HARRISBURG – The PA Game Commission reports that hunters harvested about 11% more deer in the 2024-25 hunting seasons than they did the year before. The statewide 2024-25 harvest is estimated at 476,880 deer, 175,280 of them antlered deer and 301,600 antlerless. By comparison, the statewide 2023-24 harvest was estimated at 430,010 deer. Most of that year-over-year increase is attributable to the antlerless deer harvest. The 2024-25 buck take was up 2% over the year before, and 9% over the most recent three-year average. The 2024-25 antlerless harvest increased 17% over the year before and 21% over the three-year average. The Game Commission’s harvest estimates are calculated using antlered and antlerless harvest reports submitted by hunters along with data from deer checked by crews at processors across the state.
