As deer season starts, N.H. has lots of deer and lots of hunters

By: DAVID BROOKS

Outlets: Concord Monitor

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 631

Last Updated: 3 hours, 22 minutes ago

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Deer hunting season may not be as central to New Hampshire life as it was before the state became so suburban, but you wouldn’t know that from the numbers.

Last year hunters in New Hampshire killed more white-tailed deer than ever: 14,387 of them. That’s the largest harvest in nearly a century, according to records going back to 1922.

The success is partly due to growth in types of hunting compared to a century ago: Archers killed …

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