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Title

GIFFORD POINT/FONTENELLE FOREST URBAN DEER SURVIVAL AND CASE STUDY

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

February 1997

From 1995-1996, we radio collared and/or ear tagged 98 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in an urban area of Bellevue, Nebraska. We determined the density to be 44 deer/km2 and observed the movements of 52 collared does. The managed hunt and harvest results are discussed.