With deer hunting just around the corner and excitement building, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) put out some interesting facts about the wily white-tail.
Minnesota white tail deer triva
. Adult female whitetailed deer weigh about 145 lbs., and males weigh about 170 lbs. . The biggest whitetailed deer recorded in Minnesota was a 500- pound buck.
. A whitetail’s home range is about 1 square mile.
. There are nearly 500,000 firearms deer hunters in Minnesota.
. Last year, 30 percent of Minnesota firearm hunters successfully harvested a deer. About 63 percent were antlered bucks.
. Seventy percent of Minnesota’s firearms deer harvest typically occurs during the first three or four days of the season.
. The average hunter spends five days afield during Minnesota’s firearms deer season. . Hunters can register their deer via internet, phone or at walk-in big-game registration stations, except in southeastern Minnesota permit areas 339 to 349 during the firearms season while the DNR samples deer for chronic wasting disease.
. The largest typical whitetail buck taken in Minnesota had a Boone & Crockett score of 202, shot by John Breen in 1918 near Funkley. . Minnesota’s No. 1 non-typical whitetail buck had 43 points, shot by 17-year-old Mitch Vakoch in 1974.
Deer licenses
.In total, about 606,000 deer hunting licenses and permits (all types) were sold in 2015.
. 97 percent of Minnesota deer licenses are sold to state residents.
. The DNR Information Center remained open 3½ hours later on the day before last year’s deer opener to answer more than 1,600 telephone inquiries, most of them related to the firearms opener.
Hunting economics
. All hunting-related expenditures in Minnesota totaled $725 million.
. Trip-related expenses such as food and lodging, transportation were $235 million.
. Hunters spent $400 million on equipment.
. Hunters spent $90 million on other items such as magazines, membership dues, licenses, permits, land leasing and ownership.
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