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Mule Deer Informational AGENDA #19-C MODELS AND POPULATION ESTIMATES
CODY SCHROEDER – NDOW GAME DIVISION
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Harvest Data
SurveyData
Population Models
Quota Array
The Process: How do we develop quota recs?
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Population Models: Why do we estimate numbers?
No survey method has perfection detection to count all animals
Populations constantly change because of mortality, births, immigration, emigration
To provide an estimate of abundance for tag allocation (quota)
Limiting factors
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Harvest Data
▪ Mandatory harvest reporting for all big game species
▪ New system, 98% reporting rate
▪ Sex
▪ Age
▪ Hunt Unit or Unit Group
▪ # of antler points
▪ # animals wounded or tracked
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Deer Status: Harvest Trends
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▪ NDOW uses a deterministic spreadsheet model
▪ Deterministic = no stochasticity (random variation)
▪ Basic input parameters
▪ Initial population size
▪ Recruitment data (fawn:doe ratio)
▪ Harvest data (we subtract bucks, does, and fawns)
▪ Survival rates
▪ Buck:doe ratio used a qualitative measure to calibrate models
Population Models: How do we estimate populations?
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Population Models: Integrated Population Models
Count Data Telemetry Data Harvest Data Environmental Covariates
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Integrated Population Model
PopR software developed by Dr. Paul Lukacs and Josh Nowak
University of Montana
Contracted through 2021
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Summary of Agenda Item #19-C
q Process of quota development
q NDOW uses models to estimate populations
q Inputs include survey data, harvest data, survival rates
q Population trends have fluctuated over time
q In process of developing new web-based models
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Mule Deer InformationalAGENDA # 19-D DEVELOPMENT OF QUOTAS FROM SURVEY AND POPULATION DATA
CODY SCHROEDER – NDOW GAME DIVISION
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Determine # animals available for harvest
• Population estimate
• Buck to Doe Ratio
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Distribute harvest into weapon classes
• Based on previous year’s demand
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Expand harvest to quotas
• Divide harvest rate by hunt success (%)
Quota Development Process:
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Demand:Measure of interest based on 1st Choice applications from year prior
ARCHERY MUZZELOADER ANY LEGAL WEAPON
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Mule Deer : Hunt Success
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Quota Development Process: 2019 MULE DEER QUOTA ARRAY
UNIT GROUP: 171-173 - Northwestern Nye and Southern Lander Counties
PREHUNT ESTIMATE % YOUTH HUNT HUNT
ADULT ADULT BUCK HARVEST Comp. 1235 1235
BUCKS DOES RATIO AS DOES Tags % Success Early Late
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RATE DESIRED HUNT FIRST CHOICE Antlerless
OF DOE DOE 1181 APPLICATIONS--DEMAND HUNTER
HARVEST HARVEST QUOTA RIFLE MUZZL. ARCH. YOUTH RIFLE MUZZL. ARCH. SUCCESS
0% 0 0 53.7% 6.1% 15.1% 53.5% 32.0% 26.3% 9.3%
POST HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT
HUNT 1331 1371 1341 1107 1331 1371 1341
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THREE YEAR AVERAGE
HUNTER SUCCESS RATES
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Mule Deer Harvest Guidelines
25 – 35 Bucks per 100 DoesStandard
• Most Units across the state
30 – 40 Bucks per 100 DoesAlternative
• WR – 014, 194-196
• ER – 065, 081, 114-115, 131-134
• SR – 221-223, 241 - 245
Hunt Success (3 yr avg)Non-Standard
• 35 – 45% for 6 Unit Groups
• ≥ 45% for 8 Unit Groups
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Public Process
NDOW
CABs
General Public
Wildlife Commission
QUOTA
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Public Review and Wildlife Commission Processo NDOW posts official quota recommendations in late
April
o County Advisory Boards (CAB’s) receive NDOW quota recommendations
o CAB’s hold public meetings to discuss quota recommendations
o Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission meeting in May to approve NDOW’s quota recommendations
o General public and CABs provide input
o Commission makes final decision on tag quotas
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Mule Deer Restoration Effortso$25 million dollars spent on sagebrush habitat
restoration by Heritage Program since 1996oBenefits mule deer and many other wildlife
species
oOver 800 mule deer radio-collared by NDOW since 2010oMap crucial habitat and corridors
oSurvival rates
oCollect information on body condition
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Summary of Agenda Item #19-D
q Quota process is a 3-step process
q Quota array based on demand/success
q Population estimate
q Demand (previous year)
q Hunt success (3-year avg)
q Resident (90%) Non-resident (10%) split
q Public process involving NDOW, CABs, Wildlife Commission
q NDOW has spent millions of $$ in habitat and research on mule deer over last two decades
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Thank You