Late Oct 2019. A group of #wyodeer cross Fremont Lake on a 150-mile migration to their winter range in the Red Desert. These herds must be able to move across Wyoming's big landscapes. Footage by UWyo News undergrad and WyoScholar Tanner Warder.

#GlimpsesOfMigration #17 - What are you thankful for this week? One thing on our list is #wildlife friendly fences that allow #deer to speed along on their migrations. Placement of wires allows fawns to go under, while bucks and does go over. #wyodeer #MuleDeer #WildlifeFriendly

first mural project ✔️
first homemade jumpsuit ✔️
All inspired by the incredible #wyodeer and the migrations they undergo every spring and fall 🦌🦌 #SciCom #SciArt #SewingForScience

Mo, the #wyodeer began her migration in late October ahead of the deep winter snow, moving a whopping 70 miles in under a week. She appears to be headed for her traditional stopover spot in the Prospect Mtns, at least for now.

You’ll be amazed how far this #deer in Wyoming migrates…and she’s been making similar trips for six years! Video by Wyoming Migration Initiative #knowyourcorridors #wildlife #wyodeer #nature

June 16th, 2018.
#Wyodeer 255 repeats her epic migration, traveling 245 mi over 77 days. We have never had a mule deer go farther. Maintaining her corridor will require coordination among #Wyoming , #Idaho , the parks, the forests, and wise management of the vast sage steppe.

Ever feel stuck, like you're wallowing belly-deep in snow and getting nowhere? Sometimes survival means NOT taking the road less traveled, but using a well-beaten path, like this migrating buck #deer escaping high-country snow on a Wyoming #elk trail. #KnowYourCorridors #WyoDeer

Decided to use John Nelson's 'Felt' style for an animation of Deer 255's 2018 spring migration. I'd say it's the single cutest map product I've ever made.
Matthew Kauffman #Wyodeer #migration Wyoming Migration Initiative

Migration update! In week 2 of #Deer665 's migration, she swam raging rivers, jumped myriad fences, and zipped across two highways. She stopped over for two days near Boulder Lake. On June 5-6 she made 15 miles in 10 hours. 60 miles this week, 120 total. #wyodeer #deer

Horrible end for a #muley in Uinta County, Wyoming #wyodeer Wildlife-friendly fencing could have prevented this.

WMI Fellow, Carrie Kyle is putting together capture kits for the North Bighorn Mule Deer Project 🦌 These collars will fill in data gaps for this study. ✨ #WomenInSTEM #WyoDeer #WildlifeScience

June 9th, 2018
#Wyodeer 255 climbed over the Gros Ventre Mountains and zipped around Jackson Hole. She has already passed up some of the best summer range Wyoming has to offer. She would have had a great view of the Tetons from here.
Backstory: uwyo.edu/uw/news/2018/0…

🍂Autumn is coming...

Recent studies of doe mule deer suggest that not only spring BUT late summer and autumn nutrition play a key role in overwinter survival.

Some #wyodeer females also use summer ranges that stay greener🌿 longer into autumn.

Our collab GPS study just documented for the first time how a #Deer uses a 50-year-old underpass to cross I-80. Efforts to enhance #wildlife crossings really do help maintain connectivity. #wyodeer THANK YOU partners: Wyoming Game & Fish Muley Fanatic Wyoming Department of Transportation Mule Deer Foundation BowhuntersOf Wyoming

And she off!
June 2nd, 2018.
Deer 255 leaves her stopover and heads north. Still migrating, and on pace to match her record from 2016.

#Wyodeer 255 has a cool backstory. You should read it (2016 bonus map):
uwyo.edu/uw/news/2018/0…

Great first day on #wyodeer captures to study mule deer and elk migrations on the Wind River Indian Reservation Matthew Kauffman Matthew L. Miller Cool Green Science Gregory Nickerson

Migration tracking is back! Join us as we follow the migration of #Deer665 across western #Wyoming . Just 2 years old, she's an ultra-long-distance migrator. In 2022 she made it to Ririe, ID before summering in Wilson, WY #JacksonHole . How far will she go in 2023? #deer #wyodeer

When you put the camera in the right place, and the spring migration of #wyodeer happens. Great clips by Univ of WY undergrad Tanner Warder.

SafariClubIntl: You’ll be amazed how far this #deer in Wyoming migrates…and she’s been making similar trips for six years! Video by Wyoming Migration Initiative #knowyourcorridors #wildlife #wyodeer #nature , #SafariClubIntl

#WyoDeer captures grounded due to heavy fog in Rock Springs, WY. Lead @Uwyopie and Wyoming Migration Initiative PhD student Anna Ortega is not pleased. The other grad student “volunteers” seem less concerned.