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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vollmer" data-source="post: 25337" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #b22222">Ok, I'm not trying to rag on the NDGF, but didn't they say in their story about whitetail surveys that they couldn't do an aerial survey because there was not enough snow?  And for mule deer they intentionally wait for the snow to melt?  Can anyone explain this to me?</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>(story below)</em></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px">Spring Mule Deer Survey Complete</span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px">The North Dakota Game and Fish Department completed its annual spring mule deer survey in April, and results indicate western North Dakota’s mule deer population has increased 24 percent from last year.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px">Bruce Stillings, big game supervisor, said the increase is a result of less severe winters the past couple of years, no harvest of antlerless mule deer during the past three deer hunting seasons, and improved fawn production. The 2015 index is 16 percent higher than the long-term average.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px">“In order to maintain further population growth we need to maintain a conservative management approach, with no antlerless mule deer harvest again in 2015,” Stillings said.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><img src="https://nodakangler.com/forums/images/not_found/2015/04/attachmentphpattachmentid588d1429668149s-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px">Biologists counted 2,376 mule deer in 306.3 square miles during this year’s survey. Overall mule deer density in the badlands was 7.8 deer per square mile, which is up from 6.3 deer per square mile in 2014.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px">The spring mule deer survey is used to assess mule deer abundance in the badlands. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #b22222"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px">It is conducted after the snow has melted and before the trees begin to leaf out, providing the best conditions for aerial observation of deer</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-size: 10px">. Biologists have completed aerial surveys of the same 24 study areas since the 1950s.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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