LIST OF TABLES 



Number 



1„ Average group size of mule deer in the Otter Creek, 



Hanging Woman Creek and Prairie Dog Creek study areas. ... 12 



2„ Mule deer, antelope and coyote aerial observations per 



hour in the Otter Creek study area « . 13 



3. Mule deer population characteristics in the Otter Creek 

 area in 1979„...„ „ 14 



4. Seasonal use of vegetation types by mule deer in the Otter 

 Creek area . » 19 



5. Seasonal activity of mule deer in the Otter Creek area... 20 



6. Seasonal use of topography by mule deer in the Otter Creek 

 area „ . „ . . 21 



7. Seasonal use of exposure by mule deer in the Otter Creek 

 area ..o ...«...<. . 22 



8. Seasonal use of slope by mule deer in the Otter Creek area* 22 



9. Average group size of antelope in the Otter Creek, 



Hanging Woman Creek and Prairie Dog Creek study area..... 26 



10. Antelope population characteristics in the Otter Creek 

 area „ , , 



27 



11. Seasonal use of vegetation types by antelope in the 



Otter Creek area „ ^0 



12. Seasonal activity of antelope in the Otter Creek area.... 31 



13. Seasonal use of topography by antelope in the Otter 



Creek area .... 31 



14. Seasonal use of exposure by antelope in the Otter 



Creek area. 32 



15. Seasonal use of slope by antelope in the Otter Creek area. 32 



16. Sharp-tailed grouse dancing grounds in the Otter Creek 

 study area and number of males attending in 1979 



and 1980 ..........;„..„„..... 33 



17. Breeding status of the bird species observed on the 



Otter Creek study area 36 



18. Numbers per census run, percent composition and 

 breeding pair density of birds observed on the grass- 

 land habitat census strip on the Otter Creek study area.. 39 



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