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CODY URBAN DEER CLASSIFICATION/TREND SURVEY – 2016 Summary of 2016 Efforts On 12/15/2016 11 WGFD personnel conducted a classification/trend survey of deer within the city limits of Cody. The city was broken out into 10 Count Blocks (Figure and all deer encountered were classified into sex/age categories (adult buck, yearling buck, doe, fawn). Surveys were initiated at approximately 2:00pm and continued until dark, approximately 5:00pm. Areas out of, but adjacent to the City Limits of Cody were surveyed soon after. These areas included the County Road 2ABN area immediately north of Cody, and the Cooper Lane and Sage Creek areas immediately to the east of Cody. Figure 1. Cody Urban Deer Survey Count Blocks. ---PAGE BREAK--- Results of 2016 Survey Date: 12/15/2016 Observers: J. Brown, Ellsbury, Hochhalter, Hodges, McWhirter, Ostrom, Parker, Skorupski, D. Smith, Swanson, Woolley Mule Deer Observations Location Ad Bucks Yrl Bucks Does Fawns Unknown Total CB1 3 4 7 5 0 19 CB2 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB3 2 2 18 10 0 32 CB4 0 2 3 0 0 5 CB5 2 4 15 8 0 29 CB6 3 3 12 7 0 25 CB7 5 2 23 19 0 49 CB8 1 2 12 2 0 17 CB9 1 2 14 14 0 31 CB10 6 4 26 15 0 51 TOTAL 23 25 130 80 0 258 37 bucks:100 does, 62 fawns:100 does Other Areas Adjacent to Cody City Limits 2ABN 7 6 21 13 1 48 Cooper Lane 7 6 57 27 3 100 Lower Sage Creek 1 0 6 3 1 11 Upper Sage Creek 3 0 20 10 19 52 TOTAL 18 12 104 53 24 211 29 bucks:100 does, 51 fawns:100 does ---PAGE BREAK--- A total of 261 deer (258 mule deer and 3 white-tailed deer) were observed within the City Limits of Cody, and an additional 245 deer (211 mule deer and 34 white-tailed deer) were observed in adjacent areas. Mule deer fawn:doe ratios were 62:100 in the City Limits and 51:100 outside the city limits. Total buck ratios were 39:100 in the city limits and 29:100 out of the city limits. Yearling buck ratios were 19:100 in the city limits and 12:100 out of the city limits. The total number of deer observed in the City Limits from 2011 to 2016 has not varied substantially (2011=307, 2012=261, 2013=296, 2014=272, 2015=290, and 2016=261). Mule Deer Counts Count Block 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 1 35 42 59 57 60 19 2 0 0 0 24 9 0 3 68 41 49 0 26 32 4 25 16 12 11 15 5 5 56 46 43 32 43 29 6 10 18 9 22 33 25 7 42 25 27 0 0 49 8 1 8 18 31 34 17 9 20 33 26 7 22 31 10 50 30 49 84 41 51 Total 307 259 292 268 283 258 2ABN 55 55 4 33 55 48 Cooper Lane 114 93 96 78 78 100 Lower Sage Cr 43 28 10 38 25 11 Upper Sage Cr 52 58 52 37 79 52 Total 264 234 162 186 237 211 ---PAGE BREAK--- White-Tailed Deer Counts Count Block 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 1 0 2 4 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 2 4 4 7 3 2ABN 0 8 40 6 0 0 Cooper Lane 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lower Sage Cr 79 0 16 45 27 0 Upper Sage Cr 0 12 36 24 67 34 Total 79 20 92 75 94 34