather may have had a little effect.  But not a lot.   Not when archery is 6 weeks long and rifle is 2 weeks for buck.   Many I know hunted a bit more this year to make up for the bad days some stayed in bed.   I saw more guys out the second week and even during the week days than usual.   That just shifted more of the harvest to other days than the traditional heaviest days imo.    I don't buy the mast crap at all.  That's really grasping and one they use pretty much every other year. lol  Ive had some of my best archery hunts as far as numbers of sightings in the past during very heavy mast years.    And during rifle, in these parts anyway, hunter pressure is the major factor on the main buck rifle harvest days.
     
    5100 buck harvest in 2a is downright pathetic.   As recently as 05/06 season we were killing 8500.   And a lot more bucks than that  when considering per square mile back in the "county" days prior to going to wmus. 
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/18 19:17:29 (permalink)
    Whats most interesting is archery harvest was down as well. The longer archery season takes weather out of the equation.  

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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/18 20:09:38 (permalink)
    Regardless of the weather, you cannot kill something that is not there.
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/18 20:26:31 (permalink)
    S-10
    Regardless of the weather, you cannot kill something that is not there.


    You have to wear your Red Ruby Hunting Slippers and, click your heels three times than, follow the PGC bullshi+ road singing 'we're off to hunt the whitetail; the wonderful, wonderful whitetail'.
     
    Just ask Gary; if ever there was a wiz there was, the wonderful wizard of... PGC.
     
    Sorry...........  I couldn't let it go by.
     
     
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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/18 20:59:21 (permalink)
    S-10
    Regardless of the weather, you cannot kill something that is not there.



    Even with all of those string rifles? 

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    Re: Rest of numbers 2015/03/19 07:38:50 (permalink)
    Nope, even they can"t preform magic. It just seems that way. 
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