Camp Ripley by the numbers

October 27, 2010 at 3:47AM
This 32-point buck, shot last year at Camp Ripley by Scott O'Konek of South Haven, Minn., may have helped attract more hunters to Ripley this fall.
This 32-point buck, shot last year at Camp Ripley by Scott O’Konek of South Haven, Minn., may have helped attract more hunters to Ripley this fall. (Dml -/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

58 Years that a limited deer hunt has been offered

310 Average deer harvest since 1980

9 Percentage of hunter success over that time

11.4 Success rate last year

4,150 Average number of hunters past five years

45 Percentage of deer taken since 1980 that were bucks

272 Weight of largest deer taken (in 1981 and 2001)

253 Weight of largest deer taken last week

3 Typical percentage of nonresident hunters at Ripley

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