Draft Report - USFWS

Buck mortality rate (calculated from the ratio of spikes to total number of bucks) was 0.39 averaged across the Olympic Peninsula, but varied among GMUs. Herds in high-cover GMUs such as Soleduck and Matheny had mortality rates of 0.26-0.32, compared to 0.54 in areas of less-mature growth and increased access (G. A. Schirato, Washington ... ................
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