Massachusetts deer harvest report shows record year in 2018

March 7, 2019

Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Reports drum roll please :

The preliminary statewide deer harvest for 2018 is 14,513 – a new record high. The preliminary harvest figures by season are as follows:

Youth Deer Hunt Day (Sept. 29): 138
Paraplegic Deer Hunt (Nov. 1–3): 3
Archery Season (Zones 1-9: Oct. 15–Nov. 24 and Zones 10-14: Oct 1-Nov. 24): 5,190
Shotgun Season (Nov. 26–Dec. 8): 6,495
Primitive Firearms Season (Dec. 10–Dec. 31): 2,687

2018 harvest by Wildlife Management Zone (WMZ map)

Zone	Adult Male	Button Buck	Female	Total
1	304	14	85	403
2	438	6	97	541
3	462	28	180	670
4N	456	16	154	626
4S	299	11	68	378
5	487	31	186	704
6	111	2	34	147
7	410	46	248	704
8	595	40	250	885
9	786	115	557	1,458
10	1,220	238	1,193	2,651
11	1,773	299	1,292	3,364
12	181	17	101	299
13	354	120	426	900
14	297	123	363	783
Statewide	8,173	1,106	5,234	14,513

Division of Fisheries and Wildlife–1/23/2019

As you can see WE all can tell and im not playing favorites hear but man zone 11 Badass Whats your thoughts ?

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2 replies on “Massachusetts deer harvest report shows record year in 2018”

Zone 11 is packed with whitetail deer. Plenty of farms and people who tend food plots for them. Myself included.

nockedup says:
March 7, 2019 at 4:30 pm

Amen to that, me too

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