Game/ Non-Game Population Surveys
Understanding the abundance and composition of predator and prey populations present on one’s property is a perquisite to responsibly implementing most wildlife management strategies. It is crucial to know the size and sex ratio of a deer herd as well as estimate the effects of predation upon a herd prior to establishing harvest quotas and executing other management activities such as predator control. Wildlife managers utilize population census and estimation techniques to obtain this information which can be useful not only in wildlife management, but in the acquisition of wildlife management property tax exemptions and managed lands deer permits.
