• Status, Harvest & Condition of Deer in Nova Scotia
• 2010 Hunting Season Deer Harvest by Deer Management Zone
• Deer Harvest by County 2002-2010
• 2009 Deer Management Contributor Program
Status, Harvest & Condition of Deer in Nova Scotia
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Spring Herd Size Estimate (PGI) | 47475 |
45332 |
N/A¹ | 47023 |
55532 |
N/A¹ |
43604 |
| Total Registered Harvest² | 7814 |
7200 |
9491 |
10075 |
12568 |
10,333 |
10,280 |
| Total Antlered Deer Harvested | 6045 |
5850 |
7992 |
8447 |
8613 |
7,199 |
6,259 |
| Total Antlerless Deer Harvested | 1769 |
1350 |
1494 |
1606 |
3923 |
3,081 |
4,021 |
| Total License Sales | 39343 |
38798 |
38973 |
39193 |
41,150 |
40025 |
38,310 |
| Overall Hunter Success(%) | 19.9 |
18.6 |
24.3 |
25.7 |
30.5 |
25.8 |
26.8 |
| Bow Stamps Issued | 2192 |
2164 |
2338 |
2371 |
2869 |
2933 |
2641 |
| Harvest by Bow | 222 |
222 |
261 |
297 |
472 |
436 |
473 |
| Non-Resident Licenses | 397 |
377 |
373 |
389 |
435 |
423 |
330 |
| Non-Resident Harvest | 79 |
50 |
105 |
87 |
104 |
96 |
98 |
| Fetuses per 100 Adult Does (> 2.5 yrs) | 163 |
154 |
138 |
166 |
164 |
139 |
144 |
| Mean Yearling Antler Beam Dia. (mm) | 20.8 |
20.1 |
20.9 |
23.8 |
20.9 |
20.5 |
20.7 |
| % Herd Mature Bucks - Post Hunt | 15.9 |
13.3 |
20.4 |
23.94 |
21.30 |
20.81 |
21.22 |
| % Herd Nutritionally Stressed³ | 23.7 | 16.7 | 6.6 (166) | 12.6 (199) | 5.9 (271) | 25 (340) | 14 (161) |
1 Beginning in the year 2000, effort normally dedicated to doing the annual spring Deer Pellet Survey, was reallocated to doing pellet transects for mainland moose, specifically in areas where there are known to be sub-populations of moose. The objective is to focus limited staff time on this endangered species every 3rd year (e.g. 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, etc) as a means of monitoring the distribution and relative abundance of mainland moose over time. This substantially reduces the amount of deer data available for herd size estimates.
2 Kills of unknown sex included in total
3 Determined by assessing bone marrow fat content of dead deer found during 1 February through 15 May. When 25% or less fat is remaining, deer are considered in state of advanced starvation. The value displayed in parentheses ( ) is the number of deer checked for condition in that year.
2010 Hunting Season Deer Harvest by Deer Management Zone
| D.M. Zone | ADHS Available | Applications Received | Antlerless Deer Kill Reported | “Buck” Kill Reported |
Total ReportedKill |
| 101 | 1500 |
3678 | 304 | 1064 | 1368 |
| 102 | N/A |
N/A |
1260 |
780 |
2040 |
| 103 | 4000 |
4062 |
565 |
788 |
1353 |
| 104 | 1000 |
1383 |
114 |
298 |
412 |
| 105 | N/A |
N/A |
209 |
319 |
528 |
| 106 | 1000 |
1807 |
138 |
293 |
431 |
| 107 | N/A |
N/A |
851 |
1003 |
1854 |
| 108 | 1000 |
1605 |
145 |
382 |
527 |
| 109 | 1500 |
2701 |
295 |
385 |
680 |
| 110 | 1500 |
1926 |
153 |
286 |
439 |
| 111 | 0 |
N/A |
N/A |
241 |
241 |
| 112 | 0 |
N/A |
N/A |
99 |
99 |
| Total | 11,500 | 17,162 |
4034 |
5938 |
9972 |
Deer Harvest by County 2002-2010
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Annapolis |
429 | 309 | 381 | 370 | 489 | 542 | 551 | 490 | 472 |
| Antigonish |
392 |
210 | 216 | 227 | 287 | 304 | 396 | 206 | 237 |
| Cape Breton |
135 |
62 | 51 | 54 | 112 | 147 | 157 | 126 | 95 |
| Colchester |
1173 |
704 | 859 | 799 | 1143 | 1126 | 1454 | 963 | 1087 |
| Cumberland |
707 |
609 | 573 | 568 | 780 | 927 | 1053 | 649 | 683 |
| Digby |
338 |
260 | 243 | 228 | 323 | 411 | 433 | 456 | 346 |
| Guysborough |
363 |
223 | 226 | 267 | 376 | 352 | 373 | 247 | 265 |
| Halifax |
763 | 448 |
525 | 456 | 658 | 657 | 691 | 546 | 616 |
| Hants |
848 |
634 | 604 | 628 | 861 | 956 | 1244 | 861 | 987 |
| Inverness |
66 |
55 | 43 | 21 | 67 | 83 | 79 | 48 | 55 |
| Kings |
384 |
332 | 368 | 301 | 445 | 495 | 404 | 343 | 381 |
| Lunenburg | 1536 |
1600 | 1847 | 1676 | 1876 | 1923 | 3248 | 3104 | 2505 |
| Pictou |
741 |
530 | 547 | 472 | 675 | 698 | 855 | 583 | 572 |
| Queens |
413 |
391 | 402 | 335 | 435 | 359 | 572 | 559 | 536 |
| Richmond |
116 |
80 | 48 | 22 | 124 | 120 | 146 | 124 | 96 |
| Shelburne |
467 | 335 |
383 | 300 | 338 | 355 | 415 | 406 | 401 |
| Victoria |
16 |
12 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 18 |
| Yarmouth |
432 |
465 | 429 | 370 | 427 | 561 | 397 | 546 | 504 |
| Unknown |
0 | 42 |
61 | 49 | 51 | 36 | 74 | 59 | 404 |
| Total Harvest |
9,319 |
7,301 | 7,814 | 7,151 | 9,491 | 10,075 | 12,568 | 10,333 | 10,280 |
| Total License Sales |
45,763 |
42,260 | 39,343 | 38,798 | 38,973 | 39,193 | 41,150 | 40,025 | 38,310 |
| Hunter Success(%) | 20.4 |
17.3 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 24.3 | 25.7 | 30.5 | 25.8 | 26.8 |
