Table 7, 



Seasonal use of exposure by mule deer in the Otte 

 area. 



r Creek 



Exposure 



Spring 

 1979 

 lOll/ 



bummer 



1979 



111 



Fall 



1979 



188 



Winter 

 '79-80 

 165 



Spring 

 1980 

 218 



Summer 

 1980 

 26 



1/ Total observations 



2/ Percent of observations rounded to nearest whole number 



Use of slope: Usage of the medium and steep slopes was hi-hest 

 during the seasons of cold and snow. Eighty percent were 

 ?TS^^«^°" Jhe steeper slopes in the 1979 spring season 

 (Table 8). Sixty-eight and 71 percent were observed during 



^nd liln ^"^H^'if ^""/^^^^"^ respectively. The summers of 1979 

 and 1980 with 54 and 66 percent respectively and the 1980 spring 



Zilt^ ^f'"''^"^ °^ *^^ ""^^ ^^^^ observations represent warm ^ 

 weather slope usage patterns. 



1/ Total observations 



2/ Percent of observations rounded to nearest whole number, 



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