September 18th, 2017

September 18th, 2017
Cedar Mountain off HWY 143 and FH050
Take HWY 14 for 13 miles or until you reach the junction to Cedar Breaks-HWY 148. Turn onto HWY 148 and drive 7.6 miles until the next junction to Brian Head/Panguitch Lake-HWY 143. Turn off onto HWY 143 and go 9.6 miles. FH050 will be on the right.
The habitat is mainly conifer with aspen trees interspersed. This is a treated and burned area, so there is no underbrush. The trees range from a about a foot to probably 100 ft tall. The slope was between 5-10%.
I was with my fellow group members; Jessie Byers, Jamie Smith, Russel Gardener, Mariah Porter and Alicia Arredondo.
We arrived at the site around 3PM, but didn't start making observations until about 3:20PM.
I spent probably two minutes observing the mule deer track(s).
On the Beaufort scale the wind was around a 1 or a 2. The temperature was around 56 degrees F and no clouds that I could see.
The elevation was around 7000ft.
I didn't actually witness the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), but there were several fresh tracks in the mud indicating there was probably more than one in the area (5 or less).
I unfortunately forgot to put a ruler by the track to indicate the size, but it was about 2.5 to 3 inches long and about 1.5 to 2 inches wide.

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