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STATE OF NEVADA Steve Sisolak, Governor DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE Tony Wasley, Director GAME DIVISION Mike Scott, Chief Mike Cox, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat Staff Specialist Pat Jackson, Predator Management Staff Specialist Cody McKee, Elk Staff Specialist Cody Schroeder, Mule Deer and Antelope Staff Specialist Peregrine Wolff, Wildlife Health Specialist Photo courtesy of Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office Western Region Southern Region Eastern Region Regional Supervisors Steve Kimble Tom Donham Big Game Biologists Chris Hampson Joe Bennett Travis Allen Carl Lackey Pat Cummings Clint Garrett Kyle Neill Cooper Munson Sarah Hale Ed Partee Kari Huebner Jason Salisbury Matt Jeffress Kody Menghini Scott Roberts This publication will be made available in an alternative format upon request. Nevada Department of Wildlife receives funding through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration. Federal Laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability. If you believe you’ve been discriminated against in any NDOW program, activity, or facility, please write to the following: Diversity Program Manager or Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Nevada Department of Wildlife 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mailstop: 7072-43 6980 Sierra Center Parkway, Suite 120 Arlington, VA 22203 Reno, Nevada 8911-2237 Individuals with hearing impairments may contact the Department via telecommunications device at our Headquarters at 775-688-1500 via a text telephone (TTY) telecommunications device by first calling the State of Nevada Relay Operator at 1-800-326-6868. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE 2019-2020 BIG GAME STATUS This program is supported by Federal financial assistance titled “Statewide Game Management” submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)’s CFDA Program 15.611 and is made under the authority of: Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, 16 U.S.C. 669-669k. Compiled and Edited by: Mike Cox, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat Staff Specialist Pat Jackson, Predator Management Staff Specialist Cody McKee, Elk Staff Specialist Cody Schroeder, Mule Deer and Antelope Staff Specialist Mike Scott, Game Division Chief Tom Donham, Regional Supervising Biologist Steve Kimble, Regional Supervising Biologist TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR STATUS REPORTS BIG GAME STATUS STATEWIDE SUMMARY ................................................. SS-1 MULE DEER ......................................................................................... 1 UNITS 011 – 013: NORTHERN WASHOE AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES ........................................ 1 UNIT 014: GRANITE RANGE, WASHOE COUNTY ...................................................................... 1 UNIT 015: INTERSTATE DEER HERD; DRY VALLEY RIM, BUFFALO HILLS, COPPERSMITH HILLS, WASHOE COUNTY ...... 2 UNIT 021: INTERSTATE DEER HERD; PETERSEN MOUNTAINS, DOGSKIN MOUNTAINS, FORT SAGE MOUNTAINS .......... 3 UNIT 022: VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS, PAH RAH MOUNTAINS, FOX RANGE ................................................ 4 UNITS 031, 032, 034, 035: WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY ........................................................ 5 UNIT 033: SHELDON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; WASHOE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES .............................. 5 UNITS 041, 042: WESTERN PERSHING AND SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES ........................................ 6 UNITS 043 – 046: EASTERN PERSHING AND SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES ........................................ 6 UNIT 051: SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY ................................................. 7 UNITS 061 – 062, 064, 066 – 068: INDEPENDENCE AND TUSCARORA RANGES; ELKO COUNTY ....................... 8 UNIT 065: PIÑON RANGE; SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY ........................................................... 9 UNITS 071 – 079, 091: NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY ............................................................. 9 UNIT 081: GOOSE CREEK AREA; NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY .................................................... 10 UNITS 101 – 109: SOUTHERN ELKO AND NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES ................................... 11 UNITS 111 – 113: EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY .................................................................. 12 UNITS 114 – 115: SNAKE RANGE; SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY ............................................ 13 UNIT 121: NORTH EGAN, CHERRY CREEK RANGES; WHITE PINE AND ELKO COUNTIES ............................... 14 UNITS 131 – 134: SOUTHERN WHITE PINE, EASTERN NYE AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES ........................ 15 UNITS 141 – 145: EUREKA AND WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES ................................................... 15 UNITS 151 – 156: LANDER AND WESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES ....................................................... 16 UNITS 161 – 164: NORTH-CENTRAL NYE AND SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES ........................... 17 UNITS 171 – 173: NORTHWESTERN NYE AND SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTIES ......................................... 18 UNITS 181 – 184: CHURCHILL, SOUTHERN PERSHING, AND WESTERN LANDER COUNTIES ............................ 19 UNIT 192: CARSON RIVER INTERSTATE HERD; DOUGLAS COUNTY ................................................... 19 UNIT 194, 196: CARSON RANGE AND PEAVINE MOUNTAIN INTERSTATE HERD; WASHOE AND CARSON CITY COUNTIES 20 UNIT 195: VIRGINIA RANGE; STOREY, WASHOE, AND LYON COUNTIES .............................................. 20 UNITS 201, 202, 204 – 208: WALKER / MONO INTERSTATE DEER HERD; DOUGLAS, LYON, AND MINERAL COUNTIES 21 UNIT 203: MASON AND SMITH VALLEY RESIDENT HERDS; LYON COUNTY ............................................ 21 UNITS 211, 212: ESMERALDA COUNTY ............................................................................. 22 UNITS 221 – 223: NORTHERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES ..................................... 22 UNIT 231: WILSON CREEK RANGE; NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY .............................................. 23 UNITS 241 – 245: CLOVER, DELAMAR, AND MEADOW VALLEY MOUNTAIN RANGES; LINCOLN COUNTY ................ 24 UNITS 251-253: SOUTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY .................................................................... 25 UNITS 261 – 268: CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES ........................................................... 25 UNITS 271, 272: SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES ....................................... 26 UNIT 291: PINE NUT MOUNTAIN HERD; DOUGLAS COUNTY ......................................................... 26 ANTELOPE ........................................................................................ 27 UNIT 011: VYA AND MASSACRE RIMS, COLEMAN CANYON, BITNER TABLE ........................................... 27 UNIT 012 – 014: HIGH ROCK, LITTLE HIGH ROCK, HAYS CANYON, BOULDER MOUNTAIN, GRANITE RANGE, CALICO RANGE ................................................................................................... 28 UNIT 015: BUFFALO HILLS, DRY VALLEY RIM, COPPERSMITH HILLS ................................................. 29 UNITS 021, 022: VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS, DOGSKIN MOUNTAINS, PETERSEN MOUNTAINS, SEVEN LAKES MOUNTAINS, FORT SAGE MOUNTAINS, LAKE RANGE, FOX RANGE ....................................................... 30 UNITS 031, 032, 034, 035, 051: HUMBOLDT COUNTY............................................................ 31 UNIT 033: SHELDON ............................................................................................... 32 UNITS 041, 042: WESTERN PERSHING AND SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES ....................................... 33 UNITS 043 – 046: EASTERN PERSHING AND SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES ....................................... 33 UNITS 061, 062, 064, 071, 073: NORTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY ................................................ 34 UNITS 065, 142, AND A PORTION OF 144: SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY, NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY ................. 35 UNIT 066: OWYHEE DESERT; NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY ....................................................... 35 UNITS 067, 068: WESTERN ELKO AND NORTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES .................................. 36 UNITS 072, 074, 075: NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY ............................................................. 37 UNITS 076, 077, 079, 081, 091: NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY ................................................. 38 UNITS 078, 105 – 107, 121: SOUTHEASTERN ELKO AND CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES .......................... 38 UNITS 101 – 104, 108, 109 AND A PORTION OF 144: SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO AND WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES . 39 UNITS 111 – 114: EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY .................................................................. 40 UNITS 115, 231, 242: EASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES .................................. 41 UNITS 131, 145, 163, 164: SOUTHERN EUREKA, NORTHEASTERN NYE, AND SOUTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES 42 UNITS 132-134, 245: EASTERN NYE AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES ............................................ 42 UNITS 141, 143, 151 – 156: EASTERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES ............................................ 43 UNITS 161 – 162: NORTHERN NYE, SOUTHEASTERN LANDER, AND SOUTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES ............... 44 UNITS 171 – 173: NORTHWESTERN NYE AND SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTIES ......................................... 45 UNITS 181 – 184: CHURCHILL, SOUTHERN PERSHING, WESTERN LANDER, AND NORTHERN MINERAL COUNTIES ...... 45 UNITS 202, 204: LYON AND MINERAL COUNTIES ................................................................... 46 UNITS 203, 291: LYON, DOUGLAS COUNTIES .....................................................................