gundog2
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I was reading the UDWR Deer Herd Unit #2 (Cache) Deer DEER HERD UNIT MANAGEMENT PLAN dated January 2013. The combined size of summer range, winter range, and yearlong range is reportedly 923,198 acres (1,442 square miles). The short-term and long-term management objective is 25,000 deer, but they reported a post-2018 population estimate of only 20,800 deer in the 2019-04_rac_packet.pdf last year.
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In February 2018, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department conducted an exhaustive count of the Wyoming Range Deer Herd, which stretches from the Snake River Canyon nea4 Alpine in the north to Evanston in the south. Well over 100 hours were spent in a helicopter Coverin* the 1,600 square miles (976,000 acres). This was the most comprehensive survey of this deer herd ever conducted. They counted a total of 25,300 deer, but they estimated a herd size of 29,000 using a sightability correction factor.
How do these statistics compare? Well, not too bad actually. The Cache Deer Herd had about 14.4 deer per square mile in 2018 compared to about 18.1 deer per square mile for the Wyoming Range Deer Herd in 2018. However, the Cache Deer Herd would have about 17.3 deer per square mile if we reach the management plan objectives. These numbers seem to suggest that the Cache Deer Herd could match the Wyoming Range Deer Herd with a little more effort. So what really needs to be done?
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In February 2018, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department conducted an exhaustive count of the Wyoming Range Deer Herd, which stretches from the Snake River Canyon nea4 Alpine in the north to Evanston in the south. Well over 100 hours were spent in a helicopter Coverin* the 1,600 square miles (976,000 acres). This was the most comprehensive survey of this deer herd ever conducted. They counted a total of 25,300 deer, but they estimated a herd size of 29,000 using a sightability correction factor.
How do these statistics compare? Well, not too bad actually. The Cache Deer Herd had about 14.4 deer per square mile in 2018 compared to about 18.1 deer per square mile for the Wyoming Range Deer Herd in 2018. However, the Cache Deer Herd would have about 17.3 deer per square mile if we reach the management plan objectives. These numbers seem to suggest that the Cache Deer Herd could match the Wyoming Range Deer Herd with a little more effort. So what really needs to be done?