New deer population-counting is more high tech, less costly

New deer population-counting is more high tech, less costly
Two young deer step into a clearing and head toward a large pile of bright yellow bait corn, their small hooves crunching on crisp snow. They look up quickly with big brown eyes as their motion triggers a click and they are shot — by a digital camera. The camera, mounted on a steel stake and encased in waterproof housing, is one of 19 set up in August at an MU Wildlife Research area east of …

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