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Title: 1981 Deer Pellet Group Surveys

Title: Wildlife Division Report No. 2898

Collection Number: RG 2019-30

Scope and Content: In 1981, the deer pellet group survey was carried out in all of Michigan's northern deer range. The average over-winter deer population in the Upper Peninsula was estimated to be 287,230 animals, while the average over-winter population in the northern half of the Lower Peninsula was estimated to be 403,250 animals. After legal kill and overwinter losses are taken into account, the two regional, corresponding spring deer population estimates, prior to fawning, were 279,834 animals and 382,389 animals.

Division: Wildlife Division

Agency: Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Surveyor: G. E. Burgoyne, Jr., M. L. Moss

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: reports

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: white-tailed deer

Subject: animal populations

Subject: mammals

Subject: wildlife management

Date Created: 1981-07

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: Records are open to the public.

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