2002 deer hunter survey summary statistics

2002 Deer Hunter Survey Summary Statistics-'
ALASKA DEPART:MENT OF FISH AND GAME DIVISION OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
FEDERAL AID IN WILDLIFE RESTORATION QRANT W-33-1, PROJECT 2.0
DECEMBER 2003
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME Kevin Duffy, Commissioner
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Southeast Alaska Island and Mainland Areas
Mainland/Chilkat Range
Mainland/Juneau Area
SOUTHEAST ALASKA AUGUST 2002 -JANUARY 2003 HUNTING SEASON
TOM B. STRAUGH CHAD RICE
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME DIVISION OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
FEDERAL AID IN WILDLIFE RESTORATION GRANT W-33-1, PROJECT 2.0
DECEMBER 2003
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2002 Deer Hunter Survey Summary Statistics
August 2002 -January 2003 Hunting Season
(This report includes Unit 4 harvest data from January and doe harvest data from Prince of Wales Island in the survey even though those are federal hunting seasons.)
INTRODUCTION, METHODS, AND ANALYSIS
The annual deer hunter harvest mail survey was conducted by the Alaska Department ofFish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation to estimate the harvest of Sitka black-tailed deer and hunter effort in Southeast Alaska. The survey was mailed to a sample of hunters who obtained deer harvest tickets in Region I (Southeast Alaska) during the 2002-03 deer hunting season. Results of the survey contribute to management decisions and recommendations made by Region I wildlife biologists to the Alaska Board of Game. They are also used by the U.S. Forest Service to help determine how logging aqd other land management decisions affect deer populations and hunting. This information is also used by the FMeral Regional Advisory Council and Federal Subsistence Board when evaluating federal subsistence hunting reg\ . .tlations.
Form - As in recent years, the survey asked hunters to be specific in describing the locations (islands, bays, shore and/or drainages) where they hunted deer. Hunters were also asked if they participated in the state proxy or federal designated hunter programs and the number of deer they harvested for others under those programs.
Distribution -Approximately 33% of the deer hunters hunting in Southeast Alaska who obtained deer harvest tickets were sent surveys. Sampling is stratified random based on community. According to information supplied by license vendors, 6,891 hunters obtained deer harvest tickets in 2002, about 100 fewer than in 2001.
Response - The overall response rate of those who received surveys was 56%, which was the lowest response rate since 1996. Because response rates varied by community, the responses received from each community were multiplied by an expansion factor to calculate estimates for all hunters possessing deer harvest tickets in the community. The higher the sample fraction and percentage of responses from a community, the lower the expansion factor. The higher a community's response rate, the more likely the data represent actual hunting effort and success ofall deer hunters with in that community.
KiD location - The percentage of hunters who described kill location specifically enough to be assigned to a Game Management Unit (GMU), island, major hunt area, or Wildlife Analysis Area (W AA) was 99.9%. When kill location was not identified specifically enough to be assigned to a GMU, island, major hunt area, or WAA, they are report as unknown or missing in the summary. In the past (prior to 1996), when hunters were provided a map to code hunt locations, 99% ofresponding hunters reported hunt locations down to the scale of WAA. In the 2002 survey, without a map, the percentage of hunters that gave detailed enough information to code hunt locations to GMUs was slightly higher than last year. For GMUs the percentage was 99.9%, for islands it was 99.1%. The percentage giving enough detail to code to major hunt area increased slightly to 98.6%. The percentage of those providing sufficient information for coding to W AAs increased very slightly from the previous year to 96.3% in 2002.
Results Harvest-This year's survey results are notable in that the reported region-wide harvest is the lowest in 20 years, and reported number of hunters is the lowest in 11 years, with both totals being the third lowest since the survey began in 1980. Total deer harvest for the 2002 season is estimated to be 8,574, a decrease of about 3,420 (28%) from the previous season and 3,840 (27%) less than the average for the previous 20 years. Hunter numbers of 6,891 were 9% lower than last year and lower than the long-term average of 8,038. Fewer hunters reported success in 2002 than in either of the two previous hunting seasons. The hunter success rate was.58%, six percent lower than the long-term average. The average hunter spent 5.4 days hunting this year, approximately the same amount as last year, and more than half a day less than the long-term average of 6 days. On average, hunters bagged a deer every 4.3 days afield, a slower rate than the long-term average of 4.0 days per deer. The total number of hunter days afield (37,048) decreased over last years hunting season and remains 22% below the long term average. This is the lowest level of hunter effort since 1980. The average number of deer killed per hunter was 1.2, down from last year and below the long-term average of 1.5.
Regionwide, 36% of the deer harvest was taken by hunters using highway vehicles or ATVs as their primary means of transportation to and from hunting areas. That is up from the 34% using motorized road vehicles in 2001 and close to, the percentages using vehicles in 1999 and 1998. The percentage of deer harvested by boat hunters decreased' slightly to 54% from 57% in 2001 and is close to the 53% and 58% in 1999 and 1.998, respectively. Hunters using airplanes took 6% ofthe deer in 2002, a slightly lower percentage than the previous 3 years.
Proxy and designated hunters - Fewer hunters reported being state proxy or federal designated hunters than in 2001 and they reported taking almost 40% fewer deer, although overall success rate was higher. An estimated 110 state proxy hunters from 7 communities took a total of 231 deer with a 77% success rate in 2002. That compares to 228 hunters, 332 deer and a 54% success rate in 2001. In 2002, proxy hunters resided in Angoon, Hoonah, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, and Wrangell.
Fewer hunters reported as federal designated hunters in 2002 than in 2001 although their reported success rate was slightly higher. An estimated 126 federal designated hunters from 8 communities took 219 deer with a 68% success rate in 2002. That compares with 242 hunters from 12 communities reporting 425 deer and a 65% success rate in 2001. Designated hunters reporting in 2002 resided in Craig, Hoonah, Juneau, Kake, Petersburg, Sitka, Thorne Bay, and Wrangell.
Weather: The winter of 2002-03 had relatively mild temperatures and record low snowfall. Pellet-group surveys completed after the hunting season in spring 2003 found deer densities slightly higher in northern Southeast Alaska, showing continued evidence ofrebounding from the effects of the severe winter of 1998-99. All pellet group densities on Prince of Wales Island in southern Southeast were lower than the previous year. Densities on Mitkof Island were down sharply from 2001, the lowest reported in 18 years of survey work. Also, there is a parallel between the weather during the 2002 season and that of 1996, which is the closest comparable low harvest year ftom the ABc islands. That year also had very little snow during hunting season and the boat hunters of Unit 4 succeed best when deer are driven down to low elevations or the beaches, especially along Peril Strait In the analysis of the 1996 season, it was mentioned that, ''The 1996 deer hunting season was characterized by an almost total lack of snow at low elevations throughout much of Southeast. That allowed deer to remain dispersed, at high elevations, and harder for hunters to fmd. Besides helping many deer evade hunters, the snow free early winter probably resulted in a higher than usual overwinter survival in some areas" and ..... Pellet group counts done in spring 1997 after the hunting season indicate deer populations in most of Southeast are relatively stable or even increasing, with only about 25% of the drainages showing declines from when they were last surveyed This leads to the conclusion that weather, not low deer numbers was responsible for low hunter success in
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most of Southeast during the 1996 season." Fall and winter 2002 also was wetter than normal based on Juneau monthly weather summaries.
Results by Game Management Unit
GMU 1A (Revillagigedo and Gravina islands. Cleveland Peninsula. and Misty Fiords mainland) - An estimated total unit harvest of251 deer was almost 32% lower than last year and substantially below the long-term average of535 for the unit. The overall hunter success rate for O:MU lA was only 33%, considerably below the regional average of 58%. The Gravina Island harvest of 50 deer is lower than last year and fewer than half of the long term average of 134 for the island. The number of hunters decreased from 248 to 178 while reported hunter success rate on Gravina declined slightly to 24%, and hunters spent 7.8 days afield for every deer taken compared to 7 days in 2001.
There was no reported deer harvest on the Cleveland Peninsula this year, the seventh consecutive year ofvery low harvest for the area. The number ofhunter days decreased by 32% during this period. Mainland harvest in Misty Fjords is estimated at 7 deer, slightly lower than the long-term average of 12.
The number of hunters using Revillagigedo (Revilla) Island declined to 409 from 482 in 2001. However, hunter days increased by 7%, and the hunter success rate increased to 37%, butthe harvest declined by 14% to 193. That total is 94 deer less than the average for the previous 10 years. Revilla hunters spent 8.1 days afield for every deer taken, compared to 6.5 days in 2001 Although the reported success by those hunters using highway vehicles decreased from 2001 (68 days afield per deer in 2002 compared to 16 the previous year), highway hunters took only 3% of Revilla's deer harvest. A TV users fared better harvesting a deer every 4 days afield. Altogether, 7% of Revilla's deer harvest came from road-based hunting, boat hunters took 85% of the deer harvest, spending 6.9 days afield per deer.
GMU 2 (Prince of Wales and neighboring islands)- Unit wide, the harvest for GMU 2 was 2169 deer, down from 2865 last year. Harvest on Prince of Wales (POW) in 2002 is estimated at 2,028 deer, 16% lower than the long term average and about 569 deer fewer than 2001. Reported harvest of 73 does is lower than the previous season and 27% lower than the long-term average of 99. The number of hunters (1,815) on POW was 7% (92} fewer than the previous year. The success rate decreased slightly to 59% and hunters averaged 5 days in the field per deer, slightly more than in 2001. Those using highway vehicles or ATVs as their main mode of transport once again took 74% of the harvest in GMU 2 compared to 33% for the entire region. Hunter days on POW totaled 10,328, decreasing for the second time in the past 3 years and lower than the long-term average.
Craig hunter numbers are lower but other POW communities are close to last year. And reported Ketchikan hunter numbers are a few higher on POW than last year. Ketchikan hunters spent 450 more days afield than 2001. Reported days hunted dropped significantly for nearly all POW communities. Coffinan Cove was down 650, Craig was down about 1200, Klawock almost 300, Thorne Bay 200, and Naukati 90. It is reasonable to conclude that the decline in hunter success (Ketchikan hunters got fewer deer despite more days per hunter) is due to the possibility that even though road access was good, too little snow let the deer remain so dispersed and at such high elevations that hunters couldn't find them easily.
A total of 127 fewer people from all Prince of Wales Island communities reported hunting in 2002 compared to 2001. POW hunters that bunted in 2002 had a worse success rate than 2001. The number of deer taken by Craig hunters declined, and the number of Craig hunters in the field, deer per hunter (1.3} and days per deer (3.8) also declined from the previous year. Thorne Bay hunters spent fewer days afield for slightly more deer per hunter (1.7) than in 2001. Slightly fewer Klawock hunters reported fewer deer harvested in 2001, so deer per hunter decreased from 1.7 in 2001 to .7 in 2002.
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Elsewhere in Unit 2, on Heceta Island, 52 deer were reported taken, reversing the trend ofdeclining harvest begun in 1999. Hunter success declined on Heceta with 47% of hunters reporting a kill while spending 3.6 days afield for each deer taken. Harvest also declined sharply on Suemez Island where about 5 deer were taken, which is 86% lower than the previous 10-year average. Dall and Long island hunters reported 11 deer taken, an 88% decrease over 2001, but the number of hunters declined as well, from 42 hunters in 2001 to 12 hunters in 2002. On the "Outer" islands (including Noyes, Baker, and Lulu) the 2002 numbers remained similar to 2001 with number of deer per hunter and days per deer about the same. There were 11 fewer hunters on the Outer islands, but they were more successful per hunter, taking 33 deer in 2002 compared to 36 in 2001. On Kosciusko, the number of hunters was down, but the success rate improved, 40 hunters taking 18 deer compared to 52 hunters taking 10 deerin 2001.
GMU 1B and 3 (central mainland and islands)- Deer harvest on the central mainland (GMU 1B) is 34 in 2002, a decline of9 deer from 2001. However the number of hunters declined by 50, leading to a slightly higher success rate of 9.7 days/deer vs. 12.5 in 2001. The GMU 3 harvest of 624 deer is down 229 from the 2001 season. Hunter participation was also down in GMU 3; the days per deer increased to 7.4 from 6.3 in 2001 and the average deer per bunter also dropped slightly.
In Unit 3, the Zaremba Island harvest of 277 is slightly lower than the 10 year average of 299. The Wrangell Island harvest of29 declined 62% from 2001 and was down sharply from the record high of 102 two years ago. Harvest on Mitkoflsland (64) declined 41% from 2001 and is 57% less than the long-term average for the island. The harvest on Kupreanoflsland of 149 dropped 8% from 2001levels, despite a similar amount of hunter effort. The percent ofthe harvest in GMU 3 that came from hunters using highway vehicles or ATVs as their main mode oftransport declined from 2001 to 47%, the lowest in 5 years.
GMU 1 C (northern mainland, Douglas, Shelter. and Lincoln islands)- Unit wide, harvest was down slightly from last year, 358 deer compared to 380 last year. Estimated harvest on Douglas Island was 288 deer, an increase of 24% from 2001 and 25 deer lower than the long-term average. Percentage of bucks in the harvest was 60%, decreasing for the first time in four years. The estimated number ofhunters decreased by 15 (666) from 2001, but hunter days increased over 2001 totals to 2,160 (9% increase). Because of its proximity to Juneau and having road access to about half the island, Douglas is consistently the most heavily hunted island per square mile in Southeast Alaska. In 2002 it ranked fifth in number of reported hunter days per island behind the much larger islands Prince of Wales, Chichagof, Admiralty, and Baranof. Douglas' hunter success rate of 27% moved up from second lowest success rate in 2001 to seventh lowest in 2002. Douglas hunters spent 7.5 days afield for each deer harvested, 1.5 fewer than 2001. The percentage of the harvest on Douglas by hunters using highway vehicles asJheir main mode oftransport increased to 75%, exceeding the previous high of70% in 1998.
Harvest on Shelter and Lincoln islands decreased 33% to 60 deer from the previous season, which is 18% below the long-term average. This reduction in harvest can be explained by the reduction in number of hunters, 111 this year compared to 159 last year (36% decrease.) Percentage of does taken from those islands increased from the previous year to 42% ofthe harvest.
Ten deer are estimated to have been taken on the mainland near Juneau, which is just under the long term average ofl2.
GMU 4 (Admiralty, Baranof. Chichagof and neighboring islands) -Estimated harvest was down 31% for the unit compared to the 2001 season. Admiralty Island harvest was 3% lower than the 2001 season, Baranof Island harvest was 52% lower, and Chichagof/Yakobi islands 10% lower. The Kruzoflsland harvest of 317 was almost identical to last year (318). The estimated Baranoflsland harvest of 1,223 deer was nearly 1,000 deer lower than the previous 10 years average.
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Sitka hunters reported about 1,178 fewer deer harvested in 2002 (a 41% decrease) with a total reported harvest of 1,701 deer. On Admiralty Island the 2002 estimated harvest of 1,382 deer was down 38% from the previous year and was 691 deer lower than the previous 1 0-year average, as well as being the lowest since 1989.
Outlook - Although the number ofdeer hunters, hunter success rates, and the total number ofdeer harvested is down from the previous year, much ofthis change appears to be related to weather conditions during the 2002-03 hunting season. In years ofnormal snowfall, deer are pushed to lower elevations and even out onto beaches, greatly increasing their vulnerability to hunters. The winter of 2002-03 was a near record low for total snowfall and there were very few snowfall events that would force deer to lower elevations. Experienced hunters appear to have recognized these conditions, and as a consequence it appears that fewer hunters attempted to hunt and their success rate was lower because animals never became concentration in accessible areas. It is very unlikely that the region-wide decline in harvest reflects a decline in the overall deer population. It is much more likely that the mild winter weather will actually result is greater winter survival of deer and an increase in deer numbers for the next season. This may have resulted in reduced harvest for this year, but make the prospects for future years even better.
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Estimated Totals for Region I ................................................................ 11: .........................................
Estimated Totals for Month of Kill .•••••.••..•.••• ~~ ........................... ~~ ............................................... 2
Estimated Totals for Transportation Type ............................................................................. 3
Estimated Totals by Community of Residence ..................................................................... 4
Estimated Totals by Game Management Unit of Residence ............................................n •• 5
Estimated Totals for Game Management Unit.:..................................................................... 6
Estimated Totals for Month of Kill by GMU ........................................................................... 7
Estimated Totals for Transportation Type by GMU .............................................................. 8
Estimated Totals for GMU by Community of Resi~ence .................................................... 10
Estimated Totals for Community of Residence by GMU .................................................... 12
Estimated Totals by Island ........................................................................................................... 16
Estimated Totals for Island by Community of Residence .................................................. 17
Estimated Totals for Community of Residence by Island .................................................. 21
Estimated Totals by Major Hunt Area .................................................................................. 25
Estimated Totals for Major Hunt Area by Community of Residence ................................. 26
Estimated Totals for Community of Residence by Major Hunt Area ................................. 31
Estimated Totals by Wildlife Analysis Area (WAA) ............................................................. 36
Estimated Totals for WAA by Community of Residence .................................................... 38
Estimated Totals for Community of Residence by WAA.................................................... 50
Estimated Totals for Proxy Hunters by Community of Residence .................................... 57
Estimated Totals for Federal "Designated" Hunters by Community of Residence.......... 58
Final Survey Statistics ......•.••.....•...•...•.••••..•..........••...........•.••.......•......•.•.•••••••••..•••••.••••.•.•..... 59
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Number of
Average Days/ Hunter
Average Days/ Deer
6,891 4,024 58.4 37,048 7,121 1,453 8,574 1.2 2.1 5.4 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for P.1onth of Kill
Total Number of Number Number Number Number Percent Average
Number of Hunters of Days of of of Percent Kill Days per Month of Kill Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Bucks by Month Deer
July, 2002 5 5 5 5 0 5 1000k 0% 1.0
August, 2002 1,226 736 3,879 1,095 0 1,095 100% 13% 3.5
September, 2002 1,051 496 4,430 676 196 872 78% 10% 5.1
October, 2002 1,798 849 8,536 1,337 334 1,671 80% 20% 5.1
November, 2002 2,407 1,456 13,503 2,546 518 3,065 83% 36% 4.4
December, 2002 772 412 4,392 859 292 1,151 75% 14% 3.8
January, 2003 100 58 568 180 61 241 75% 3% 2.4
Blank/Missing 390 224 1,735 423 52 475 89% 4% 3.7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.---------------------------- TOTAL 7,749 4,235 37,Q48 7,121 1,453 8,574 83% 100% 4.3
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Transportation
Airplane
Boat
6%
54%
3%
33%
3%
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals by Community of Residence
Number Percent of Days
Number Numberof of Number Hunted by Total Average Average Average
Community of
Hunters Hunters
Sue. Hunters
Deer/ Hunter
Days/ Hunter
Days/ Deer
OUTSIDE ALASKA 260 99 38.2% 1,392 411 104 5 109 .4 5.4 12.8
OTHER AlASKA 186 88 47.5% 642 316 121 19 140 .7 3.4 4.6
ANGOON 66 53 80.0% 381 329 131 53 184 2.8 5.8 2.1
COFFMAN COVE 76 65 85.7% 563 422 146 11 157 2.1 7.4 3.6
CRAIG 327 216 66.1% 1,625 882 410 22 433 1.3 5.0 3.8
EDNA BAY 5 5 100.0% 10 10 15 0 15 3.0 2.0 .7
ElFIN COVE 22 22 100.0% 30 30 69 13 82 3.8 1.4 .4
FUNTERBAY 3 3 100.0% 12 12 9 3 12 4.0 4.0 1.0
GAME CREEK 2 0 .0% 4 0 0 0 0 .0 2.0
GUSTAVUS 57 32 55.6% 303 164 47 22 70 1.2 5.3 4.4
HAINES 116 62 53.6% 548 299 66 33 100 .9 4.7 5.5
HOONAH 209 198 94.4% 1,719 1,603 581 35 616 2.9 8.2 2.8
HYDABURG 34 28 80.0% 96 48 34 7 41 1.2 2.8 2.3
JUNEAU 1,973 1,123 56.9% 9,503 4,519 1,639 597 2,237 1.1 4.8 4.2
KAKE 59 39 66.7% 502 1fo 72 20 91 1.6 8.6 5.5
KASAAN 7 7 100.0% 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0 1.0
KETCHIKAN 978 506 51.8% 6,026 2,649 936 14 950 1.0 6.2 6.3
KlAWOCK 200 77 38.5% 1,049 216 139 0 139 .7 5.2 7.6
METLAKATLA 51 26 50.0% 274 77 43 0 43 .8 5.3 6.4
MEYERS CHUCK 7 7 100.0% 43 43 17 0 17 2.5 6.5 2.6
NAUKATIBAY 48 39 80.0% 130 111 53 5 58 1.2 2.7 2.2
NEETSBAY 1 1 100.0% 5 5 3 0 3 3.0 5.0 1.7
PELICAN 25 21 87.5% 126 117 58 15 74 3.0 5.1 1.7
PETERSBURG 520 250 48.0% 2,665 922 385 25 410 .8 5.1 6.5
POINT BAKER 8 8 100.0% 98 98 23 0 23 3.0 13.0 4.3
PORT ALEXANDER 9 4 50.0% 39 17 9 4 13 1.5 4.5 3.0
SITKA 960 628 65.4% 4,560 2,376 1,186 515 1,701 1.8 4.7 2.7
SKAGWAY 13 8 60.0% 44 26 10 10 21 1.6 3.4 2.1
TENAKEE SPRINGS 36 29 80.0% 176 125 61 11 72 2.0 4.9 2.5
THORNE BAY 188 143 76.3% 1,517 786 306 5 311 1.7 8.1 4.9
WHALE PASS 9 6 75.0% 323 85 13 0 13 1.5 38.0 25.3
WRANGElL 383 218 57.0% 2,358 1,114 412 10 421 1.1 6.2 5.6
YAKUTAT 54 15 27.3% 277 54 15 0 15 .3 5.1 18.7
TOTAl 6,891 4,024 58.4% 37,048 18,073 7121 1,453 8,574 1.2 5.4 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals by GMU of Residence
Number Percent of Days Total
Number Number of Number Hunted Number Average Average Average of or Sue. Hunters of Days by Sue. Number Number of Deer/ Days/ Days/
GMUR Hunters Hunters Sue. Hunted Hunters of Bucks of Does Deer Hunter Hunter Deer
OUTSIDE ALASKA 260 99 38.2% 1,392 411 104 5 109 .4 5.4 12.8
OTHER ALASKA 186 88 47.5% 642 316 12~ 19 140 .7 3.4 4.6
GMU1A 1,037 540 52.0% 6,348 2,774 999 14 1,012 1.0 6.1 6.3
GMU1C 2,030 1,155 56.9% 9,806 4,713 1,687 619 2,306 1.1 4.8 4.3
GMU1D 129 70 54.2% 592 325 77 44 120 .9 4.6 4.9
GMU2 902 594 65.8% 5,418 2,664 1,147 50 1,196 1.3 6.0 4.5
GMU3 962 507 52.7% 5,525 2,205 868 55 923 1.0 5.7 6.0
GMU4 1,331 957 71.9% 7,047 4,610 2,104 649 2,753 2.1 5.3 2.6
GMU5A 54 15 27.3% 277 54 15 0 15 .3 5.1 18.7
_______________....________________.._________________..,_.,.____.. _______________.......--------------------------------..--------..------·------------ TOTAL 6,891 4,024 58.4% 37,048 16,073 7,121 1,453 8,574 1.2 5.4 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Game fJianagement Unit
Total
Number of Number Number Number Number Average Average
Number of Hunters of Days of of of Percent Deer/ Days/
GMU Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Bucks Hunter Deer
GMU1A 538 179 2,218 251 0 251 100% .5 8.9
GMU1B 91 30 327 34 0 34 100% .4 9.7
GMU1C 800 226 2,598 217 141 358 61% .4 7.3
GMU2 1,957 1,141 11,129 2,091 79 2,169 96% 1.1 5.1
GMU3 892 429 4,624 624 0 624 100% .7 7.4
GMU4 3,414 2,213 15,794 3,883 1,234 5,117 76% 1.5 3.1
GMU5A 50 15 267 15 0 15 100% .3 18.0
GMU5B 5 0 10 0 0 0 .0 .0
UNKNOWN 3 3 80 6 0 6 100% 2.0 12.6 ____________.._____,.___________________.._______.._________________________________________.................______.,..,__________....___________________________..__________.,_____________
TOTAL 7,749 4,235 37,048 7,121 1,453 8,574 83% 1.1 8.0
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Month of Kill by GMU
Total Percent Number of Number Number Number Number Kill Average
Number of Hunters of Days of of of Percent inGMU Deysper GMU Monthofl<iU Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Bucks by Month Deer
GMU1A Augu$1, 2002 83 S5 201 35 0 35 10()% 14% 5.8 September, 2002 103 22 319 22 0 22 100% 9% 14.2 October, 2002 135 55 520 75 0 76 100% 30% 6.8 November, 2002. 175 58 936 109 0 109 100% 43% 8.6 Decembw, 2002 21 9 145 9 0 9 100% 3% 16.9 Blank/Missing 21 0 97 0 0 0 0%
------------------------------------------..------------------------------------...----------------------------------------------------------·---- Total 538 179 2,218 251 0 251 100% 100% 8.9
GMU1B August,2002 4 4 8 4 0 4 100% 13% 20 September, 2002 13 4 49 4 0 4 100% 13% 11.6 October, 2002 39 8 138 8 0 8 100% 25% 16.3 November, 2002 25 13 123 17 0 17 100% 50% 7.3 December, 2002 9 0 9 0 0 0 0%
Total 91 so 327 34 0 34 100% 100% 9.7
GMU IC Augus1,2002 ·106 40 182 46 0 46 100% 13% 4.0 September, 2002 146 51 374 46 20 66 69% 16% 5.7 October, 2002 158 40 485 20 35 55 36% 15% 6.8 November, 2002 219 70 933 71 so 121 59% 34% 7.7 December,2002 140 15 \565 30 25 56 55% 16% 10.1 Blank/Missing 30 10 59 5 10 15 33% 4% 3.9
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GMU2 July, 2002 5 5 5 5 0 5 100% 0% 1.0 August, 2002 589 381 2,307 615 0 615 100% 28% 3.8 September, 2002 331 150 1,839 256 24 261 91% 13% 6.6 October, 2002 389 194 2,688 371 23 393 94% 18% 6.8 November, 2002 465 308 3,315 536 21 657 97% SO% 5.0 December, 2002 54 43 395 68 11 79 86% 4% 5.0 January, 2003 12 0 35 0 0 0 0% Wank/Missing 111 60 547 140 0 140 100% 3% 3.9
Tolal 1,957 1,141 11,129 2,091 79 2,169 96% 100% 5.1
GMU3 August,2002 124 64 354 92 0 92 100% 15% 3.8 September, 2002 146 72 813 97 0 97 100% 15% 8.4 October, 2002 385 108 1,951 156 0 156 100% 25% 12.5 November, 2002 177 146 1,094 229 0 229 100% 37% 4.6 Blank/Missing 60 36 413 50 0 50 100% 8% 8.2 -----------------·---.-----------------------------------------------...·----------------..·-------------------------.............____________________________..___________
Total 892 429 4,624 624 0 624 100% 100% 7.4
GMU4 Augusl,2002 320 212 822 303 0 303 100% 6% 2.1 Seplember, 2002 313 196 1,037 250 151 402 62% 8% 2.6 Oclcber, 2002 691 443 2,731 706 276 982 72% 19% 2.8 November, 2002 1,307 846 6,922 1,469 448 1,916 77% 37% 3.6 December, 2002 533 345 3,136 752 256 1,008 75% 20% 3.1 January, 2003 82 53 529 175 61 236 74% 5% 2.2 BlankiMissing 168 117 619 227 42 269 84% 5% 2.3 _____________________________.,._______......_...............______..____________,._____________________,..___________.. ___________.,._____ ........-----------------------------
T01a1 3,414 2,213 15,794 3,883 1,234 5,117 76% 100% 3.1
"GMU5A November, 2002 30 10 139 10 0 10 100% 67% 14.0 December, 2002 15 0 124 0 0 0 0% January, 2003 5 5 5 5 0 5 100% 33% 1.0--...---------------------------..-------------.....................................................-,..______..._._.....____...._....._...._________......................... _......---------..........--.. ---------------......--
T01a1 50 15 267 15 0 15 100% 100% 18.0
GMU5B November, 2002 5 0 10 0 0 0
Totat-------------------------------------~---------------------~---···----------~~----···-···-~-----------~--------------~--------------·-··;~~--------·-------
UNKNOWN November, 2002 3 3 80 6 o 6 100% 100% 12.6
----------------------------......--------..·--------------------..---------------·-----....·------------------------------..-------------------------..--------- TDia] 3 3 80 6 0 6 100% 100"11. 12.6
Grand Total 7,749 4,235 37,048 7,121 1,453 8,574 83% 100% 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Transpo·rtation Type by GMU
GMU Transportation Number
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7.4
2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Transportation Type by GMU
Total Percent Number of Number Number Number Number Kill Average
Number Hunters of Days of of of inGMU Days/ GMU Transportation of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer by Trans Deer
GMU4 Airplane 483 261 2,367 288 133 422 8% 5.6
Boat 2,294 1,513 9,803 2,606 874 3,480 68% 2.8
3- or 4-wheeler 51 46 273 83 20 104 2% 2.6
Highway Vehicle 485 334 2,950 812 120 932 18% 3.2
Foot 76 49 334 83 60 143 3% 2.3
Not given 26 10 67 10 26 36 0% 1.9 ---------------------------------..·-----------..-----------------------------------..--------------------------------------------------- Total 3,414 2,213 15,794 3,883 1,234 5,117 100% 3.1
GMU5A Boat' 25 10 154 10 0 10 67% 15.5
Highway Vehicle 25 5 114 5 0 5 33% 23.0 ---------------------------------·..·------------------------·----------------------------------------------------------·----------------------·------- Total 50 15 267 15 0 15 100% 18.0
GMU5B Boat 5 0 10 0 0 0 --------·-------------------------------------------------------.-......·-----·--------------------------------··---------------------------------------- Total 5 0 10 0 0 0 100%
UNKNOWN Boat 3 3 80 6 0 6 100% 12.6 --------------------------------------·---------------------..................-....---------·-----------..................................._____________________..._________________ Total 3 3 80 6 0 6 100% 12.6
--------------------.....---------------------------------·-------------·------------------------------------· ..----------·-----..·------- Grand Total 7,749 4,235 37,048 7,121 1,453 8,574 100% 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey ~-.&i-a"'-_. --- I nl Il:'.::i l ... - lt:: u Totals foi GrJIU by cv ...mu...·~y of Residence
Total Number of Number Number Number Number Average Average
Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days! GMU Community of Residence of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Oeer
GMU1A OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 28 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 9 0 23 0 0 0 .0
KETCHIKAN 472 153 1,990 222 0 222 .5 9.0 METLAKATLA 51 26 171 26 0 26 .5 6.7 NEETSBAY 1 1 5 3 0 3 3.0 1.7..______________. _______________.._____.._________________________________..,_________....______________________..___________..________... ___....____________________
Total 538 179 2,218 251 0 251 .5 8.9
GMU1B OUTSIDE ALASKA 9 0 14 0 0 0 .0 PETERSBURG 72 30 245 34 0 34 .5 7.2 WRANGELL 10 0 68 0 0 0 .o
---------------------------------..--------------------·---------··---------------------------------------------------.-----....·-------..---·------- Total 91 30 327 34 0 34 .4 9.7
GMU1C OTHER ALASKA 23 5 56 5 0 5 .2 12.0 HAINES 17 4 42 0 4 4 .3 10.0 JUNEAU 749 218 2,484 213 137 349 .5 7.1 PETERSBURG 8 0 8 0 0 0 .0 SKAGWAY o. 8 0 0 0 .03 ____,..,....__________.._________.,._______.,__..________..,________________.,.____..,.______,.__________....________....___________________.._________________.._________.._________..
Total 800 226 2,5~8 217 141 358 .4 7.3
i '
GMU2 OUTSIDE AlASKA 132 47 8116 47 0 47 .4 17.3 OTHER ALASKA 47 33 158 37 0 37 .8 4.3 COFFMAN COVE 76 65 541 141 11 152 2.0 3.6 CRAIG 322 216 1,620 405 22 427 1.3 3.8 HYDABURG 34 26 96 34 7 41 1.2 2.3 JUNEAU 35 20 177 61 0 61 1.7 2.9 KASAAN 7 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0 KETCHIKAN 652 361 3,855 666 14 680 1.0 5.7 KLAWOCK 200 69 1,049 139 0 139 .7 7.6 METLAKATLA 26 9 103 17 0 17 .7 6.0 NAUKATI BAY 48 39 130 53 5 58 1.2 2.2 PETERSBURG 59 25 203 42 0 42 .7 4.8 POINT BAKER 4 4 60 15 0 15 4.0 4.0 SITKA 21 11 86 11 5 16 .8 5.3 THORNE BAY 188 143 1,517 306 5 311 1.7 4.9 WHALE PASS 9 6 323 13 0 13 1.5 25.3 WRANGELL 97 58 387 97 10 107 1.1 3.6 _____.,___.................._...__......_______________________________..____.._______________________________________..___________________________.,____________________________......
Total 1,957 1,141 11,129 2,091 79 2,169 1.1 5.1
GMU3 OUTSIDE ALASKA 42 14 179 14 0 14 .3 12.7 OTHER ALASKA 14 9 23 9 0 9 .7 2.5 COFFMAN COVE 5 5 22 5 0 5 1.0 4.0 CRAIG 11 6 6 6 0 6 .5 1.0 JUNEAU 10 5 96 5 0 5 .5 19.0 KAKE. 46 20 430 33 0 33 .7 13.2 KETCHIKAN 21 14 49 14 0 14 .7 3.5 MEYERS CHUCK 3 3 17 3 0 3 1.0 5.0 PETERSBURG 410 169 1,857 207 0 207 .5 9.0 POINT BAKER 4 4 38 8 0 8 2.0 5.0 SITKA 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 WRANGELL 320 174 1,903 315 0 315 1.0 6.0
________________.._______________..____................................----..------................................................................................._________.,..___..________________-~----------------...--··----------·-..----------- Total 892 429 4,624 624 0 624 .7 7.4
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for GMU by Community of Residence
Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days/ GMU Community of Residence of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
GMU4 OUTSIDE ALASKA 85 42 340 42 5 47 .6 7.2 OTHER ALASKA 98 51 363 70 19 86 .9 4.1
ANGOON 66 53 381 131 53 184 2.8 2.1 EDNA BAY 5 5 10 15 0 15 3.0 .7 ELFIN COVE 22 22 30 69 13 82 3.8 .4 FUNTERBAY 3 3 12 9 3 12 4.0 1.0 GAME CREEK 2 0 4 0 0 0 .0 GUSTAVUS 54 28 272 41 22 63 1.2 4.3 HAINES 104 58 507 66 29 95 .9 5.3 HOONAH 209 198 1,719 581 35 616 2.9 2.8 JUNEAU 1,569 966 6,730 1,361 460 1,822 1.2 3.7 KAKE 26 20 72 39 20 59 2.3 1.2 KETCHIKAN 35 21 132 35 0 35 1.0 3.8 MEYERS CHUCK 3 3 27 13 0 13 4.0 2.0 PELICAN 25 21 126 58 15 74 3.0 1.7 PETERSBURG 106 63 351 102 25 127 1.2 2.8 PORT ALEXANDER 9 4 39 9 4 13 1.5 3.0 SITKA 950 617 4,469 1,169 510 1,679 1.8 2.7 SKAGWAY 10 8 36 10 10 21 2.0 1.8 TENAKEE SPRINGS 36 29 176 61 11 72 2.0 2.5
-----------·---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------..------·------------ Total 3,414 2,213 15,794 3,883 1,234 5,117 1.5 3.1
GMU5A YAKUTAT 50 15 267 15 0 15 .3 18.0------------------..--............._ ....._.._______________,..____________________________________________________________________________________..___________ Total 50 15 267 15 0 15 .3 18.0
GMU5B YAKUTAT 5 0 10 0 0 0 .0--------------------------------------....__________________.., ________,.. .._....._________..,._____________.. ____________________..~----------- Total 5 0 10 0 0 0 .0
UNKNOWN GUSTAVUS 3 3 80 6 0 6 2.0 12.6
----·----------------------..------------··-----------------..-....---------------·--------------------....-..._.......___________________.._______________________ Total 3 3 80 6 0 6 2.0 12.6
----------------------------------------..·--------------------------------------------------------.....------------..--............................- ........................----.........---- Grand Total 7,749 4,235 37,048 7,121 1,453 8,574 1.1 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Communit'J of Residence by GMU
Number Hunters of Days of of of Oeert Daysf Community of Residence GMU of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
OUTSIDE ALASKA GMU1A 5 0 28 0 0 0 .0 GMU18 9 0 14 0 0 0 .0 GMU2 132 47 816 47 0 47 .4 17.3 GMU3 42 14 179 14 0 14 .3 12.7 GMU4 85 42 354 42 5 47 .6 7.2
----------;,.----------------------·----------------------------------------------------·---..----------------------·----------------------------------- Total 274 104 1,392 104 5 109 .4 12.8
OTHER ALASKA GMU1A 9 D 23 0 0 0 .0 GMU1C 23 5 56 5 D 5 .2 12.0 GMU2 47 33 158 37 D 37 .8 4.3 GMU3 14 9 23 9 D 9 .7 2.5 GMU4 98 51 382 70 19 88 .9 4.1
Total 191 98 642 121 19 140 .7 4.6
ANGOON GMU4 66 53 381 131 53 184 2.8 2.1 ---------------------------------------------------------...·----------------------------------..------------------------------..--------..-------------------------- Total 66 53 381 131 53 184 2.8 2.1
COFFMAN COVE GMU2 76 65 541 141 11 152 2.0 3.6 GMU3 5 5 22 5 0 5 1.0 4.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------..---------..----·--------------------------------....------.........................._..______ Total 81 70 563 146 11 157 1.9 3.6
CRAIG GMU2 322 216 1,620 405 22 427 1.3 3.8 GMU3 11 6 6 6 0 6 .5 1.0
Total 333 222 1,625 410 22 433 1.3 3.8
EDNA BAY GMU4 5 5 10 15 0 15 3.0 .7 -----------------------------------------·-..·------------------------..------------.--------------------------------~---------·--------------------------------- Total 5 5 10 15 0 15 3.0 .7
ELFIN COVE GMU4 22 22 30 69 13 82 3.8 .4
Total 22 22 30 69 13 82 3.8 .4
FUNTERBAY GMU4 3 3 12 9 3 12 4.0 1.0 _______.................-..........................----------------..---·--------------------------------------·-------------------------------·-----·-------------------------------------------..------ Total 3 3 12 9 3 12 4.0 1.0
GAME CREEK GMU4 2 0 4 0 0 0 ,0--------------··----·------·----------------·-..........................._______,._______.._____________________.....____.,_,._____,.________________________________________..______.,_..________________ Total 2 0 4 0 0 0 .0
GUSTAVUS GMU4 54 28 272 41 22 63 1.2 4.3 UNKNOWN 3 3 32 6 0 6 2.0 5.0 _________..____________-------------------........................................-......_.._____..____________..___...-...................................................,.....__.._.._,. ....... _..____________.___,._.,.___..______,.._________________
Total 57 32 303 47 22 70 1.2 4.4
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Community of Residence by GMU
Total
of Hunters
Average Deer/ Hunter
Average Days/ Deer
HAINES GMU1C 17 4 42 0 4 4 .3 10.0 GMU4 104 58 507 66 29
---------------------------------------------------------·---------------------·-·------------..........................,_ 95 .9 5.3 ____..._________
Total 120 62 548 66 33 100 .8 5.5
HOONAH GMU4 209 198 1,719 581 35 616 2.9 2.8 -------·-----------------------..·-------------.....-------------------..---------------...----·-------------------..------------------------------- Total 209 198 1,719 581 35 616 2.9 2.8
HYDABURG GMU2 34 28 96 34 7 41 1.2 2.3 -------------------------·-------...·--------------------------------------------------..--------- ..----..-----..----------------------------- Total 34 28 96 34 7 41 1.2 2.3
JUNEAU GMU1C 749 218 2,484 213 137 349 .5 7.1 GMU2 35 20 177 61 0 61 1.7 2.9 GMU3 10 5 96 5 0 5 .5 19.0 GMU4 1,569 966 6,745 1,361 460 1,822 1.2 3.7
---------------------------------------·-------------------------------------·----------------------------·---------...-------------------··---. Total 2,363 1,209 9,503 1,639 597 2,237 .9 4.2
KAKE GMU3 46 20 430 33 0 33 .7 13.2 GMU4 26 20 72 39 20 59 2.3 1.2 ___________,._______________________________________..._________________...._____..,_______..-------------------------------·---------------------·-
Total 72 39 502 72 20 91 1.3 5.5
KASAAN GMU2 7 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0 ···--------------------------------.---------------------------..----------·---------------------------------------------------------..--..__-
Total 7 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0
KETCHIKAN GMU1A 472 153 1,990 222 0 222 .5 9.0 GMU2 652 361 3,855 666 14 680 1.0 5.7 GMU3 21 14 49 14 0 14 .7 3.5 GMU4 35 21 132 35 0 35 1.0 3.8-------..-------------------------------................______________.._______________.......______________.. _..__________________________________...........----------
Total 1,179 548 6,026 936 14 950 .8 6.3
KlAWOCK GMU2 200 69 1,049 139 0 139 .7 7.6-..............____________________.........._______________________..________________________________,._______________________________,..._____, ....____________________......
Total 200 69 1,049 139 0 139 .7 7.6
METLAKATLA GMU1A 51 26 171 26 0 26 .5 6.7 GMU2 26 9 103 17 0 17 .7 6.0
--------------------·-··-···-------·····------·-·······-·-····-------·-···--------·······-----------------···········---------······-----··-----·-·-- Total 77 34 274 43 0 43 .6 6.4
MEYERS CHUCK GMU3 3 3 17 3 0 3 1.0 5.0 GMU4 3 3 27 13 0 13 4.0 2.0
-------------------------------------.........................................-----------------..----..·-----------..---------------------------------.....---·----------------..- Total 7 7 43 17 0 17 2.5 2.6
NAUKATIBAY GMU2 48 39 130 53 5 58 1.2 2.2 -----·--···-·····------·······-··-·-·····-····----------···--·-------····-········------·-···-··-··-·····-·-----·-··-···--····----·····-------· Total 48 39 130 53 5 58 1.2 2.2
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Communit'.f of Residence by GI\'IU
Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days/ Community of Residence GMU of Hunters Suocessful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
NEET$ BAY GMU1A 1 1 5 3 0 3 3.0 1.7----------------------------·---------....________________....._.____________..__________________________________________..,..____________..__________.._______ Total 1 5 3 0 3 3.0 1.7
PELICAN GMU4 25 21 126 58 15 74 3.0 1.7 ------------·----------------..--------------------"'·-----------·----------------·--------------------..------------·----................................_.._________________ Total 25 21 126 58 15 74 3.0 1.7
PETERSBURG GMU1B 72 30 245 34 0 34 .5 7.2 GMU1C 8 0 8 0 0 0 .0 GMU2 59 25 203 42 0 42 .7 4.8 GMU3 410 169 1,857 207 0 207 .5 9.0 GMU4 106 63 351 102 25 127 1.2 2.8
Total 656 288 2,665 385 25 410 .6 6.5
POINT BAKER GMU 2 4 4 G.O 15 a 15 4.0 4.0 GMU 3 4 4 Z~ 8 0 8 2.0 5.0
-----------------···-·---------··-··---···--------···-·-·-·--------···-·-·-·-.l----------·-·······---------·····-·····-----------·-··-·-------······--·-- Total 8 8 98 23 a 23 3.0 4.3
PORT ALEXANDER GMU4 9 4 39 9 4 13 1.5 3.0
Total 9 4 39 9 4 13 1.5 3.0
SITKA GMU2 21 11 86 11 5 16 .8 5.3 GMU3 5 5 5 5 a 5 1.a 1.a GMU4 950 617 4,469 1,169 51 a 1,679 1.8 2.7 ______.........________...________.,._____..___________________________.,._____.._..__________ ,..________________________,.. .._______________,.__________________.._________________
Total 976 633 4,560 1,186 515 1,701 1.7 2.7
SKAGWAY GMU1C 3 0 8 0 0 0 .0 GMU4 10 8 36 10 10 21 2.0 1.8
Total 13 8 44 10 10 21 1.6 2.1
TENAKEE SPRINGS GMU4 36 29 176 61 11 72 2.a 2.5
Total 36 29 176 61 11 72 2.a 2.5
THORNE BAY GMU2 188 143 1,517 306 5 311 1.7 4.9
Total 188 143 1,517 306 5 311 1.7 4.9
WHALE PASS GMU2 9 6 323 13 0 13 1.5 25.3 ------------------------------...............______________,............................_..______________________...........--------------------------------------.------------------------------·----- Total 9 6 323 13 0 13 1.5 25.3
WRANGELL GMU1B 1a 0 68 0 0 0 .a GMU2 97 58 387 97 10 107 1.1 3.6 GMU3 32a 174 1,903 315 0 315 1.0 6.0
Total 426 232 2,358 412 10 421 1.a 5.6
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Community of Residence by GMU
Community of Residence GMU Number
of Hunters Hunters
of Bucks
Of Does
of Deer
Deer/ Hunter
Daysf Deer
YAKUTAT GMU5A 50 15 267 15 0 15 .3 18.0 GMU5B 5 0 10 0 0 0 .0
Total 54 15 277 15 0 15 .3 18.7
Grand Total 7,749 4,235 37,Q48 7,121 1,453 8,574 1.1 4.3
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Number Hunters of Days of of of Percent Deer/ Days/ Island of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Bucks Hunter Deer
Admiralty 1,308 767 5,095 975 407 1,382 71% 1.1 3.7
Baranof 910 550 3,658 866 357 1,223 71% 1.3 3.0
Chichagof/Yakobi 1,349 968 6,098 1,775 360 2,135 83% 1.6 2.9
Cleveland Peninsula 88 0 245 0 0 0 .0
Daii/Long 12 6 12 11 0 11 100% .9 1.1
Douglas 666 186 2,160 172 115 288 60% .4 7.5
Etolin 51 39 133 49 0 49 100% 1.0 2.7
Gravina 178 43 390 50 0 50 100% .3 7.8
Heceta 57 27 184 46 5 52 90% .9 3.6
Kosciusko 40 14 129 18 0 18 100% .5 7.1
Kruzof 276 191 619 223 94 317 70% 1.1 2.0
Kuiu 40 13 147 \ 17 0 17 100% .4 8.9
Kupreanof 254 113 1,139 149 0 149 100% .6 7.7
Mainland/Chilkat Range 12 0 25 0 0 0 .0
Mainland/Juneau Area 81 5 106 10 0 10 100% .1 10.5
Mainland/Fanshaw-Stikine 91 30 327 34 0 34 100% .4 9.7
Mainland/Misty Fjords 7 7 14 7 0 7 100% 1.0 2.0
Mitkof/Woewodski 248 55 1,001 64 0 64 100% .3 15.7
Outer Islands (Noyes, etc.) 32 21 59 33 0 33 100% 1.0 1.8
Prince ofWales 1,815 1,076 10,328 1,955 73 2,028 96% 1.1 5.1
Pleasant/Lemesurier 42 18 162 18 13 30 58% .7 5.4
Revillagigedo 409 150 1,560 193 0 193 100% .5 8.1
Shelter/Lincoln 111 45 256 35 25 60 58% .5 4.3
Suemez 11 5 11 5 0 5 100% .5 2.0
Woronkofski/Stikine Islands 37 19 47 24 0 24 100% .6 2.0
Wrangell 154 24 941 29 0 29 100% .2 32.6
Zaremba 306 181 1,176 277 0 277 100% .9 4.2
Unknown/Missing---------------------------------- 70------------------ 70-----..---..·---------· 1,023------...--..,................. 86
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Island by Community of Residence
Total Community Number of Number Number Number Number Average Average
of Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Oaysf Island Residence of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
Admiralty OUTSIDE AlASKA 14 9 76 9 5 14 1.0 5.3 OTHER ALASKA 23 9 74 9 0 9 .4 8.0 ANGOON 66 53 276 79 53 131 2.0 2.1 FUNTERBAY 3 3 12 9 3 12 4.0 1.0 HAINES 21 12 96 17 0 17 .8 5.8 JUNEAU 1,052 592 4,139 713 304 1,017 1.0 4.1 KAKE 20 20 65 39 20 59 3.0 1.1 KETCHIKAN 14 7 69 14 0 14 1.0 5.0 PETERSBURG 85 51 245 80 13 93 1.1 2.6 SITKA 11 11 43 5 11 16 1.5 2.7
-----..------------------..--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------·-----------·--------....------- Total 1,308 767 5,095 975 407 1,382 1.1 3.7
Baranof OUTSIDE ALASKA 38 14 151 14 0 14 .4 10.7 OTHER ALASKA 33 19 88 19 14 33 1.0 2.7 ANGOON 13 13 26 26 0 26 2.0 1.0 EDNA BAY 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 HAINES 21 0 83 0 0 0 .0 JUNEAU 30 81 56 5 61 2.0 1.3 KAKE 7 \2g 7 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 21 ,14 62 21 0 21 1.0 3.0 PETERSBURG 4 4 17 4 0 4 1.0 4.0 PORT ALEXANDER 4 0 22 0 0 0 .0 SITKA 724 456 3,090 713 327 1,041 1.4 3.0 SKAGWAY 10 5 26 8 10 18 1.8 1.4--------------------------------............___.. _________________..__________.._________.,.__________________.._.._____________,.________.,..___
Total 910 550 3,658 866 357 1,223 1.3 3.0
ChichagofNakobi OUTSIDE ALASKA 28 19 104 19 0 19 .7 5.5 OTHER ALASKA 47 23 181 33 5 37 .8 4.9
ANGOON 26 13 79 26 0 26 1.0 3.0 ELFIN COVE 22 22 30 69 13 82 3.8 .4 GAME CREEK 2 0 4 0 0 0 .0 GUSTAVUS 35 22 130 28 9 38 1.1 3.4 HAINES 62 42 307 50 17 66 1.1 4.6 HOONAH 209 198 1,719 581 35 616 2.9 2.8 JUNEAU 572 395 2,419 562 147 708 1.2 3.4 MEYERS CHUCK 3 3 27 13 0 13 4.0 2.0 PELICAN 25 21 126 58 15 74 3.0 1.7 PETERSBURG 13 8 72 17 13 30 2.3 2.4 PORT ALEXANDER 4 4 17 9 4 13 3.0 1.3 SITKA 263 166 697 247 91 338 1.3 2.1 SKAGWAY 3 3 10 3 0 3 1.0 4.0 TENAKEE SPRINGS 36 29 176 61 11 72 2.0 2.5
-------------------------------------"'-------..-------..--...................----------------------.. --------'"-------------..---------------...·---------------------..-------- Total 1,349 968 6,098 1,775 360 2,135 1.6 2.9
Cleveland Peninsula OTHER ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 83 0 236 0 0 0 .0 _______________________........................._______________...............................-------------------------------------------------------------·---------------------------------·
Total 88 0 245 0 0 0 .0
Daii/Long CRAIG 6 6 6 11 0 11 2.0 .5 HYDABURG 7 0 7 0 0 0 .0---..:..._____...._.._____.._______...,_______________.,.__..____.....___......................... _....____________________.,____ _._.________._........................_______________... __________ ..........----------
Total 12 6 12 11 0 11 .9 1.1
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Island hv Community of Residence -J
of Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days/ Island Residence of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
Douglas OTHER ALASKA 19 0 37 0 0 0 .0 HAINES 4 4 17 0 4 4 1.0 4.0 JUNEAU 633 182 2,090 172 111 283 .4 7.4 PETERSBURG 8 0 8 0 0 0 .0 SKAGWAY 3 0 8 0 0 0 .0
--..---------------------..---------------------------------------------------------..----------------------------..------------------------------ Total 666 186 2,160 172 115 288 .4 7.5
Etolin OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 28 0 0 0 .0 COFFMAN COVE 5 5 22 5 0 5 1.0 4.0 KETCHIKAN 14 7 14 7 0 7 .5 2.0 MEYERS CHUCK 3 3 17 3 0 3 1.0 5.0 PETERSBURG 4 4 4 4 0 4 1.0 1.0 WRANGELL 19 19 48 29 0 29 1.5 1.7 -------------------------------------....---------------..·-----------------------..--------------------............____________..___________,._........._________________
Total 51 39 133 49 0 49 1.0 2.7
Gravina OTHER ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .o KETCHIKAN 139 35 312 42 0 42 .3 7.5 METLAKATLA 34 9 68 9 0 9 .3 8.0
-·------------..-.------------------------·---------------------·------------------------------------------..·----------·---..-------------------------------------- Total 178 43 390 50 0 50 .3 7.8
Heceta CRAIG 6 0 6 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0 KLAWOCK 15 0 31 0 0 0 .0 NAUKATIBAY 5 5 24 5 0 5 1.0 5.0 SITKA 5 5 32 5 5 11 2.0 3.0 WRANGELL 19 10 77 29 0 29 1.5 2.7
---------------------------------------------------...·-----------------------------------------------..·------------..-----------...·-----------------------------..·-------- Total 57 27 184 46 5 52 .9 3.6
Kosciusko OUTSIDE ALASKA 19 0 85 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 7 0 7 0 0 0 .0 NAUKATIBAY 10 10 24 10 0 10 1.0 2.5 PETERSBURG 4 4 13 8 0 8 2.0 1.5
------..------------------------------------------------------------------------------------..------------·------------------------------------------------.--- Total 40 14 129 18 0 18 .5 7.1
Kruzof OTHER ALASKA 5 5 19 9 0 9 2.0 2.0 HAINES 4 4 12 0 8 8 2.0 1.5 JUNEAU 10 10 40 10 5 15 1.5 2.7 SITKA 257 172 547 204 80 284 1.1 1.9....________________..______________________________,._______..__________________... __..___________.............._....___________________....__.. ..,_....................._______..__..____...........................____________
Total 276 191 619 223 94 317 1.1 2.0
Kuiu OUTSIDE ALASKA 14 0 76 0 0 0 .0 PETERSBURG 17 4 30 4 0 4 .3 7.0 POINT BAKER 4 4 38 8 0 8 2.0 5.0 WRANGELL 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0
--------------....----------------...------------------...-·------------------------·---------------....- ........................_________,.. ___:"'...------------------..----------------..·------- Total 40 13 147 17 0 17 .4 8.9
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Island by Community of Residence
of Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days! Island Residence of Hunters SuccessfUl Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
-5--0- --5Kupreanof OUTSIDE ALASKA 9 5 24 .5 5.0 CRAIG 6 6 6 6 0 6 1.0 1.0 KAKE 46 20 430 33 0 33 .7 13.2 PETERSBURG 173 68 558 76 0 76 .4 7.3 SITKA 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 WRANGELL 15 10 116 24 0 24 1.7 4.8
---------------------..-·---·--------------------..·--------------------------------------------------·---...-----------------...-------------· Total 254 113 1,139 149 0 149 .6 7.7
HAINES _______ 0 0 0 .0Mainland/Chilkat___________________________________________________ Range .., ___ .. 12 .._________________ 25 ..._._____.,_____________________ 0 ..____________....___________________ Total 12 0 25 0 0 0 .0
Mainland/Juneau Area JUNEAU 81 5 106 1D 0 10 .1 10.5 -------------...---------------..---------..-----------------------------------------...------------------------..------------------- Total 81 5 106 10 0 10 .1 10.5
MainlandJFanshaw-Slikine OUTSIDE ALASKA 9 0 14 0 0 0 .0 PETERSBURG 72 30 245 34 0 34 .5 7.2 WRANGELL 10 0 68 0 0 0 .0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------·---------------..-----....------·-------------------..------ Total 91 30 327 34 0 34 .4 9.7
Mainland/Misty Fjords KETCHIKAN 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0 -----------------------------------..------------·------------------------------------------------------------·-----------..------------ Total 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0
Milkof/Woewodski OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 5 5 14 5 0 5 1.0 3.0 CRAIG 6 0 0 0 0 0 .0 PETERSBURG 233 51 977 59 0 59 .3 16.5 ----..---------------------------------------------------------------------...·----------....--...-------------·----..------------------------
Total 248 55 1,001 64 0 64 .3 15.7
Outer Islands (Noyes, etc.) OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 CRAIG 22 17 44 28 0 28 1.3 1.6 WRANGELL 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 -------------------------------------------------------·--..-------------.. -------..---------..·-·--------------.._..__________.,_________..__________..______________
Total 32 21 59 33 0 33 1.0 1.6
Prince of Wales OUTSIDE ALASKA 113 47 675 47 0 47 .4 14.3 OTHER ALASKA 42 33 149 37 0 37 .9 4.0 COFFMAN COVE 76 65 541 141 11 152 2.0 3.6 CRAIG 300 205 1,553 366 22 388 1.3 4.0 HYDABURG 34 26 90 34 7 41 1.2 2.2 JUNEAU 30 20 142 61 0 61 2.0 2.3 KASAAN 7 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0 KETCHIKAN 624 347 3,710 638 14 652 1.0 5.7 KLAWOCK 193 69 1,018 139 0 139 .7 7.3 METLAKATLA 26 9 103 17 0 17 .7 6.0 NAUKATI BAY 39 29 82 39 5 43 1.1 1.9 PETERSBURG 55 21 190 34 0 34 .6 5.6 POINT BAKER 4 4 60 15 0 15 4.0 4.0 SITKA 11 0 48 0 0 0 .0 THORNE BAY 183 143 1,404 306 5 311 1.7 4.5 WHALE PASS 6 6 253 11 0 11 1.7 23.8 WRANGELL 73 44 305 63 10 73 1.0 4.2
----------------------------------------------------------·------··---------·----------------------------..-....----------------------..-----..------------------..-- lotal 1,815 1,076 10,328 1,955 73 2,028 1.1 5.1
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Island by Communil'J of Residence
of Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days/ lsla11d Reside11ce of Hunters Successful Hu11ted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
Pleasant/Lemesurier GUSTAVUS 32 13 142 13 13 25 .8 5.6 JUNEAU 10 5 20 5 0 5 .5 4.0-----------------------------------------_.........._____ ..,___..________.._______________..........._...._.._______.........................................---------------------------------
Total 42 18 162 18 13 30 .7 5.4
Revillagigedo OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 28 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 381 132 1,428 173 0 173 .5 8.2 METLAKATLA 17 17 94 17 0 17 1.0 5.5 NEETS BAY 1 1 5 3 0 3 3.0 1.7
----------------------------------------------------------..--------.o--------------·.....------.. ---------------------------------------...----------..--------------- Total 409 150 1,560 193 0 193 .5 8.1
Shelter/lincoln OTHER ALASKA 5 5 19 5 0 5 1.0 4.0 JUNEAU 106 40 238 30 25 56 .5 4.3
Total 111 45 256 35 25 60 .5 4.3
Suemez CRAIG 6 ~ s 0 0 0 .0 SITKA 5 ~ 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0
------------------------------------------·-···----------··-·------------------··---1---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11 5 11 5 0 5 .5 2.0
Woronkofski/Stikine Islands PETERSBURG 13 4 13 4 0 4 .3 3.0 WRANGELL 24 15 34 19 0 19 .8 1.7--------·-------..·---------..-------------..................___________________..._____________________________________..... _..........................______________________________,.______________
Total 37 19 47 24 0 24 .6 2.0
Wrangell OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 9 5 9 5 0 5 .5 2.0 JUNEAU 5 0 71 0 0 0 .0 PETERSBURG 4 0 4 0 0 0 .0 WRANGELL 131 19 852 24 0 24 .2 35.2
_________.._____________,...,________..............---------------------------------------..··---------------------------------------------------------..-................................--------------· Total 154 24 941 29 '0 29 .2 32.6
Zaremba OUTSIDE ALASKA 19 9 52 9 0 9 .5 5.5 JUNEAU 5 5 25 5 0 5 1.0 5.0 PETERSBURG 93 51 271 59 0 59 .6 4.6 WRANGELL 189 116 828 203 0 203 1.1 4.1
______....,..._____________....------------------------------------------------------------·--·--------·-----------------·------------------------------------------------------- Total 306 181 1,176 277 0 277 .9 4.2
Unknown/Missing EDNA BAY 5 5 5 10 0 10 2.0 .5 GUSTAVUS 3 3 32 6 0 6 2.0 5.0 HAINES 4 4 8 0 4 4 1.0 2.0 JUNEAU 15 15 454 15 0 15 1.0 30.3 KETCHIKAN 21 21 159 28 0 28 1.3 5.8 WHALE PASS 2 2 70 2 0 2 1.0 33.0 WRANGELL 5 5 19 10 0 10 2.0 2.0 YAKUTAT 15 15 277 15 0 15 1.0 18.7
----------------------------------...............................-............-------------------------------------·---------·-·----.----------------....-------------------------------------- Total 70 70 1,023 86 4 90 1.3 11.4
---------------------------------......................_____________...................--------------------------..---------..-------------·-----------·--------------------------------......---------------- Grand Total 8,654 4,624 37,048 7,121 1,453 8,574 1.0 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Community of Residence by Island
of Residence Island
Number of Hunters
of Bucks
or Does
of Deer
Deer/ Hunter
Day&/ Deer
OUTSIDE ALASKA Admiralty 14 9 76 9 5 14 1.0 5.3 Baranof 38 14 151 14 0 14 .4 10.7 Chichagof/Yakobi 28 19 104 19 0 19 .7 5.5 Etolin 5 0 28 0 0 0 .0 Kosciusko 19 0 85 0 0 0 .0 Kulu 14 0 76 0 0 0 .0 Kupreanof 9 5 24 5 0 5 .5 6.0 Mainlanc!/Fanshaw-Stiklne 9 0 14 0 0 0 .0 Mitkoflwoewoc!ski 6 0 9 0 0 0 .0 Outer Islands (Noyes, etc.} 6 ·o 9 0 0 0 .0 Prince of Wales 113 47 675 47 0 47 .4 14.3 Revlllagigedo 5 0 28 0 0 0 .0 Wrangell 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0 Zaremba 19 9 52 9 0 9 .5 5.5 ____________________..______________.,.____________....._..__________,._..,.___________________........................_________________________________________
Total 288 104 1,336 104 5 109 .4 12.3
OTHER ALASKA Admiralty 23 9 74 9 0 9 .4 8.0 Baranof 33 19 86 19 14 33 1.0 2.7 Chichagof/Yakobi 47 23 181 33 5 37 .8 4.9 Cleveland Peninsula 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 Douglas 19 ·0 37 0 0 0 ,0 Gravina 5 9 0 0 0 .0 Kruzor 5 19 9 0 9 2.0 2.0 Mitkof/Woewodskl 5 14 5 0 5 1.0 3.0 Prince of wales 42 31 149 37 0 37 .9 4.0 Revlllaglgedo 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0 Shel!erllincoln 5 5 19 5 0 5 1.0 4.0 ·WrangeR 9 5 9 5 0 5 .5 2.0 ______________________.._________________________________________________......_.,_____.,________.,...______________________________________________________
Tofal 200 102 614 121 19 140 .7 4.4
ANGOON Admiralty 66 53 276 79 53 131 2.0 2.1 Baranof 13 13 26 26 0 26 2.0 1.0 Chichagof/Yakobi 26 13 79 26 0 26 1.0 3.0
-------..-----------------------------------------------------------------------..------·------------------------..·------------------ Total 105 79 381 131 53 184 1.8 2.1
COFFMAN COVE Etolin 5 5 22 5 0 5 1;0 4.0 Prince of Wales 76 65 541 141 11 152 2.0 3.6---------------------------------------.....................______.._....____________________________________.., ___ .._______________________.............................. __________________
Total 81 70 563 146 11 157 1.9 3.6
CRAIG Dallllong 6 6 6 11 0 11 2.0 .5 Hecela 6 0 6 0 0 0 .0 Kupreanof 6 6 6 6 0 6 1.0 1.0 Mitkof/Woewodski 6 0 0 0 0 0 .0 Outer Islands (Noyes, etc.) 22 17 44 28 0 28 1.3 1.6 Prince of Wales 300 205 1,553 366 22 388 1.3 4.0 Suemez 6 0 6 0 0 0 .0
~--------------------------------------------..-------------------------------..·------------.....................____________________________________...._____________ Total 349 233 1,620 410 22 433 1.2 3.7
EDNA BAY Saranof 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 Unknown/Missing 5 5 5 10 0 10 2.0 .5------------------_.._..................______________..................-............._...._...____________________,..___.,..._______..______________..___________________________.........................-----...
Total 10 10 10 15 0 15 1.5 .7
i:t.FJNCOVE Chichagof/Yakobi 22 22 30 69 13 82 3.8 .4'----------------------------------------------------..----------....................................______________..____________________________________....____________.._________...--_ l'Olal 22 22 30 69 13 82 3.8 .4
'FUNTER BAY Admiralty 3 3 12 9 3 12 4.0 1.0,,.,._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~lotal . . 3 3 12 9 3 12 4.0 1.0
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Community of
Total 2 0 4 0 0 0 .0
GUSTAVUS Chichagof/Yakobi Pleasant/Lernasurier Unknown/Missing
HAINES Admiralty Baranof Chichagof/Yakobi Douglas Kruzof Mainland!Chilkat Range Unknown/Missing
21 21 62 4 4
12 4
12 0
95 83
0 0
17 0
.8
2.0 .....______________________________............----·------------------·----------------·-----..----..-----------------------·--------------------------------..-- Total 129 66 548 66 33 100 .8 5.5
HOONAH ChichagoUYakobl 209 198 1,719 581 35 616 2.9 2.8
----------------------------------------------.....-------..----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------........-----.. Total 209 198 1,71.9 581 35 616 2.9 2.8
HYDABURG Dati/Long 7 0 7 0 0 0 .0 Prince of Wales 34 28 90 34 7 41 1.2 2.2 ----------------------------..--..---------..--------------------------..------..·------------------------------..--------------------.--........................--------------------
Total 41 28 96 34 7 41 1.0 2.3
JUNEAU Admiralty 1,052 592 4,139 713 304 1,017 1.0 4.1 Baranof 30 20 81 56 5 51 2.0 1.3 ChichagofNakobi 572 395 2,419 562 147 70B 1.2 3.4 Douglas 633 182 2,090 172 111 283 .4 7.4 Kruzof 10 10 40 10 5 15 1.5 2.7 Mainland/Juneau Area 81 5 106 10 0 10 .1 10.5 Prince of Wales 30 20 142 61 0 61 2.0 2.3 P!easant/Lemesurier 10 5 20 5 0 5 .5 4.0 SheHerllincoln 106 40 238 30 25 56 .5 4.3 Wrangell 5 0 71 0 0 0 .0 Zarembo 5 5 25 5 0 5 1.0 5.0 Unknown/Missing 15 15 132 15 0 15 1.0 8.7 ----------------------------------------·---------------------------------------------------------......................................._..._____________________________..._____,.._
Total 2,550 1,290 9,503 1,639 597 2,237 .9 4.2
KAKE Admiralty 20 20 65 39 20 59 3.0 1.1 Baranor 7 0 7 0 0 0 .0 Kupreanof 46 20 430 33 0 33 .7 13.2
.,.............-..............------------------..-------------·------------------------------------..----------------------.....----------------...................____..,________________________________.,._____ Total 72 39 502 72 20 91 1.3 5.5
KASAAN Prince of Wales 7 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0-----------------------------------------------------------..--------------------------·--...................._.._.........................__.._________________________________________....................________ Total 7 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0
KETCHIKAN Admiralty 14 7 69 14 0 14 1.0 5.0 Baranof 21 14 62 21 0 21 1.0 3.0 Cleveland Peninsula 83 0 236 0 0 0 .0 Etolln 14 7 14 7 0 7 .5 2.0 Gravina 139 35 312 42 0 42 .3 7.5 Heceta 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0 Kosciusko 7 0 7 0 0 0 .0 Mainland/Misty Fjords 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0 Prince of Wales 624 347 3,710 638 14 652 1.0 5.7 Revillaglgedo 381 132 1,428 173 0 173 .5 8.2 Unknown/Missing 21 21 159 28 0 28 1.3 5.8-----------...·-------------------------.........._..................____________...._________________...__.._________________________,.. __.,______________________..........................---------------------------
Total 1,317 576 6,026 936 14 950 .7 6.3
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CommunHy of
15 193
0 69
31 1,018
0 139
0 0
0 139
-·----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 208 69 1,049 139 0 139 .7 7.6
METLAKATlA Gravina 34 9 68 9 0 9 .3 8.0 Prince of Wales 26 9 103 17 0 17 .7 6.0 Revillagigedo 17 17 94 17 0 17 1.0 5.5
Total 77 34 265 43 0 43 .6 6.2
MEYERS CHUCK Chichagof/Yakobi 3 3 27 13 0 13 4.0 2.0 EtoBn 3 3 17 3 0 3 1.0 5.0
·---··----------------------------------------------------------------··-····--------------------------- Total 7 7 43 17 0 17 2.5 2.6
NAUKATIBAY Hecela 5 5 24 5 0 5 1.0 5.0 Kosciusko 10 10 24 10 0 10 1.0 2.5 Prince of Wales 39 29 82 39 5 43 1.1 1.9
Total 53 130 53 5 58 1.1 2.2
NEETSBAY Revlllaglgedo 5 3 0 3 3.0 1.7
Total 5 3 0 3 3.0 1.7
PELICAN Chichagof/Yakobi 25 21 126 58 15 74 3.0 1.7
Total 25 21 126 58 15 74 3.0 1.7
PETERSBURG Admiralty 85 51 245 80 13 93 1.1 2.6 Baranof 4 4 17 4 0 4 1.0 4.0 Chichagof/Yakobi 13 B 72 17 13 30 2.3 2.4 Douglas 8 0 B 0 0 0 .0 Etonn 4 4 4 4 0 4 1.0 1.0 Kosciusko 4 4 13 8 0 B 2.0 1.5 Kuiu 17 4 30 4 0 4 .3 7.0 Kupraanof 173 68 558 76 0 76 .4 7.3 Mainland/Fanshaw-Stikine 72 30 245 34 0 34 .5 7.2 Mitkof/Woewodski 233 51 977 59 0 59 .3 16.5 Prince of Wales 55 21 190 34 0 34 .6 5.6 WoronkofskiiStikinelslands 13 4 13 4 0 4 .3 3.0 Wrangell 4 0 4 0 0 0 .0 Zarembo 93 51 271 59 0 59 .6 4.6
--------------------·----------·-------"'!'!"·---------------..-----------------------------------------·--------·--------------...-....-------..----...------------ Total 778 300 2,648 385 25 410 .5 6.5
POINT BAKER Kuiu 4 4 38 8 0 B 2.0 5.0 Prince of Wales 4 4 60 15 0 15 4.0 4.0
---------------------------------..----------------------------------------------------.. -.-..-------------------·--.....----------------------------------.....................________ Total B 8 98 23 0 23 3.0 4.3
PORT ALEXANDER Baranof 4 0 22 0 0 0 ,0 Chichagof/Yakobi 4 4 17 9 4 13 3.0 1.3 -----------------------------------------------------------------·---------------------...........____,.______................_____..______________., ..__~--------..----------------
Total 9 4 39 9 4 13 1.5 3,0
SITKA Admiralty 11 11 43 5 11 16 1.5 2.7 Baranof 724 456 3,090 713 327 1,041 1.4 3.0 ChichagofNakobl 263 166 697 247 91 338 1.3 2.1 Hecela 5 5 32 5 5 11 2.0 3.0 Kruzof 257 172 547 204 80 284 1.1 1.9 Kupreanof 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 Prince of Wales 11 0 48 0 0 0 .0 Suemez 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0
----------------------..---------..---------------...------..·-·--------------..·----------------------------..-----------------------..---..------------------------------ Total 1,282 821 4,469 1,186 515 1,701 1.3 2.6
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or Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days/ Residence Island of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
SKAGWAY Baranof 10 5 26 a 10 18 1.8 1.4 ChichagofNak.obl 3 3 10 3 0 3 I 1.0 4.0 Douglas 3 0 8 0 0 0 .o
----------------------------------------------------------..--------------------...-------~------------------------- ..---------------------------------------------- Total 16 8 44 10 10 21 1.3 2.1
TENAKEE SPRINGS ChlchagofNakobi 36 29 176 61 11 72 2.0 2.5
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------·----·---------------------------------------------------------- Total 36 29 176 61 11 72 2.0 2.5
THORNE BAY Prince of Wales 183 143 1,404 306 5 311 1.7 4.5........_________.....__...............___....._____________________________________________.,____________________.._,..______________..__,..._____________________.._______________ Total 183 143 1,404 306 5 311 1.7 4.5
WHALE PASS Prince of Wales 6 6 253 11 0 11 1.7 23.8 Unknown/Missing 2 2 70 2 0 2 1.0 33.0
------------------------------..--------------...---------------------------------------...----------------------------........______________..___ Total 9 9 323 13 0 13 1.5 25.3
WRANGELL Etolin 19 19 48 29 0 29 1.5 1.7 Haceta 19 10 77 29 0 29 1.5 2.7 Kuiu 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 Kupreanof 15 10 116 24 0 24 1.7 4.8 Mainland/Fanshaw-Stikine 10 0 68 0 0 0 .0 Outer Islands (Noyes, etc.) 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 Prince of Wales 73 44 305 63 10 73 1.0 4.2 Woronk.ofski/Stikine Islands 24 15 34 19 0 19 .a 1.7 WrangeU 131 19 852 24 0 24 .2 35.2 Zarembo 189 116 828 203 0 203 1.1 4.1 Unknown/Missing 5 5 19 10 0 10 2,0 2.0
Total 494 247 2,358 412 10 421 .9 5.6
YAKUTAT Unk.nown/Misslng 15 15 277 15 0 15 1.0 1a.7
Total 15 15 277 15 0 15 1.0 18.7
Grand Total 8,654 4,624 36,728 7,121 1,453 8,574 1.0 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals by Major Hunt Area
Number Hunters of Days of of of Percent Deer/ Days/ Major Hunt Area of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Bucks Hunter Deer
1 Gravina Island 178 43 390 50 0 50 100% .3 7.8
3 Duke Island 9 0 9 0 0 0 .0
4 Southern Revilla 276 99 1,003 119 0 119 100% .4 8.4
5 Northern Revilla 155 44 488 60 0 60 100% .4 8.1
6 Lower Cleveland Peninsula 88 0 245 0 0 0 .o 7 Misty Fjorcls North 7 7 14 7 0 7 100% 1.0 2.0
9 Outside Islands 43 27 70 38 0 38 100% .9 1.8
1o Heceta Island 57 27 184 46 5 52 90% ,9 3.6
11 SW. Coast and Islands 80 37 158 62 0 62 100% .8 2.5
12 SE. Prince of wales 233 108 1,129 157 12 169 93% .7 6.7
13 Central Prince of Wales 670 419 2,941 706 6 711 99% 1.1 4.1
14 Northcentral Price of Wales 723 358 3,031 553 21 573 96% .8 5.3
15 Northern P of W- Kosciusko 637 291 3,017 503 29 532 95% .8 5.7
16 MainlandiFanshaW-LeConte 69 25 234 30 0 30 100% .4 7.9
17 Mainland/LeConte-Stiklne 22 4 93 4 0 4 100% .2 22.0
19 Sumner/Ernest Islands 483 261 2,351 395 0 395 100% .8 5.9
20 Mitkoflsland 248 55 1,001 64 0 64 100% .3 15.7
22 Sullivan-Endicott River 12 0 25 0 0 0 .0
24 Berners Bay 5 0 10 0 0 0 .0
25 Mainland/Juneau 81 5 106 10 0 10 100% .1 10.5 ·
26 Shelter-linCOln Islands 111 45 256 35 25 60 58% .5 4.3
27 Douglas Island 666 186 2,160 172 115 288 60% .4 7.5
28 MainlandfTaku-Holkam 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0
30 Sitka sound 650 341 2,176 424 218 642 66% 1.0 3.4
31 Kruzof Island 276 191 619 223 94 317 70% 1.1 2.0
32 W. Baranofls. 143 85 350 80 42 122 66% .8 2.9
33 Peril Strait 541 326 1,793 523 171 694 75% 1.3 2.6
34 W. ChichagofNakobi 212 145 811 . 260 93 352 74% 1.7 2.3
35 NE Chichagof Island 561 379 3,172 849 97 945 90% 1.7 3.4
36 S. Shore Tenakee 149 112 525 137 31 167 82% 1.1 3.1
37 E. and s. Baranof Island 116 69 442 105 21 127 83% 1.1 3.5
38 N. Admiralty Island 612 301 1,853 312 99 411 76% .7 4.5
39 SE. Admiralty Island 161 106 640 130 45 175 74% 1.1 3.7
40 W. Admiralty Island 217 152 980 206 151 357 58% 1.6 2.7
41 Seymour Canal 406 225 1,447 275 101 376 73% .9 3.8
42 Icy Strait 222 171 673 213 45 258 83% 1.2 2.6
45 Yakutat Forelands 54 15 277 15 0 15 100% .3 18.7
50 KuiUICoronation Islands 35 13 143 17 0 17 100% .5 8.6
51 Kupreanof Island 254 113 1,139 149 0 149 100% .6 7.7
99 Missing/Unknown 127 127 1,087 195 31 226 86% 1.8 4.8
----------------------------------------..----------..-....-..----------------....----------------....---------..------------------------------------·----------- TOTAL 9,595 4,912 37,048 7,121 1,453 8,574 83% .9 4.3
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for I'Jiajor by Community of Residence
of Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days/ MaJor Hunt Area Residence of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
Gravina Island OTHER ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 139 35 312 42 0 42 .3 7.5 METLAKATLA 34 9 68 9 0 9 .3 8.0
Total 178 43 390 50 0 50 .3 7.8
3 Duke Isfan~ METlAKATLA 9 0 9 0 0 0 .0 _______________...._____________...__________.._____.....................______________________________________.._.............._________________.__________________________ Total 9 0 9 0 0 0 .o
4 Southern Revilla OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 26 0 0 0 .o OTHER ALASKA 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0
KETCHIKAN 250 90 901 111 0 111 .4 8.1 METLAKATLA 17 9 66 9 0 9 .5 8.0
Total 276 99 1,003 119 0 119 .4 8.4
5 Northern Revilla KETCHIKAN 146 35 458 49 0 49 .3 9.4 METlAKATLA 9 9 26 9 0 9 1.0 3.0 NEETSBAY 1 1 5 ------------------------------------..·-------------..·---------------------------------..--........ ___
3 _______
Total 155 44 488 60 0 60 .4 8.1
6 Lower Cleveland Peninsula OTHER ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 63 0 236 0 0 0 .0
Total 88 0 245 0 0 0 .0
7 Misty Fjords North KETCHIKAN 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0 ______________________________..________..,______----------·-------------..----------------------------------·-------------------------------·--------------------- Total 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0
9 Outside Islands OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 CRAIG 28 17 50 28 0 28 1.0 1.8 SITKA 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0 WRANGELL 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0
~---------------------------------------___________.._______________________.._______________________.._.._______________ ..------------------------------------ Total 43 27 70 38 0 38 .9 1.8
10 Hecela Island CRAIG 6 0 6 0 0 0 .0 KETCHIKAN 7 7 14 7 0 7 1.0 2.0 KLAWOCK 15 0 31 0 0 0 .0 NAUKATI BAY 5 5 24 5 0 5 1.0 5.0 SITKA 5 5 32 5 5 11 2.0 3.0 WRANGELL 19 10 77 29 0 29 1.5 2.7
------..........................................-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.----..-....------------ Total 57 27 184 46 5 52 .9 3.6
11 SW. Coast and Islands CRAIG 22 17 39 28 0 28 1.3 1.4 HYDABURG 28 21 83 34 0 34 1.2 2.4 KETCHIKAN 7 0 14 0 0 0 .0 KLAWOCK 23 0 23 0 0 0 .o------..........................._____________________________..___.....................______........----...----------------------------------..------------·----------------·--.....................____________________
Total ao 37 158 62 0 62 .8 2.5
12 SE. Prince of Wales OUTSIDE ALASKA 14 0 42 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 5 5 9 5 0 5 1.0 2.0
CRAIG 44 28 72 33 6 39 .9 1.9 HYDABURG 7 7 14 0 7 7 1.0 2.0 KETCHIKAN 97 55 888 97 0 97 1.0 9.1 KLAWOCK 39 0 54 0 0 0 .0 METLAKATLA 17 9 34 17 0 17 1.0 2.0 SITKA 5 0 11 0 0 0 .0 WRANGELL 5 5 5 5 0 5 1.0 1.0
_________,..._.._____________..........................-......................---·----------..---------------------·-"""'-----------------...........--..-------------------------------------------......----------------- Total 233 108 1,129 157 12 169 .7 6.7
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2002-2003 Southeast Deer Survey Estimated Totals for Major by Community of Residence
Total Community Number of ·Number Number Number Numb~~r Average Average
of Numbllr Hunters of Days of of or Deer/ Days/ Major Hunt Area Residence of Hunters Successful Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
13 Central Prince of Wales OUTSIDE ALASKA 52 24 241 24 0 24 .5 10.2 OTHER ALASKA 9 9 14 14 0 14 1.5 1.0
COFFMAN COVE 5 5 0 11 0 11 2.0 .0 CRAIG 166 100 688 172 6 178 1.1 3.9 JUNEAU 15 15 46 40 0 40 2.7 1.1 KASAAN 7 7 7 7 0 7 1.0 1.0 KETCHIKAN 159 104 492 166 0 166 1.0 3.0 KLAWOCK 93 31 362 54 0 54 .6 6.7 THORNE BAY 158 119 1,068 213 0 213 1.3 5.0 WRANGEll 5 5 24 5 0 5 1.0 5.0
--------------------..·--':""""··-·----------------.......----------------------------------------------------------.------------------------...·--------------------- Total 670 419 2,941 706 6 711 1.1 4.1
14 Northcentral Price of Wales OUTSIDE ALASKA 38 9 165 9 0 9 ,3 17.5 OTHER ALASKA 19 9 102 9 0 9 .5 11.0 COFFMAN COVE 76 65 536 130 5 135 1.8 4.0 CRAIG 122 61 383 78 6 83 .7 4.6 JUNEAU 25 15 96 20 0 20 ,8 4.8 KETCHIKAN 250 111 1,088 159 0 159 .6 6.7 KLAWOCK 93 39 370 54 0 54 .6 6.9 METLAKATLA 9 0 26 0 0 0 .0 NAUKATIBAY 14 10 14 19 5 24 1.7 .6 PETERSBURG 8 4 38 4 0 4 .5 9.0 SITKA 5 d 11 0 0 0 ,0 THORNE BAY 64 351 222 69 5 74 1.2 3.0 ------------------·-..-----------------..-------------------...-------------..:;..---------------------.. -------------------------............._____,..____......______
Total 723 358 3,031 553 21 573 .8 5.3
15 Northam P of W- Kosciusko OUTSIDE ALASKA 57 14 208 14 0 14 .2 14.7 OTHER ALASKA 14 9 33 9 0 9 .7 3.5
CRAIG 100 44 366 50 6 55 .6 6.6 JUNEAU 5 0 35 0 0 0 .o KETCHIKAN 208 97 1,158 236 14 250 1.2 4.6 KLAWOCK 54 23 131 31 0 31 .6 4.3 NAUKATIBAY 34 24 92 29 0 29 .9 3.2 PETERSBURG 55 25 165 38 0 38 .7 4.3 POINT BAKER 4 4 60 15 0 15 4.0 4.0 SITKA 11 0 27 0 0 0 .0 THORNE BAY 25 5 148 15 0 15 ,6 10.0 WHALE PASS 9 6 323 13 0 13 1.5 25.3 WRANGELL 63 39 271 53 10 63 1.0 4.3
---·----..--------------------------------------·-------------------------------------------------------------------........-..........___________________.,__ Total 637 291 3,017 503 29 532 .8 5.7
16 Malnland/Fanshaw·LeConte OUTSIDE ALASKA 9 0 14 0 0 0 .0 PETERSBURG 59 25 220 30 0 30 .5 7.4--------------------------------·---------......._________________........_______...._______..__________.,._________________________________________....................._..______________
Total 69 25 234 30 0 30 .4 7.9
17 IVIainland/LeConte-Stikine PETERSBURG 13 4 25 4 0 4 .3 6.0 WRANGELL 10 0 68 0 0 0 .0
----------------------..------------------..--------------------------------------------------------..........-----------------...-------------------..------------- Total 22 4 93 4 0 4 .2 22.0
19 Sumner/Ernest Islands OUTSIDE ALASKA 24 9 85 9 0 9 .4 9.0 OTHER ALASKA 9 5 9 5 0 5 .5 2.0
COFFMAN COVE 5 5 22 5 0 5 1.0 4.0 JUNEAU 10 5 96 5 0 5 .5 19.0 KETCHIKAN 21 14 49 14 0 14 .7 3.5 MEYERS CHUCK 3 3 17 3 0 3 1.0 5.0 PETERSBURG 106 59 292 68 0 68 .6 4.3 WRANGELL 305 160 1,782 286 0 286 .9 6.2
--------------·---------..··---------------------....----------------------------------------------------------------""··-----------...----------------------·----- Total 483 261 2,351 395 0 395 .8 5.9
20 IVIi!kof Island OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 9 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 5 5 14 5 0 5 1.0 3.0
CRAIG 6 0 0 0 0 0 .0 PETERSBURG 233 51 977 59 0 59 .3 16.5 _________._............-----------------·------------------·--------..----------------------------------------................-----------------------------...---------------·-----...--
Total 248 55 1,001 64 0 64 .3 15.7
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Major Hunt Area
Average Deer/ Hunter
Average Days/ Deer
22 Sullivan-Endicott River HAINES 12 0 25 o 0 0 .0
Total 12 0 25 0 0 0 .0
24 Berners Bay JUNEAU 5 0 10 0 0 0 .0
Total 5 0 10 0 0 0 .0
25 Mainland/Juneau JUNEAU 81 5 106 10 0 10 .1 10.5
Total 81 5 106 10 0 10 .1 10.5
26 Sheller-Lincoln Islands OTHER ALASKA JUNEAU
5 106
5 40
19 238
5 30
0 25
5 56
1.0 .5
4.0 4.3
19 4
4.0 7.4
28 Mainlandtraku-Holkam JUNEAU 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0 ______________,.________________________________,._________________,.__________________________________........................----·---w-------·--------------..--------------- Total 5 0 5 0 0 0 .0
30 Sitka Sound OUTSIDE ALASKA 19 5 80 5 0 5 .3 17.0 OTHER ALASKA 28 14 74 14 9 23 .B 3.2
----------------------------------------------..-----------------------------------·------------------..-----------------------------------..-----------------------
----------·-----·----------------------------------------...-----------------··-···----------------------·-...-------""---------------------------------------------------------
31 Kruzof Island OTHER ALASKA HAINES JUNEAU SITKA
5 4
10 257
5 4
10 172
Total 276 191 619 223 94 317 1.1 2.0
32 W. Baranof Is. OUTSIDE ALASKA 5 0 14 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 5 5 5 5 5 9 2.0 .5
JUNEAU 5 5 15 0 5 5 1.0 3.0 SITKA 129 75 317 75 32 107 .8 2.9
-----·--------------------------------------·-----------...---------------------..--..-----..·----------------------......-------------------..·--------------------·----------------· Total 143 85 350 80 42 122 .8 2.9
33 Peril Strait OUTSIDE ALASKA 14 0 47 0 0 0 .0 OTHER ALASKA 23 14 47 19 5 23 1.0 2.0
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of Number Hunters of Days of of of Deer/ Days/ Major Hunt Area Residence of Hunters SuccessfUl Hunted Bucks Does Deer Hunter Deer
34 W. Chichago

2002 deer hunter survey summary statistics

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