This year’s deer season looked pretty similar to other years. DNR state deer biologist Jace Elliott says hunters took just shy of 102-thousand deer through the various seasons this year, which matches up to last year. He says the numbers varied quite a bit through each region. Elliott says the DNR will continue to analyze the deer numbers and base the various license allocations on the population of deer in each county. The DNR does an annual spotlight survey every spring to get a handle on the number of deer in the state.