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I'm sure a fan of this type of project. Good on the folks who made this happen. I know SFW and UDWR are main players. Good place to spend money and see how this might work, if at all.
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Mule deer translocation update for February 23rd-March 1st
* We have no additional mortalities to report this week for either resident or translocated deer.
* We've listened for radio signals 2 times since the last update and identified the general location for 49 of 49 resident deer and 45 of 46 translocated deer.
* We are missing one translocated deer. This deer was missing during the last week of January and the first week of February, but has been heard twice a week since then. This female has been north of the first release site and we suspect she has moved into a side canyon. We will focus on locating her following the second capture.
* We have continued to carefully (without disturbing them) observe translocated deer. We have now observed 21 different translocated deer.
All but one of them has been associated with groups of resident deer.
Although time intensive, we will continue these efforts over the next several weeks.
* This week, we downloaded data from 1 GPS collar. We have now
downloaded a total of 10 GPS collars, all of which appear to be working well.
* We have been preparing for the second capture next week. We are collaring deer on the Monroe Saturday-Monday and should be on the Parowan Front starting Tuesday.
* In summary, we've had six total mortalities (1 of 50 resident deer, 5 of 51 translocated deer). At least one of the translocated deer died of capture myopathy. Forty nine resident deer and 45 translocated deer were alive and accounted for this week.
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Brian Latturner
MonsterMuleys.com
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Mule deer translocation update for February 23rd-March 1st
* We have no additional mortalities to report this week for either resident or translocated deer.
* We've listened for radio signals 2 times since the last update and identified the general location for 49 of 49 resident deer and 45 of 46 translocated deer.
* We are missing one translocated deer. This deer was missing during the last week of January and the first week of February, but has been heard twice a week since then. This female has been north of the first release site and we suspect she has moved into a side canyon. We will focus on locating her following the second capture.
* We have continued to carefully (without disturbing them) observe translocated deer. We have now observed 21 different translocated deer.
All but one of them has been associated with groups of resident deer.
Although time intensive, we will continue these efforts over the next several weeks.
* This week, we downloaded data from 1 GPS collar. We have now
downloaded a total of 10 GPS collars, all of which appear to be working well.
* We have been preparing for the second capture next week. We are collaring deer on the Monroe Saturday-Monday and should be on the Parowan Front starting Tuesday.
* In summary, we've had six total mortalities (1 of 50 resident deer, 5 of 51 translocated deer). At least one of the translocated deer died of capture myopathy. Forty nine resident deer and 45 translocated deer were alive and accounted for this week.
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Brian Latturner
MonsterMuleys.com
