North Dakota Mule Deer Numbers up
According to several news articles, the North Dakota Mule Deer hunt starts at noon on November 9 and ends at dark on November 25. Last year, deer hunters in North Dakota set an all time harvest record at 100,000 deer. There are 5050 additional tags this year. Mild winters are getting the credit for increased deer numbers. In North and South Dakota and in Eastern Colorado, plains mule deer numbers are up significantly. The size of bucks is up as well.
Mule deer in North Dakota were hard hit by the winter of 1996-7, but have made a steady recovery since that time, progressing to 9.6 mule deer per square mile. The buck/doe ratio is estimated at 42/100. Units 4a through 4f are apparently the places to go.
