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St. Lawrence County whitetail harvest up 12% in 2016

Posted 5/25/17

Hunters in St. Lawrence County took more deer in 2016 than they did in 2015, but fewer than the number taken in 2014. Three-quarters of the deer taken in the county in 2016 were bucks, according to …

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St. Lawrence County whitetail harvest up 12% in 2016

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Hunters in St. Lawrence County took more deer in 2016 than they did in 2015, but fewer than the number taken in 2014.

Three-quarters of the deer taken in the county in 2016 were bucks, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation tally released this month.

In 2016 4,292 white-tailed deer were harvested by hunters in St. Lawrence County, up 12 percent from the 3,827 in 2015. The take was 4,908 in 2014.

The proportion of bucks – defined as males at least a year and a half old – was high. Of the 4,292 deer taken in the county, 3,258 were bucks, or 76 percent.

The town-by-town take in the county for 2015 was:

Brasher, 118 deer; Canton, 251; Clare, 96; Clifton, 65; Colton, 143; DePeyster, 55; DeKalb, 134, Edwards, 130; Fine, 115; Fowler, 108; Gouverneur, 100; Hammond, 96; Hermon, 148; Hopkinton, 45; Lawrence, 88; Lisbon, 343; Louisville, 62; Macomb, 97; Madrid, 202; Massena, 65; Morristown, 170; Norfolk, 90; City of Ogdensburg, 2; Oswegatchie, 168; Parishville, 204; Piercefield, 53; Pierrepont 99; Pitcairn, 103; Potsdam, 320; Rossie, 39; Russell, 258; Stockholm, 171; Waddington, 154.

In the four DEC Wildlife Management Units that cover St. Lawrence County – 6A north of US Rt. 11, 6C south of Rt. 11 to the Adirondack Park Blue Line, and 6F and 6J in the park – the number of bucks taken was fewer than one per square mile from the Blue Line to the St. Lawrence River and between one and two per square mile in the park.

The total statewide take in 2016 was 213,061, up about 5 percent from the 202,973 taken in 2015.

Statewide, the take by weapon was 65 percent with rifles and shotguns, 21 percent by bow, 9 percent by muzzleloader, 0.6 percent by handgun, and 1.3 percent by crossbow.