Deer in Western North America

[GoatGuy]

A thread things deer.

Lots of data inside so you can analyze it how you think is best.

Will break it down by jurisdiction.


Idaho Fish and Game Budget

https://dfm.idaho.gov/publications/b...l/fishgame.pdf

Idaho Forest Maps

http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidme...s/idforest.gif

Idaho Ecoregions:

ftp://newftp.epa.gov/EPADataCommons/.../id_eco_lg.pdf

US Hunting License Sales:

https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpage...ry20042015.pdf

Idaho Mule Deer Management Plan

https://idfg.idaho.gov/old-web/docs/...anMuleDeer.pdf

Idaho WT Deer Management Plan

https://idfg.idaho.gov/old-web/docs/...teTailDeer.pdf

Idaho Hunting Seasons

https://idfg.idaho.gov/sites/default..._2015-2016.pdf

Idaho 2015 Deer Hunting Statistics

http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/h...ner/stats.aspx

[GoatGuy]

Montana Fish, Wildlife Parks Budget 2014-17

http://leg.mt.gov/content/Publicatio...-00summary.pdf


Montana Ecosystem Map

http://fwp.mt.gov/education/ecosystem/home.html

Montana Ecoregions

http://www.flatheadwatershed.org/nat...iversity.shtml

US Hunting License Sales:

https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpage...ry20042015.pdf

Montana Mule Deer and WT Managment Plans and Distribution

http://fwp.mt.gov/fishAndWildlife/management/deer/

Map of Hunting Units

http://fwp.mt.gov/gis/maps/huntPlanner/?bma=true

2017 Hunting Seasons

http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/planahunt/huntingGuides/dea/

Harvest Statistics

http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/planahunt/harvestReports.html

[GoatGuy]

Washington State F&W Budget Request 2017-19
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01850/wdfw01850.pdf

Washington State Ecoregions (tough to sift through)

http://www.landscope.org/washington/...hy/ecoregions/

Washington State Mule Deer Man Plan

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01755/wdfw01755.pdf

Washington State WT Deer Man Plan

http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/white-tailed_deer/

Washington State Hunting Regulations - includes Maps

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01799/wdfw01799.pdf


Washington State Deer Harvest (interactive tab on right)

http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2...r_general.html

[GoatGuy]

BC Fish and Wildlife Budget

Not available - will be somewhere around $25M between Fish and Wildlife branch and Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC

BC Ecosystems

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HRE/becweb...ts/provincial/

BC Mule Deer Management Plan

doesn't really exist

Kootenay-Boundary MD Plan: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife...gementplan.pdf

BC White-tailed Deer Management Plan

Doesn't really exist

WT Deer issues document http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife...rov_review.pdf


BC Hunting Regs

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sp...tions-synopsis


Harvest Statistics available online (2013)

http://residentpriority.ca/2015/05/1...harvest-stats/

[GoatGuy]

Licence Type	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16
MOE HUNT RESIDENT	72,273	73,051	73,269	75,656	76,847	79,570	78,599	80,761	83,434	86,370	90,288
MOE HUNT RESIDENT SENIOR	11,895	12,605	12,820	13,550	13,805	14,440	14,630	15,437	16,056	16,946	17,899
MOE HUNT JUNIOR RESIDENT	1,465	1,524	1,633	1,661	1,583	1,668	1,497	1,630
HUNT YOUTH RESIDENT									2,165	2,652	2,662
HUNT INITIATION RESIDENT									458	874	862
Total "Resident Basic Licences"	85,633	87,180	87,722	90,867	92,235	95,678	94,726	97,828	102,113	106,842	111,711
MOE BISON	88	118	263	276	358	308	327	356	309	373	367
MOE BEAR BLACK RES	14,362	14,762	15,601	17,294	17,487	19,135	19,421	20,496	21,836	24,124	26,713
MOE BOBCAT RESIDENT	331	372	375	388	397	484	508	531	568	579	628
MOE CARIBOU RESIDENT	1,145	1,145	1,217	1,226	1,212	1,192	1,088	1,274	1,334	1,292	1,434
MOE COUGAR RESIDENT	920	960	1,077	1,159	1,297	1,402	1,528	1,788	1,988	2,093	2,341
MOE ELK RESIDENT	15,847	17,425	19,236	21,302	22,384	24,502	24,152	24,833	24,748	25,655	27,605
MOE BEAR, GRIZZLY RESIDENT	1,074	1,242	1,520	1,545	1,609	1,518	1,694	1,656	1,699	1,431	1,696
MOE LYNX RESIDENT	380	343	424	468	455	450	490	572	598	695	823
MOE MOOSE RESIDENT	35,465	35,883	35,920	36,242	38,867	39,369	38,859	38,924	39,049	38,067	39,556
MOE MOUNTAIN GOAT RESIDENT	1,857	1,928	1,954	2,086	2,319	2,223	2,163	2,414	2,285	2,393	2,434
MOE MOUNTAIN SHEEP RESIDENT	1,724	1,829	1,954	2,124	2,173	2,204	2,199	2,368	2,420	2,437	2,523
MOE DEER MULE RES	70,112	71,488	73,987	75,241	74,164	77,029	75,707	79,134	81,596	84,981	90,377
MOE DEER QCI RES	2,976	2,333	2,601	2,758	2,785	2,942	2,727	2,752	3,157	3,496	3,884
MOE DEER WHITE TAIL RES	33,365	35,364	37,505	40,563	42,010	49,505	47,725	51,265	52,346	56,752	61,711
MOE WOLVERINE RESIDENT	100	107	117	132	77	112	127	147	134	153	151
Total "Resident Species Licences"	179,746	185,299	193,751	202,804	207,594	222,375	218,715	228,510	234,067	244,521	262,243

[GoatGuy]

MOE HUNT NON RES	663	737	774	883	877	917	992	966	986	1,109	1,159
MOE HUNT JUNIOR NON RES	5	9	12	4	4	7	9	5
HUNT YOUTH NON RES									18	12	22
MOE HUNT ALIEN GAME	5,711	5,483	5,097	4,724	4,218	3,922	3,835	3,668	3,477	3,662	3,589
MOE HUNT JUNIOR ALIEN	8	15	8	9	13	20	15	19
HUNT YOUTH ALIEN									10	13	12
Total "Non-resident Basic Licences"	6,387	6,244	5,891	5,620	5,112	4,866	4,851	4,658	4,491	4,796	4,782
MOE UPLAND GAME BIRDS NON RES	424	462	452	452	450	439	439	422	452	564	606
MOE FW MUO BISON NON RES	11	9	32	21	32	32	17	27	19	22	25
MOE BEAR BLACK NON RES	3,367	3,044	2,867	2,732	2,423	2,218	2,211	2,134	1,999	2,174	2,104
MOE BOBCAT NON RES	111	91	90	98	94	112	79	109	124	108	118
MOE CARIBOU NON RES	432	446	405	377	363	329	306	310	319	367	353
MOE COUGAR NON RES	165	143	168	198	207	201	190	224	208	192	192
MOE ELK NON RES	1,008	1,149	1,076	918	817	773	766	777	666	722	599
MOE BEAR GRIZZLY NON RES	314	291	299	295	290	265	272	243	229	266	224
MOE LYNX NON RES	139	110	132	135	117	125	111	145	133	146	143
MOE MOOSE NON RES	2,683	2,618	2,381	2,209	1,959	1,813	1,821	1,685	1,548	1,656	1,651
MOE MOUNTAIN GOAT NON RES	859	774	696	683	666	648	676	654	632	687	641
MOE MOUNTAIN SHEEP NON RES	385	344	344	330	315	313	302	289	272	294	292
MOE DEER MULE NON RES	1,412	1,459	1,269	1,101	834	782	819	664	627	634	603
MOE DEER QCI NON RES	111	20	18	24	28	11	17	3	15	24	9
MOE DEER WHITE TAIL NON RES	458	576	485	450	348	399	393	294	259	267	273
MOE WOLVERINE NON RES	108	53	42	44	33	29	46	40	34	41	47
MOE WOLF NON RES	2,459	2,300	2,186	2,129	1,972	1,920	1,987	1,911	1,904	2,228	2,180
Total "Non-resident Species Licences"	14,446	13,889	12,942	12,196	10,948	10,409	10,452	9,931	9,440	10,392	10,060

[bearvalley]

Thanks for the links GG.
I haven't had time to read them but I will.
The last two posts of our provincial stats are interesting.
I may be anecdotal but it appears there's a lot of increased opportunity and possibly extra pressure being put on some species.
What do you think?

[GoatGuy]

Thanks for the links GG.
I haven't had time to read them but I will.
The last two posts of our provincial stats are interesting.
I may be anecdotal but it appears there's a lot of increased opportunity and possibly extra pressure being put on some species.
What do you think?

Certainly more licenses being sold over the last 10 years - some places the harvest is going up, other places it is going down. Overall well below what it has historically been if you use a baseline in the 70s, 80s, or 90s.

The general long-term downward trend in hunter harvest and wildlife populations becomes more evident every year.... least from my perspective.

[Timbow]

Thanks for posting the information. Lots to read

Can we get this stickied?

[Linksman313]

Thanks for this posting GG, will digest over the weekend and comment back on the MD thread.