Deer harvest numbers in Kentucky From: http://www.deerfriendly.com/deer/kentucky/kentucky-deer-population-management-and-hunting-regulations

Since 1979, records of the number of deer legally harvested has been reported using a telecheck system. The harvest numbers increased for several years. 1979 8,000 1980 9,702 1981 14,983 1986 39,520 1989 70,149 1991 92,934 1999 95,229 2000 106,263 2001 103,338 2002 115,082 2003 116,540 2004 124,752 2005 112,462 2006 122,233 2007 113,436 2008 120,610 2009 113,584 2010 110,376 2011 119,663

1. Graph the data above. You can do it by hand or use a spreadsheet (the underlined portion is a link) which is much easier and faster. 2. make an exponential model estimating the number of deer harvested using the data provided above. 3. Use this model to estimate the harvest in 2018. 4. Graph your model. If you can use a spreadsheet, it would be helpful. You can calculate the values for the data from your model. 5. make a recursive logistic equation for this data. You will have to take an educated estimate of the carrying capacity for this part. Look at the data to estimate this value. 6. Graph your logistic model preferably using a spreadsheet. 7. Once you have the model, use it to estimate the number of deer harvested in 2018. 8. Compare the two models and the actual data. This requires 3 graphs. Using graph information is ok for this. 9. Compare the behavior of the graph for all three data sources. What happened in the last part of the data?