Re: Mule deer study in the Okanagan
Originally Posted by
Keta1969
Don't know much about the study but how are they tracking fawn survival? I understand it would be natural to lose a percentage of does to preds and with them their unborn fawns, that just means to me that we need strong fawn survival from the remaining does not just initially but to breeding age.
If one takes a bit of time there is a lot of public information on this project, some of which is posted on this thread.
New fawns will be collared this spring now that some of the pregnant does are collared and being tracked.
Mortality rates will begin to declare themselves area to area.
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with keyboards and forums. - F L Wright
Try and be kind to everyone but fear no one. - Ourea