What most likely happened to the population of deer in 1963 and 1964? a graph entitled population of white tail deer in michigan from 1945 to 1962 has year on the horizontal axis, and population number on the vertical axis. from 1945 to 1951, the population increased rapidly. from 1951 to 1955, the population remained constant at 1600. from 1953 to 1959, the population decreased rapidly, and from 1959 to 2963 the population began to increase to around 750. the population increased its death rate. the population exceeded past carrying capacity. the population crashed down to 0. the population steadily increased to get closer to carrying capacity.