Punk Rock Mule Deer

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Here's another podcast from Mule Deer Days in Rock Springs, Wyoming

This one with Monteith Shop Researcher Rhiannon Jakopak. Her GPS-collar research showed that what many of us believed about fawns learning their migration routes from their mothers might not always be true. Fascinating...


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Great information!

One question I have on this data is: are the winter and summer areas the same with different routes between the two areas than their mothers? OR migration routes are different and lead to different summer and/or winter areas than the mothers use as well?
 
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Great information!

One question I have on this data is: are the winter and summer areas the same with different routes between the two areas than their mothers? OR migration routes are different and lead to different summer and/or winter areas than the mothers use as well?
Pretty sure it was the second one. They just up and find totally new summer habitat.
 
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Great information!

One question I have on this data is: are the winter and summer areas the same with different routes between the two areas than their mothers? OR migration routes are different and lead to different summer and/or winter areas than the mothers use as well?
Hey,

depends on definition of different.

Her conclusion was that half these fawns abandoned the migration route mom used.

I don't remember whether they ended up on a completely different winter/summer ranges, but they did use completely different migration routes-- almost going 90 degrees off of mom's migration route in almost every case.
 
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Hey,

depends on definition of different.

Her conclusion was that half these fawns abandoned the migration route mom used.

I don't remember whether they ended up on a completely different winter/summer ranges, but they did use completely different migration routes-- almost going 90 degrees off of mom's migration route in almost every case.
I would define different as outside of their mothers home range. I was always under the impression that the fawns will use the same basins/drainages as their mother.

This information definitely seems to break the mold. Thats punk rock 🤘😂
 

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Some great information, very interesting.

Did she give any clarification if the punk rock deer were majority males vs females or was that information not given?
 
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