A lone gun-deer hunter walking back home after opening day Nov. 22 from his deer-stand location is but a speck in a larger picture of millions of acres of deer habitat. There are more than 2 million deer in the population, pre-season, and about 550,000-gun deer hunters. Those 550,000 hunters registered 90,671 deer during opening weekend – compared to 89,248 in the same period in 2024. The registration was 3.9 percent more than in 2024 but it was 1.1 percent less than the five-year average. More-complete numbers will continue to be posted and analyzed this week.
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