What significant change has there been in the last 30 years to the mule deer habitat in the Beulah Unit? It should be obvious because the population has decreased by more than 50%.Mule deer have co-evolved with all the predators currently on the landscape.
When ODFW ran hounds in MDI areas there was no difference in adult survival when they were doing cougar removals.
Again, no one will get on board with the habitat issue. It’s easy to point your fingers at cougars when in reality mule deer have been escaping and avoiding predation their entire existence. Poor habitat leads to less healthy deer more susceptible to predation.
So that must mean it’s predators. No, it’s lack of habitat.
And don’t listen to that idiot in Eugene, Wayne Endicott. He’s hunted the unit 2 weekends a year so he knows what the fawn survival rate is and their cause specific mortality. What a joke.
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