The 2015 N.H. Wildlife Harvest Summary is available online at www.wildnh.com/hunting/harvest-summary.html (select "2015"). A limited number of print copies are available at the NH Fish and Game Department in Concord and regional offices in Durham, New Hampton, Lancaster and Keene.
The report confirms that New Hampshire's 2015 deer season resulted in a total harvest of 10,895 deer, a decrease of 4% from 2014. According to the report, "Biological information was again collected during 2015 at select deer registration stations in order to monitor the physical condition of New Hampshire’s deer and assess harvest age structure. In 2015, a total of 812 deer were checked (517 males, 295 females). Average yearling (age 1.5) antler beam diameter was 18.3 millimeters and yearling male field-dressed weight averaged 118.7 pounds. Average yearling antler beam diameter and weight were both above the recent 5-year average of 17.8 millimeters and 115 pounds respectively. Both suggest a deer population in good physical condition and below the biological carrying capacity of our deer habitat."
The Harvest Summary includes data from the N.H. Trophy Deer Program, run by the N.H. Antler and Skull Trophy Club, which annually recognizes hunters who take deer with a weight of 200 pounds or more by each of three hunting methods (archery, muzzleloader and regular firearms). For 2015, the heaviest deer (249.1 pounds) was taken by Charles Foote of Glencliff, NH, using a regular firearm.
The report also provides statistics for moose, bear, turkey and furbearers.
Wildlife research and management activities in New Hampshire, including production of the annual NH Wildlife Harvest Summary, are funded through Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration, a user-pay, user-benefit program supported by the purchase of firearms, ammunition and archery equipment.
Learn more about hunting in New Hampshire at www.huntnh.com/hunting.
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