Archery Hunt Totals

Ramsey County conducts special permit archery hunts each fall in partnership with the Metro Bowhunters Resource Base. This dataset shares archery harvest totals. The annual hunts have been conducted since 2000. All participating hunters attend a pre-hunt orientation, agree to special hunt rules and pass an archery safety class and shooting proficiency test. Archers may keep their deer or donate the venison to local food shelves. During the hunts, entire parks or portions of a park may be closed. Archery hunting is the county's preferred method of deer population control.