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I've heard in colorado the mule deer migrate up to 500 miles
I read in a credible magazine and had it verified by a biologist that the only true whitetail migration is the animals that live in North Spokane County and migrate over to Tum Tum. In that said article one collered doe traveled 30 miles in 24 hrs. Not sure what the true definition of migration is but I found this very interesting....
An ambitious research project is under way to shed light on the mysterious movements of white-tailed deer through the thick cover of northeastern Washington.The study area in Stevens, Pend Oreille and northern Spokane counties covers the state’s most productive region for whitetails and the hunters who pursue them during fall big-game seasons.About 35 bucks, does and fawns gave researchers an intimate glimpse of their daily movements, migrations and, in a few cases, their deaths during the first year of research that started in January 2012.Another 35 already have been captured, fitted with transmitters and released during the winter trapping season going into the second year of the study.About $400,000 in federal grants, state wildlife funds and volunteer services will be devoted to the project over 3 1/2 years, said Woody Myers, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department big-game research biologist.Up to 100 deer will be adorned with $170 radio ear-tags or with $2,200 GPS collars that allow researchers to peg their location every four hours. Deer movements can be overlaid on maps that will show their migration routes and habitat preferences.The number of deer with transmitters was small as the study ramped up in its first year, but some trends already are catching the attention of Myers, and University of Montana researcher Charlie Henderson.“It’s somewhat surprising to see how far some whitetails were migrating from summer to winter ranges,” Myers said.“The Midwestern and Eastern version of whitetail research shows whitetails with fairly small home ranges, just a few square miles. But we’re seeing some whitetails moving farther.”One deer stayed within 393 acres – about a half-section of land – for the year.However, the largest home range (year-round area) documented so far is 7,633 acres covered by a doe. She concentrated most of her summer on 563 acres and wintered on 755 acres.“As a storm was moving, the doe headed to her winter range as though a light came on,” Myers said. “She left her summering area near the Pend Oreille River at 2 a.m. on Dec. 19 and arrived within her winter range on the Little Pend Oreille (National Wildlife Refuge) on Dec. 21. That’s 20 miles as the crow flies.”Some deer followed the same corridor almost exactly as they came to winter range and returned to summer range in the spring. Others varied their migration patterns....
Quote from: Hoythunter on November 05, 2014, 08:10:04 PMI read in a credible magazine and had it verified by a biologist that the only true whitetail migration is the animals that live in North Spokane County and migrate over to Tum Tum. In that said article one collered doe traveled 30 miles in 24 hrs. Not sure what the true definition of migration is but I found this very interesting.... I'm thinking you're a little off in your memory, is this the info you are thinking of?QuoteAn ambitious research project is under way to shed light on the mysterious movements of white-tailed deer through the thick cover of northeastern Washington.The study area in Stevens, Pend Oreille and northern Spokane counties covers the state’s most productive region for whitetails and the hunters who pursue them during fall big-game seasons.About 35 bucks, does and fawns gave researchers an intimate glimpse of their daily movements, migrations and, in a few cases, their deaths during the first year of research that started in January 2012.Another 35 already have been captured, fitted with transmitters and released during the winter trapping season going into the second year of the study.About $400,000 in federal grants, state wildlife funds and volunteer services will be devoted to the project over 3 1/2 years, said Woody Myers, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department big-game research biologist.Up to 100 deer will be adorned with $170 radio ear-tags or with $2,200 GPS collars that allow researchers to peg their location every four hours. Deer movements can be overlaid on maps that will show their migration routes and habitat preferences.The number of deer with transmitters was small as the study ramped up in its first year, but some trends already are catching the attention of Myers, and University of Montana researcher Charlie Henderson.“It’s somewhat surprising to see how far some whitetails were migrating from summer to winter ranges,” Myers said.“The Midwestern and Eastern version of whitetail research shows whitetails with fairly small home ranges, just a few square miles. But we’re seeing some whitetails moving farther.”One deer stayed within 393 acres – about a half-section of land – for the year.However, the largest home range (year-round area) documented so far is 7,633 acres covered by a doe. She concentrated most of her summer on 563 acres and wintered on 755 acres.“As a storm was moving, the doe headed to her winter range as though a light came on,” Myers said. “She left her summering area near the Pend Oreille River at 2 a.m. on Dec. 19 and arrived within her winter range on the Little Pend Oreille (National Wildlife Refuge) on Dec. 21. That’s 20 miles as the crow flies.”Some deer followed the same corridor almost exactly as they came to winter range and returned to summer range in the spring. Others varied their migration patterns....http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jan/27/technology-volunteers-boost-northeastern/
