MARYLAND

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/hntgp.html

This webpage has a link to the annual GAME PROGRAM  which, although not "user-friendly", will ultimately provide statistics on deer harvest records (Adobe acrobat required).  Information in the Game Program reveals over 110,000 rabbits and 179,000 squirrels harvested in the 1998-99 season.  (This compares to 108,865  rabbits and 226,032 squirrels taken in 1997-98.)

A good discussion on the bear population in Maryland is presented (no bear hunting is allowed in the state at this time).  Another link to DEER HUNTING IN MARYLAND provides some good information on Maryland's deer populations and deer in general.  An excellent discussion of the furbearer industry in the US is presented (as is a profile of  nutria in Maryland) in the Game Program annual report.

Unfortunately, no statistics on furbearers are available from the state at this time.  However, discussions with the furbearer biologist for Maryland has provided the following information.

OTTER - 200 are harvested on average every year in the eastern shore region.  Otters have been reintroduced into Garrett and Allegany Counties and are not trapped presently.  

FISHER - 10 to 15 are harvested each year.  Fishers have been extirpated in the east, but have been re-introduced into West Virginia have entered three western Maryland counties.

BOBCAT - Bobcats are thriving in Garrett/Allegany Counties and expanding their range to the east.  In Washington County, they are doing fair in suitable habitats.  A few sightings north of Baltimore, and a roadkill on the DC beltway 10-15 years ago indicate bobcat have recently existed in these areas.  There is no hunting season on bobcats statewide.  

COYOTES - Can be found in every county in the state.

BEAR - The estimated black bear population for Maryland is ~200.  A growing population in western Maryland has been spreading eastward since the 1980's.  Garrett County has the largest population, while Allegany and Washington Counties report numerous sightings.  While counting of bear sightings have been discontinued in Garrett County, according the Game Program, in 1999, there were 149 bear sightings in Frederick County, 42 in Washington County, 17 in Allegany County, 15 in Baltimore County and 6 in Montgomery County.  In addition, several sightings were reported in Carroll, Harford and Howard Counties. Presently, there is no hunting season for bears in Maryland.

DEER - Maryland's total deer population for the 1999-2000 season is estimated at 204,000 to 224,000.  The total harvest for the 1999-2000 season was 76,177.  Additionally, 11,517 were killed for crop damage, and 2,973 were reported as road kills. (Montgomery County led the state with 1,981 kills, with Washington as distant second with 209.  However, possible differences in record-keeping prevent accurate comparisons.)