Mule deer population estimates rising

Representatives from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (Game & Fish) gave their annual report on the Platte Valley Mule Deer Initiative (PVMDI) Thursday night at the Saratoga Town Hall.

Rick King, the Regional Wildlife Supervisor with the Game and Fish Laramie Regional office, said 2016 will be a big year as the third year of the limited quota ends in 2015 and the Game & Fish will have a bigger effort to find out what hunters think of the limited quota.

The PVMDI was established in 2011 to increase public involvement in the management direction of the Platte Valley mule deer herd.

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