Hunting

Wildlife management areas (state): 1,355 (1.1 million acres)

Waterfowl production areas (federal): 853 (184,083 acres)

Game species: 110

Harvest

Deer: 158,854

Bear: 4,110

Moose: 125

Small game:
Common snipe - 3,000
Coot - 20,000
Fox - 16,000
Hungarian partridge - 11,000
Pheasant - 358,000
Eastern cottontail rabbit - 52,000
White-tailed jack rabbit - 4,000
Snowshoe hare - 11,000
Ruffed grouse - 249,000
Sharp-tailed grouse - 9,000
Spruce grouse - 12,000
Squirrel/Grey - 201,000
Waterfowl - 1,294,000
Wild turkey - spring: 7,650; fall: 594
Woodcock - 28,000
Red fox - 15,000
Coyote - 14,000

updated - 2003

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