Just saw this come across my FB from one of the local news stations
It was a harsh winter—especially for mule deer.
The Idaho Fish and Game announcing earlier this week that hunters wills see fewer hunting opportunities for mule deer does in the fall. Fish and Game expect the lowest survival of mule deer fawns in 18 years.
By mid march, about 50% of mule deer fawns wearing radio collars have died, and more are expected to die. Fish and Game is responding by reducing the 2017 and 2018 antlerless and either-sex harvest for mule deer. Whitetail and elk are both faring far better.