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Title: 1982 Deer Pellet Group Surveys

Title: Wildlife Division Report No. 2925

Collection Number: RG 2019-30

Scope and Content: In 1982, the deer pellet group survey was carried out in all of Michigan's northern deer range. The area surveyed includes the Upper Peninsula and the northern half of the Lower Peninsula. The average aver-winter deer population in the Upper Peninsula was estimated to be 285,830 animals, while the average over-winter population in the northern half of the Lower Peninsula was estimated to be 421,300 animals. After legal kill and over-winter losses are taken into account, the two regional, corresponding spring deer population estimates, prior to fawning, were 271,760 animals and 378,840 animals.

Division: Wildlife Division

Agency: Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Surveyor: Harry R. Hill and Jean Pohl

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: 1982-08

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

Access Restrictions: Records are open to the public.

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