STONY PLAIN, Alberta, Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Alberta Professional Outfitters Society (APOS) is pleased to announce the start of the Alberta Mule Deer Collaring Project in winter 2024/25. In the first year of this multi-year projec
The vision for the Alberta Mule Deer Collaring Project is based on a similar program that began in Utah in 2014, where radio collars were initially placed on 210 does and 210 female fawns. In addition to deploying collars, the capture crew takes numerous measurements on the collared animals, assessing body condition, age, reproductive status, and testing for disease. In Utah, continuance of their monitoring program over the last 10 years has resulted in robust and powerful information to help managers better understand mule deer mortality, survival, reproduction, and management. Read More
