Deer Population Estimates from Camera Survey

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I have done a deer survey with 3 cameras on my 320 acre farm.  I have 570 pictures of does, 43 fawns, and 102 bucks.  This was over the first 3 weeks of August.  How do I go about projecting the actual number of deer based on my camera survey?

Thanks,

Mike

Mike,

I have posted step-by-step instructions for conducting a herd survey.

The steps K through M provide detailed instructions of how to estimate the number of deer, the adult sex ratio, etc., based on the data you’ve collected.

Camera surveys are great tools!

Growing Deer together,

Grant