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Classification data for Coues Whitetail in Arizona

This table provides survey data for Coues deer in Arizona by unit and by year. Years covered are 1997-2001. Not all units were surveyed every year. Also, please note that this is what is usually referred to as “classification data”, meaning that these are counts of deer that were seen by wildlife managers during their surveys. These numbers do NOT represent the total number of deer in these units. Managers gather classification data to look at changes over time of buck:doe and fawn:doe ratios. These numbers are used to evaluate the herds. High buck:doe ratios usually occur in lightly hunted populations, whereas areas that are heavily hunted will have much lower buck:doe ratios. Fawn:doe ratios are used as a measure of the productivity of the herd. Ratios are most accurate when many deer are classified. So look at the total number of deer classified to see how valid the ratios might be. For example, in unit 1 in 2001 only 14 deer were seen. I wouldn’t put a lot of confidence in that classification data to be representative of the entire unit. Whereas in unit 36A in 2001, 347 deer were counted, which should give you more confidence in the ratios. The numbers in the “unclassified” column represent deer that were seen but could not be classified for sure as a buck, doe, or fawn. This might happen if a manager just saw the tail end of a deer disappearing into thick brush as they conducted the survey.

Data has been gleaned from the Arizona Game and Fish publication “Hunt Arizona – 2002 edition”.

Unit	Year	Bucks	Does	Fawns	UC	Total	Bucks/ 100 does	Fawns/100 does
1	2001	2	7	5	0	14	29	71
4	2001	1	12	2	0	15	8	17
5	1997	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
5	1998	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
5	2000	1	0	0	0	1
6A	1997	9	38	8	0	55	24	21
6A	1998	9	27	5	0	41	33	19
6A	1999	6	25	18	0	49	24	72
6A	2000-	8	17	6	0	31	47	35
6A	2001	3	20	2	0	25	15	10
6B	1997	3	6	1	2	12	50	17
6B	1998	4	13	2	0	19	31	15
6B	1999	6	8	3	0	17	75	38
6B	2000	6	11	0	0	17	55	0
6B	2001	4	21	3	0	28	19	14
8	1997	1	16	5	0	22	6	31
8	1998	3	16	4	0	23	19	25
8	1999	2	20	0	0	22	10	0
8	2000	1	8	0	0	9	13	0
8	2001	4	14	4	1	23	29	29
19A	2001	6	10	2	0	18	60	20
21	1997	14	48	2	0	64	29	4
21	1998	21	47	18	0	86	45	38
21	1999	15	55	11	0	81	27	20
21	2000	12	20	3	0	35	60	15
21	2001	14	41	12	2	69	34	29
22	1997	29	115	21	0	165	25	18
22	1998	28	108	30	0	155	26	28
22	1999	25	89	47	0	161	28	53
22	2000	23	83	24	0	130	28	29
22	2001	37	95	23	1	156	39	24
23	1997	27	133	16	0	176	20	12
23	1998	16	65	25	0	106	25	38
23	1999	17	72	33	0	122	24	46
23	2000	18	98	9	0	125	18	9
23	2001	21	88	29	0	138	24	33
24A	1997	17	89	20	3	129	19	22
24A	1998	15	54	20	0	89	28	37
24A	1999	18	80	26	0	124	23	33
24A	2000	16	70	16	0	102	23	23
24A	2001	12	52	12	3	79	23	23
24B	1997	4	57	19	1	81	7	33
24B	1998	22	97	30	0	149	23	31
24B	1999	11	43	21	1	76	26	49
24B	2000	12	64	16	0	92	19	25
24B	2001	9	48	26	0	83	19	54
27	1997	13	41	10	1	65	32	24
27	1998	13	59	20	0	92	22	34
27	1999	28	100	30	0	158	28	30
27	2000	24	98	31	0	153	24	32
27	2001	17	46	9	0	72	37	20
28	2000	3	3	0	0	6	100	0

Unit	Year	Bucks	Does	Fawns	UC	Total	Bucks/ 100 does	Fawns/100 does
29	1997	27	135	32	8	202	20	24
29	1998	25	102	28	0	155	25	27
29	1999	16	92	28	3	139	17	30
29	2000	14	99	33	2	148	14	33
29	2001	19	98	30	2	149	19	31
30A	1997	25	116	40	0	181	22	34
30A	1998	21	88	30	0	139	24	34
30A	1999	12	93	38	0	143	13	41
30A	2000	19	77	23	1	120	25	30
30A	2001	11	87	28	1	127	13	32
30B	1997	20	94	33	0	147	21	35
30B	1998	37	95	41	1	174	39	43
30B	1999	12	51	30	0	93	24	59
30B	2000	13	54	34	0	101	24	63
30B	2001	28	77	33	1	139	36	43
31	1997	32	112	22	3	169	29	20
31	1998	20	95	26	3	144	21	27
31	1999	21	82	21	0	124	26	26
31	2000	24	84	12	2	122	29	14
31	2001	29	129	42	7	207	22	33
32	1997	38	164	42	3	247	23	26
32	1998	29	126	43	8	206	23	34
32	1999	34	126	33	1	194	27	26
32	2000	47	122	39	4	212	39	32
32	2001	34	132	40	2	208	26	30
33	1997	33	129	47	6	215	26	36
33	1998	31	98	53	2	184	32	54
33	1999	37	104	36	1	178	36	35
33	2000	29	132	50	1	212	22	38
33	2001	30	139	48	0	217	22	35
34	2000	0	3	1	0	4	0	33
34A	1997	20	223	61	2	306	9	27
34A	1998	31	211	82	11	335	15	39
34A	1999	28	256	87	16	387	11	34
34A	2000	29	189	57	38	313	15	30
34A	2001	20	142	67	88	317	14	47
34B	1997	18	138	20	0	176	13	14
34B	1998	14	87	28	6	135	16	32
34B	1999	11	59	20	1	91	19	34
34B	2000	17	75	23	6	121	23	31
34B	2001	20	82	42	10	154	24	51
35A	1997	26	144	21	2	193	18	15
35A	1998	21	79	23	0	123	27	29
35A	1999	27	70	21	0	118	39	30
35A	2000	24	92	29	3	148	26	32
35A	2001	30	72	40	4	146	42	56
35B	1997	19	153	29	3	204	12	19
35B	1998	17	112	53	1	183	15	47
35B	1999	11	63	27	3	104	17	43
35B	2000	14	64	21	0	99	22	33
35B	2001	30	85	44	6	165	35	52
36A	1997	39	193	54	1	287	20	28
36A	1998	30	155	61	10	267	18	37
36A	1999	24	149	71	4	248	16	48
36A	2000	24	85	35	0	144	28	41
36A	2001	29	215	99	4	347	13	46
36B	1997	46	128	35	3	212	36	27
36B	1998	34	102	30	6	172	33	29
36B	1999	33	139	42	1	215	24	30
36B	2000	17	116	18	0	151	15	16
36B	2001	26	123	38	0	187	21	31
36C	1997	24	107	31	7	169	22	29
36C	1998	34	118	27	4	183	29	23
36C	1999	28	109	36	1	174	26	33
36C	2000	10	70	19	0	99	14	27
36C	2001	14	89	31	0	134	16	35
37A	2001	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
37B	2001	1	0	0	0	1