Re: Southern Interior Mule Deer Project Update
This has been stated in other threads on this MD project but for those that ignore the facts.....pregnancy of captured and collared MD is close to 100%. This takes into account does carrying twins. MD can’t get any more pregnant than 100%, not that difficult to understand. Recruitment is not the issue. The issue is survival, period.
So, if you have 100% pregnancy rates and no doe season yet numbers continue to drop....regulations will not do a single thing to help bolster MD numbers THUS THE STUDY!
Why are MD does not surviving, that is the basic core question that will be answered with this study.
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