Report Nr. 2925 1982 Deer Pellet Group Surveys

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.