mule deer

Mule deer population 34% above long-term average

BISMARCK, N.D. – A spring survey by state game officials shows the mule deer population in North Dakota is 13% higher than last year and 34% above the long-term average. The Game and Fish Department has conducted the aerial survey each year since the 1950s. Game management officials say the relatively mild winter helped balance the effects of devastating drought…

Mule Deer On The Rebound In North Dakota

A Game and Fish Department survey counted 2,446 mule deer.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The mule deer population in the western North Dakota Badlands continued its rebound this year. A Game and Fish Department survey counted 2,446 mule deer. That was down only slightly from last year, and fawn reproduction was up. Big game biologist Bruce Stillings says that’s encouraging news. Hunting of mule deer females was banned four straight…