Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
 

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Posted Monday, December 20, 2004

2005 Big Game Proclamation

Deer buck/doe ratios, 2001–2003

General season public land units Objective 2001 2002 2003 3-yr. avg.
Northern Region
    Box Elder   12 13 12 12
    Cache   12 12 16 13
    Kamas   22 21 20 21
    North Slope          
    Average 15-20 15 15 16 15
Northeast Region
    North Slope   15 14 20 16
    South Slope   12 9 13 11
    Nine Mile, Anthro          
    Wasatch Mtns., NE Region   19 14 19 17
    Average 15-20 15 12 17 15
Southeast Region
    Ninemile, Range Creek   17 17 26 20
    San Rafael          
    La Sal Mountains   14 11 13 13
    San Juan, Abajo Mountains   17 12 13 14
    Central Mountains, Manti   13 12 15 13
    Average 15-20 15 13 17 15
Central Region
    Central Mountains, Nebo   19 15 16 17
    Wasatch Mountains, Central Region   20 14 21 18
    Oquirrh/Stansbury   14 10 16 13
    West Desert       11 11
    Average 15-20 18 13 16 15
Southern Region
    Southwest Desert   30 24 24 26
    Fillmore, Pahvant   18 18 15 17
    Beaver   19 12 12 14
    Monroe   17 18 12 16
    Mount Dutton   13 14 14 14
    Plateau, Fishlake/Boulder   15 18 15 16
    Kaiparowits          
    Panquitch Lake   15 12 7 11
    Zion   15 12 12 13
    Pine Valley   22 20 17 20
    Average 15-20 18 16 14 16
General season private land units Objective 2001 2002 2003 3-yr. avg.
Ogden 15 21 18 17 19
Morgan-South Rich 15 46 53 44 48
East Canyon 15 22 37 33 31
Chalk Creek 15 21 42 40 34
Limited-entry units Objective 2001 2002 2003 3-yr. avg.
Cache, Crawford Mountain 25-35 15 10 13 13
South Slope, Diamond Mountain 25-35 27 22 21 23
Book Cliffs 25-35 37 36 34 36
La Sal, Dolores Triangle 25-35 19 17 15 17
San Juan, Elk Ridge 25-35 24 25 24 24
West Desert, Vernon 25-35 18 28 18 21
Fillmore, Oak Creek 25-35 29 25 29 28
Plateau, Thousand Lake 25-35 17 19 25 20
Premium limited-entry units Objective 2001 2002 2003 3-yr. avg.
Henry Mountains 35+ 36.0 46.0 27.0 36.0
Henry Mountains (Age objective) 5.0   4.7 4.2  
Paunsaugunt 35+ 39.0 37.0 35.0 37.0
Paunsaugunt (Age objective) 5.0   4.4 5.1