White-tailed Deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) Fawn Risk from Gray Wolf ( Canis lupus ) Predation During Summer

• Main Authors: Mech, L. David, Morris, Aaron, Barber-Meyer, Shannon M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2015
• Subjects: Gray Wolf; Canis lupus; White-tailed Deer; Odocoileus virginianus; fawn; predation; hunting behaviour; radiotracking; Superior National Forest; Minnesota; Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Policy; Life Sciences; Recreation; Parks and Tourism Administration; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; gray wolf
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/354; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1342/viewcontent/Mech_CFN_2015_White_tailed_Deer_fawn_risk.pdf

Little is known about how often various prey animals are at risk of predation by Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). We used a system to monitor the presence during the day of two radio-collared Gray Wolves within 2 km of a radio-collared White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with a fawn or fawns in August 2013 in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota. We concluded that the fawn or fawns were at risk of predation by at least one wolf at least daily.