Evidence of breeding
Of 112,648 deer images captured during the survey, 12,460 images
(11.1%) had evidence of young-of-the-year. This included single fawns
(92.9%), twins (7.6%) and triplets (0.6%), though these were not
distinguished in models. There was a marked drop in the distribution of
successful breeding across years. Of 62 sites, successful breeding was
detected at 36 sites (58.1%) in 2012, 22 (35.5%) in 2013, and 12
(19.4%) in 2014. Among all years pooled together, 45 of 62 sites
(72.6%) had evidence of breeding in at least one year.