What's new
Forums
Members
Resources
Whopper Club
Politics
Pics
Videos
Fishing Reports
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Members
Resources
Whopper Club
Politics
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
Big Game Hunting
Deer
Mule Deer Surveys vs Whitetail
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
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>
[QUOTE="Vollmer, post: 25337, member: 8014"] [B][SIZE=2][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?[/COLOR] [I](story below)[/I] Spring Mule Deer Survey Complete[/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=helvetica][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][SIZE=2]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. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][SIZE=2]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. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][SIZE=2]“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. [/SIZE][img]https://nodakangler.com/forums/images/not_found/2015/04/attachmentphpattachmentid588d1429668149s-1.jpg[/img][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][SIZE=2]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. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][SIZE=2]The spring mule deer survey is used to assess mule deer abundance in the badlands. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#b22222][FONT=helvetica][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][SIZE=2]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[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=helvetica][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][SIZE=2]. Biologists have completed aerial surveys of the same 24 study areas since the 1950s.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
Verification
What is the most common fish caught on this site?
Post reply
Recent Posts
S
Bummer
Latest: snow2
Yesterday at 10:58 PM
I Love This Bar (NDA)
Latest: svnmag
Yesterday at 10:33 PM
Riddle Me This.....
Latest: svnmag
Yesterday at 9:32 PM
ROBOT
Latest: svnmag
Yesterday at 9:23 PM
Any Birders here?
Latest: svnmag
Yesterday at 9:04 PM
Prairie ghost
Latest: svnmag
Yesterday at 8:58 PM
29th Annual NDSFC Banquet
Latest: Honkerherms
Yesterday at 8:20 PM
Very GOOD shot
Latest: Davey Crockett
Yesterday at 6:57 PM
Sale
Weatherby Orion Sporting clay
Latest: 1lessdog
Yesterday at 6:45 PM
F
Border Security?
Latest: Fester
Yesterday at 5:44 PM
A good movie
Latest: risingsun
Yesterday at 1:07 PM
S
Walleye Replica
Latest: scrotcaster
Yesterday at 9:45 AM
Ghost guns
Latest: Obi-Wan
Yesterday at 9:28 AM
Sale
Lures
Latest: Sluggo
Sunday at 7:45 PM
CBD OIL
Latest: lunkerslayer
Sunday at 12:10 PM
S
Repo show
Latest: snow2
Saturday at 9:29 PM
Israel
Latest: svnmag
Saturday at 8:59 PM
P
More CWD NE ND
Latest: PrairieGhost
Saturday at 6:48 PM
Sale
Marlin 30TK
Latest: Zogman
Saturday at 3:17 PM
Tail Gate Tent
Latest: 1lessdog
Saturday at 11:36 AM
Friends of NDA
Forums
Hunting
Big Game Hunting
Deer
Mule Deer Surveys vs Whitetail
Top
Bottom