Sika Deer Harvest and the Value of Damage to Agriculture and Forestry

Fiscal year	Hunting			Damage			Hunting+control			value of damage (million yen)	Remarks
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1957	278		278	142		142	420		420	62	Male hunting season repopened
1958	372		372	189		189	561		561	48
1959	434		434	229		229	663		663	39
1960	552		552	211		211	763		763	42
1961	1,170		1,170	333		333	1,503		1,503	39
1962	1,528		1,528	301		301	1,829		1,829	48
1963	1,526		1,526	722		722	2,248		2,248	41
1964	2,503		2,503	656		656	3,159		3,159	26
1965	2,494		2,494	737		737	3,231		3,231	31
1966	1,688		1,688	658		658	2,346		2,346	34
1967	2,225		2,225	407		407	2,632		2,632	33
1968	1,876		1,876	392		392	2,268		2,268	22
1969	2,693		2,693	215		215	2,908		2,908	23
1970	2,175		2,175	130		130	2,305		2,305	29
1971	1,772		1,772	41		41	1,813		1,813	24
1972	3,563		3,563	113		113	3,676		3,676	22
1973	1,207		1,207	99		99	1,306		1,306	30
1974	1,279		1,279	115		115	1,394		1,394	42
1975	1,415		1,415	173		173	1,588		1,588	56
1976	2,577		2,577	239		239	2,816		2,816	103	Subprefectures given authority to allow control kill of males.
1977	2,340		2,340	231		231	2,571		2,571	229
1978	2,959		2,959	306		306	3,265		3,265	163
1979	2,495		2,495	372		372	2,867		2,867	168
1980	2,839		2,839	550	80	630	3,389	80	3,469	179
1981	2,989		2,989	644	124	768	3,633	124	3,757	327
1982	3,816		3,816	698	134	832	4,514	134	4,648	307
1983	4,855		4,855	847	308	1,155	5,702	308	6,010	397
1984	4,515		4,515	1,072	380	1,452	5,587	380	5,967	485
1985	4,961		4,961	1,399	451	1,850	6,360	451	6,811	487
1986	6,149		6,149	1,741	769	2,510	7,890	769	8,659	557
1987	4,989		4,989	2,084	892	2,976	7,073	892	7,965	753
1988	9,579		9,579	2,018	1,008	3,026	11,597	1,008	12,605	1,408
1989	9,676		9,676	2,204	1,897	4,101	11,880	1,897	13,777	1,459	Subprefectures given authority to allow control kill of females.
1990	9,607		9,607	3,528	2,999	6,527	13,135	2,999	16,134	2,028
1991	10,596		10,596	4,002	3,521	7,523	14,598	3,521	18,119	2,323
1992	12,758		12,758	4,350	3,998	8,348	17,108	3,998	21,106	2,505
1993	16,402		16,402	5,445	4,996	10,441	21,847	4,996	26,843	3,439
1994	15,723	2,272	17,995	5,568	5,359	10,927	21,291	7,631	28,922	3,384	Female hunting season reopens
1995	22,342	3,197	25,539	7,603	7,401	15,004	29,945	10,598	40,543	4,056
1996	19,610	3,312	22,922	11,540	12,172	23,712	31,150	15,484	46,634	5,005

*Major damaged crops:pasture,beat,wheat.