Nevada Department of Wildlife Receives Funds from Federal Aid in Fish and Wildlife Restoration Acts
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NNEEVVAADDAA DDEEPPAARRTTMMEENNTT OOFF WWIILLDDLLIIFFEE 22000066--22000077 BBIIGG GGAAMMEE SSTTAATTUUSS STATE OF NEVADA Jim Gibbons, Governor DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE Ken Mayer, Director GAME BUREAU Russ Mason, Chief Mike Cox, Big Game Staff Biologist Craig Mortimore, Furbearer Staff Biologist Dawn Carter, Administrative Assistant Western Region Southern Region Eastern Region Regional Supervisors Mike Dobel Steve Kimble Larry Gilbertson Big Game Biologists Chris Hampson Pat Cummings Curt Baughman Carl Lackey Tom Donham Ken Gray Kyle Neill Mike Scott Kari Martin Ed Partee Mike Podborny Jason Salisbury Larry Teske Tony Wasley Russell Woolstenhulme The Nevada Department of Wildlife receives funds from Federal Aid in Fish and Wildlife Restoration Acts. Federal and State law state that there shall be no difference in the treatment of individuals because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex or disability. Anyone receiving alleged discriminatory treatment in any Department program, activity or facility should report it to either: Director U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Nevada Department of Wildlife Department of the Interior 1100 Valley Road 18th & C Streets Reno, Nevada 89512 Washington, D.C. 20240 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE 2006-2007 BIG GAME STATUS This Program Receives Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Grant W-48-R-38; Sub-Grant I, Survey & Inventory Project #1; Jobs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Compiled and Edited by: Mike Cox, Big Game Staff Biologist Craig Mortimore, Furbearer Staff Biologist Mike Dobel, Regional Supervising Biologist Larry Gilbertson, Regional Supervising Biologist Steve Kimble, Regional Supervising Biologist Dawn Carter, Administrative Assistant TABLE OF CONTENTS BIG GAME STATUS STATEWIDE SUMMARY..............................SS1 - SS8 MULE DEER................................................................................................1 Units 011 - 015, Northern Washoe and Western Humboldt Counties .................................................1 Units 021, 022, Southern Washoe County...........................................................................................2 Units 031, 032, 034, 035, Western Humboldt County .........................................................................2 Unit 033, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge: Washoe and Humboldt Counties...................................3 Units 041, 042, Western Pershing and Southern Humboldt Counties.................................................4 Units 043 - 046, Eastern Pershing and Southern Humboldt Counties ................................................4 Unit 051, Santa Rosa Mountains: Eastern Humboldt County..............................................................5 Units 061 - 062, 064, 066 – 068, Independence and Tuscarora Ranges: Elko County ......................6 Unit 065, Sulphur Springs Range: Southwestern Elko County............................................................7 Units 071 – 079, 091, Northeastern Elko County ................................................................................7 Unit 081, Goose Creek Area: Northeastern Elko County ....................................................................8 Units 101 - 108, Southern Elko and Northwestern White Pine Counties.............................................8 Units 111 - 113, Eastern White Pine County .......................................................................................9 Units 114 – 115, Snake Range: Southeastern White Pine County .....................................................9 Unit 121, North Egan, Cherry Creek Ranges: White Pine and Elko Counties.....................................10 Units 131 - 134, Southern White Pine, Eastern Nye and Western Lincoln Counties ..........................11 Units 141 - 145, Eureka and Eastern White Pine Counties.................................................................11 Units 151, 152, 154, 155, Lander and Western Eureka Counties ......................................................12 Units 161 - 164: North-Central Nye and Southern Lander and Eureka Counties................................13 Units 171 - 173: Northwestern Nye and Southern Lander Counties ..................................................13 Units 181 - 184, Churchill, Southern Pershing and Western Lander Counties....................................14 Unit 192, Carson River Interstate Mule Deer Herd: Douglas County ..................................................14 Unit 194, 196, Carson Range and Peavine Mountain Interstate Herd: Washoe and Carson City Counties ..................................................................................................................................15 Unit 195, Virginia Range Herd: Storey, Washoe and Lyon Counties ..................................................16 Units 201, 202, 204 – 206, Walker/Mono Interstate Deer Herd: Douglas, Lyon and Mineral Counties ................................................................................................................................................16 Unit 203, Mason and Smith Valley Resident Herds: Lyon County ......................................................17 Units 211, 212: Esmeralda County ......................................................................................................18 Units 221 - 223, Northern Lincoln and Southern White Pine Counties................................................18 Unit 231, Wilson Creek Range: Northeastern Lincoln County.............................................................18 Units 241 – 245, Clover, Delamar, and Meadow Valley Mountain Ranges: Lincoln County...............19 Units 251 - 253: South Central Nye County.........................................................................................19 Units 261 - 268, Clark and Southern Nye Counties.............................................................................20 Units 271, 272, Southern Lincoln and Northeastern Clark Counties ...................................................21 Unit 291, Pinenut Mountains: Douglas County ....................................................................................21 PRONGHORN ANTELOPE.......................................................................22 Units 011 - 015, 021, 022, Washoe and Western Humboldt Counties ................................................22 Units 031, 032, 034, 035, 051, Humboldt County................................................................................23 Unit 033, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge: Washoe and Humboldt Counties...................................23 Units 041, 042, Western Pershing and Southern Humboldt Counties.................................................24 Units 061, 062, 064, 071, 073, North Central Elko County..................................................................25 i Units 065, 142, 144, Southern Elko County, Northern Eureka County................................................26 Unit 066, Owyhee Desert: Northwestern Elko County.........................................................................26 Units 067, 068, Western Elko and Northern Lander and Eureka Counties .........................................27 Units 072, 074, 075, Northeastern Elko County ..................................................................................27 Units 076, 077, 079, 081, 091, Northeastern Elko County ..................................................................28 Units 078, 105 – 107, 121, Southeastern Elko and Central White Pine Counties...............................28 Units 101 – 104, 108, South Central Elko and Western White Pine Counties ....................................29 Units 111-114, Eastern White Pine County .........................................................................................29 Units 115, 231, 242, Eastern Lincoln and Southern White Pine Counties ..........................................30 Units 131, 145, 163, 164, Southern Eureka, Northeastern Nye, and Southwestern White Pine Counties ..................................................................................................................................30 Units 132 - 134, 245, Eastern Nye and Western Lincoln Counties .....................................................31 Units 141, 143, 151- 155, Eastern Lander and Eureka Counties ........................................................32 Units 161, 162, Northern Nye, Southeastern Lander, and Southwestern Eureka Counties................32 Units 171 - 173, Northwestern Nye and Southern Lander Counties ...................................................33 Units 181-184, Churchill, Southern Pershing, Western Lander and Northern Mineral Counties........33 Units 202, 204, Lyon and Mineral Counties........................................................................................34 Units 203, 291, Lyon, Douglas Counties.............................................................................................34 Units 205, 206, Eastern Mineral County .............................................................................................35 Units 221 – 223, 241, Lincoln and Southern White Pine Counties......................................................35 Unit 251, Central Nye County ..............................................................................................................36 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK..........................................................................37 Units 061, 071, Bruneau River and Merritt Mountain Area: Northern Elko County .............................37