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Data from the Game Harvest Survey indicates that 100,759 hunters taking to the woods with stick and string during the 3.5-month season. Regulations remained unchanged for the 2018-19 ar- chery deer season, and the season ran from Oct. 1, 2018, through Jan. 15, 2019. The bag limit was six deer, no more than two of which could be antlered. A breakdown of buck and doe harvest within each week can be seen in Figure 3. Figure 4 shows archery season hunter numbers and harvest since 2004. Deer Muzzleloader Season From Oct. 7 through Nov. 4, hunters had the opportu- nity to harvest deer using muzzleloading firearms. Bag limits remained unchanged, and hunters could harvest three deer: one antlered, and two antlerless with at least one taken from Management Zones 2, 7 or 8 (refer to the Oklahoma Deer Management Zones map). Figure 3: 2018-19 Archery Harvest by Week 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 12345678910111213141516 Week Bucks Does Figure 4: Archery Season Hunter Numbers and Harvest 35 120 30 25 20 15 10 100 80 60 40 20 5 00 Year Table 3: 2018-19 Mule Deer Harvest by County, Season, and Sex County Archery Female Male Female Gun Muzzleloader Grand Total Male Female Male Beaver 0 3 0 31 0 7 41 Beckham 0103004 Cimarron 1 12 0 61 0 11 85 Custer 0001001 Ellis 0 1 0 8 0 2 11 Greer 0002002 Harmon 0001001 Harper 0 0 0 13 0 3 16 Major 0103015 RogerMills 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 Texas 0 3 0 30 0 6 39 Washita 0003003 Woods 0101002 Woodward 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 Grand Total 1 23 0 168 0 30 222 16 OUTDOOR OKLAHOMA Number of Hunters (in thousands) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Harvest (in hundreds) Harvest (in thousands) LORI BROCK/READERS' PHOTO SHOWCASE 2018