Estimated 2004 New Hampshire Deer Kill Tops 10,000Hunting- As of December 16, New Hampshire hunters had registered an estimated total of 10,080 deer during the 2004 hunting season, a 7 percent increase over last year. The firearms season for deer ended December 5, and the deer archery season ended December 15. "We expected that the 2004 harvest would be around 10,000, more similar to results seen in 1999, 2000 and 2002," said Kent Gustafson, a wildlife biologist and the Deer Project Leader for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Gustafson explained that lower harvest figures seen in the state during 2001 and 2003 resulted from higher-than-normal winter severity impacts in the winters of 2000-2001 and 2002-2003, followed by restricted antlerless hunting opportunities enacted by Fish and Game in 2001 and 2003 in response to those winters. "It appears as if deer numbers are recovering and, if the winter weather cooperates, deer numbers should continue to rebound in New Hampshire for the 2005 season," Gustafson said. A final summary of this year's hunt will be available in the 2004 Harvest Summary, which will be published in March 2005. Estimated Deer Kill by County at Close of Firearms and Archery Deer Season, 1999-2004 COUNTY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Belknap 577 623 506 642 538 595 Carroll 736 704 600 685 486 627 Cheshire 994 957 901 1,115 895 1,033 Coos 1,357 1,365 888 1,104 1,056 978 Grafton 1,676 1,640 1,115 1,427 1,322 1,334 Hillsborough 1,560 1,715 1,587 1,885 1,555 1,611 Merrimack 1,159 1,047 839 948 795 979 Rockingham 1,476 1,692 1,721 1,904 1,637 1,712 Strafford 586 553 552 690 651 670 Sullivan 580 530 420 586 519 541 TOTAL 10,701 10,826 9,129 10,986 9,454 10,080 The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is the guardian of the state's fish, wildlife and marine resources and their habitats. Source: New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife Department
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