1834
First reported crop damage
1851
First closed season
1887
First game wardens
1895
Three milestones
1897
Hunting license costs $1
1910
Deer populations dip
1917
Shining laws and deer tags
1920
First metal deer tags
1921
Fawns defined
1925
Season closed in alternate years
1928
Button required
1932
Deer tag price rises
1933
Conservation Congress meetings
1934
First bow season
1939
Rules for kids
1942
Back tags required
1943
Doe and fawn season
1945
Red required
1950
Any deer
1951
Big changes
1953
Registration stations
1958
Season expands
1961
SAK population method used
1962
Deer population tops 400,000
1967
Hunter safety program
1978
Harvest numbers rise
1980
Blaze orange required
1986
Gun deer season is nine days
1987
Bonus antlerless permits
1991
Muzzleloader season
1992
Harvest numbers drop
1996
Earn-a-Buck
2000
All-time high harvest
2001
CWD discovered
2004
Venison donation record
2005
Top 5 counties
2009
10-year-olds allowed to hunt
2012
More changes
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