Preliminary numbers from the nine-day 2020 gun deer season showed a 15.8% increase in harvest registrations from 2019.
A total of 188,712 deer were registered during the season, which ran from Nov. 21-29. Of that number, 85,340 were antlered deer and 103,372 antlerless.
Last year, 162,956 deer were harvested, with 76,078 being antlered and 86,878 antlerless.