_Specimens examined_ (6).--2 mi. N, 5 mi. W Ludlow, 1; 9 mi. N, 10 mi. W
Buffalo, 2; 10 mi. S, 5 mi. W Reva, 3.
The mule deer is common in the buttes and adjacent badland areas of the
county, and many were seen by members of each of our field parties.
Local residents reported "black-tails" to be widespread in the area and
State Game Protector Merritt Paukarbek reported to Andersen that even
though hunting success was high in the autumn of 1967, there was no
apparent reduction in numbers in the spring of 1968. In contrast, Visher
(1914:88) found this species absent in Harding County in the early
1900's, and stated that it was "exterminated by 1900."
An adult female taken on June 26, 1961, in the North Cave Hills was
molting and evidenced no indication of reproductive activity.
~Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis~ Goldman and Kellogg, 1940