Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Fawnless. A more than 25 percent drop year-over-year in the mule deer fawn-to-doe ratio suggests that poor body conditions of adult does and lack of protective cover for fawns impacted recruitment numbers seen in this fall's surveys by the NDG&F Dept.
While many hunters were gearing up for the 2021 firearms deer season, agents of the North Dakota Game & Fish Department (NDG&F) were completing aerial surveys of the state's mule deer populations in the western portion of the state and compiling the data tracking the numbers and health of the state's popular herd. Unfortunately, a number of factors including lack of forage, lack of cover and a spi...
