Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Kansas
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Kansas Project


Survival, Movement, and Resource Selection of Male Mule Deer and White-tailed Deer in Western Kansas

September 2017 - December 2022


Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism

Declining populations of mule deer in Kansas and the Great Plains are of concern to state management agencies. The Kansas Unit with collaborators are measuring survival, home range, movements, and resource selection of male mule deer and white-tailed deer in western Kansas to determine the relative influence of white-tailed deer on mule deer ecology and population demograph.

Presentations Presentation Date
Kinlan, M., D. Haukos, A. Ricketts, and L. Jasper. 2018. Seasonal survival and movements of male mule deer and white-tailed deer in western Kansas. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Cleveland, Ohio. October 2018
Kinlan, M., D. Haukos, A. Ricketts, and Levi Jaster. 2019. Movement patterns and resource selection of male mule deer and white-tailed deer in western Kansas. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Reno, Nevada. September 2019
Kinlan, M., D. Haukos, A. Ricketts, and Levi Jaster. 2019. Seasonal survival, land-cover selection, and movements of male mule deer and white-tailed deer in western Kansas. Kansas Natural Resource Conference, Manhattan, Kansas. January 2019
Kinlan, M.A., D. Haukos, A.M. Ricketts, and L. Jaster. 2020. Influence of hunting on survival of adult male mule and white-tailed deer in western Kansas. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Louisville, Kentucky. September 2020