Game and Fish Department biologist Bruce Stillings says observers in airplanes counted 1,528 mule deer in the October survey. While the buck-to-doe ratio of 0.54 was above the long-term average, the fawn-to-doe ratio of 0.74 was the second-lowest documented since 1975 and well below the long-term average of 0.95 fawns per doe.
Stillings says the only year with lower fawn production was 1997, following one of the worst winters on record.
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