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21,062 deer represent a 27-percent decrease in harvest from 2007 and the lowest deer harvest since 1986, the beginning of the any-deer permit system. The long winter, with record-setting snow packs, created extremely difficult conditions for deer, with deer yarded up on average for more than 140 days statewide, compared to the normal 84 days, according to Lee Kantar, deer and moose biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.