WEBVTT 00:01.100 --> 00:02.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% JON RACHAEL, IDAHO DEPT. 00:02.000 --> 00:04.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF FISH AND GAME: WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TODAY AND CATCH SOME 00:04.000 --> 00:06.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% MULE DEER FAWNS FOR OUR WINTER MORTALITY STUDY. 00:06.166 --> 00:08.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% NARRATOR SUE NASS, FISH AND GAME PRODUCER: AT FIRST, IT 00:08.166 --> 00:10.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOUNDS LIKE SCIENTIFIC GIBBERISH TO TORY AND KATIE, 00:10.100 --> 00:12.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THEY ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT JUST HOW FUN AND INTERESTING 00:12.100 --> 00:13.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT CAN BE. 00:13.333 --> 00:15.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: WE'RE GOING TO USE A HELICOPTER TO GO OUT AND FIND 00:15.533 --> 00:17.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME MULE DEER FAWNS AND RUN THEM INTO THESE BIG LONG NETS 00:17.900 --> 00:19.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WE'VE SET UP. 00:19.233 --> 00:20.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 1: WILL THEY GET HURT? 00:20.233 --> 00:22.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: OH NO THE NETS ARE DESIGNED TO FALL DOWN AS SOON 00:22.867 --> 00:25.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS THE DEER HIT THEM, AND, AND THEY'RE PRETTY TOUGH. 00:25.533 --> 00:27.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE FAWNS ARE BIGGER THAN YOU THINK; IN FACT, MOST OF 00:27.800 --> 00:29.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEM ARE BIGGER THAN YOU ARE. 00:29.800 --> 00:32.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: BIGGER THAN I AM, I THOUGHT THOSE LITTLE SPOTTED 00:32.633 --> 00:34.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FAWNS WERE PUNY. 00:34.433 --> 00:36.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: WELL THEY WERE LAST SPRING WHEN THEY WERE BORN, 00:36.433 --> 00:38.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT NOW IT'S SIX MONTHS LATER AND THEY MIGHT WEIGH UP TO 00:38.533 --> 00:39.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% EIGHTY OR NINETY POUNDS. 00:39.500 --> 00:41.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 1: WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM? 00:41.367 --> 00:44.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: COME WITH ME, I'LL SHOW YOU. 00:44.066 --> 00:46.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE YOU GUYS READY TO GO TO WORK? 00:46.066 --> 00:47.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% TOGETHER: US? 00:47.100 --> 00:49.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: SURE WE COULD USE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. 00:49.266 --> 00:50.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRLS TOGETHER: OKAY. 00:50.800 --> 00:56.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% (HELICOPTER) GIRL 1: WILL THEY COME RIGHT DOWN THIS STRIP? 00:56.433 --> 00:59.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: IT'S HARD TO SAY, DEER WILL PRETTY MUCH COME 00:59.200 --> 01:01.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHICHEVER WAY THEY WANT TO SO. 01:01.266 --> 01:03.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GUIDE THEM WITH THE HELICOPTER INTO 01:03.700 --> 01:07.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE NET. 01:07.066 --> 01:09.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% GO GO GO! 01:09.100 --> 01:10.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S GO TO WORK. 01:10.900 --> 01:13.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: OKAY HOLD ON TO THOSE FOUR LEGS OKAY; PUT YOUR HEAD 01:13.533 --> 01:18.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIGHT THERE, OKAY. 01:18.266 --> 01:20.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S OKAY HOLD THAT, IF IT STARTS MOVING YOU PUSH YOUR 01:20.633 --> 01:23.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% HEAD DOWN AND JUST SQUEEZE ON TIGHT. 01:25.100 --> 01:26.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: WHAT'S THE COLLAR FOR? 01:26.100 --> 01:28.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: WELL WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS RADIO COLLAR TO TRACK 01:28.734 --> 01:33.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHERE THIS DEER MOVES, IT ALSO HAS A, A SIGNAL IN IT THAT 01:33.000 --> 01:36.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILL TELL US IF IT STOPS MOVING AND IF IT STOPS MOVING 01:36.500 --> 01:39.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE GOING TO KNOW THAT IT DIED AND 01:39.533 --> 01:43.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEN WE CAN GO IN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT KILLED IT. 01:43.533 --> 01:48.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% OKAY WE'LL HOOK IT RIGHT HERE, AND KEEP THE TENSION ON THAT, 01:48.367 --> 01:49.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIFT IT UP. 01:49.800 --> 01:54.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S SEE PULLEY IT OFF THE GROUND AND WHEN ITS CLEAR 01:54.433 --> 01:56.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRLS CAN YOU READ THAT FOR ME? 01:56.867 --> 01:58.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT'S THAT SAY? 01:58.600 --> 01:59.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 1: EIGHTY. 01:59.467 --> 02:02.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: EIGHTY POUNDS OKAY. 02:02.233 --> 02:04.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: WHY ARE YOU WEIGHING IT? 02:04.533 --> 02:06.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: WE'RE WEIGHING THE FAWNS BECAUSE IT GIVES US A 02:06.867 --> 02:09.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT CONDITION THE WINTER RANGE IS 02:09.266 --> 02:10.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN. 02:10.600 --> 02:11.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: "ABOUT EIGHTY-SIX." 02:11.700 --> 02:14.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 1: WOW THAT DOES WEIGH MORE THAN ME! 02:14.166 --> 02:16.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: IN FACT, THE WEIGHT OF THE FAWN IS A PRETTY GOOD 02:16.233 --> 02:18.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% INDICATOR OF WHETHER THIS FAWNS GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH 02:18.333 --> 02:19.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WINTER OR NOT. 02:27.000 --> 02:29.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: HELICOPTER WE'RE READY FOR MORE. 02:29.533 --> 02:30.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% HELICOPTER PILOT: COPY. 02:30.734 --> 02:32.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: EVERYBODY DOWN. 02:33.867 --> 02:36.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% NASS: KATIE AND TORY HAVE BECOME PART OF THE TEAM. 02:36.633 --> 02:38.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 1: HERE THEY COME. 02:38.166 --> 02:41.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: SHHHH NASS: CATCHING THE DEER, PROCESSING THE FAWN 02:41.000 --> 02:44.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND LEARNING A LOT ABOUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. 02:49.066 --> 02:51.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: OKAY I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS RADIO 02:51.900 --> 02:55.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% COLLAR ON NOW. 02:55.333 --> 02:58.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHY WE DO THIS? 02:58.333 --> 03:01.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: SO YOU KEEP TRACK OF IT AND TELL IF IT DIED? 03:01.000 --> 03:02.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: RIGHT. 03:02.066 --> 03:03.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL RIGHT ALMOST ON HER FEET. 03:03.700 --> 03:11.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: THEY'RE HUGE AND VERY STRONG. 03:11.367 --> 03:13.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% NASS: TWENTY-FIVE FAWNS ARE CAPTURED, COLLARED AND 03:13.433 --> 03:15.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% RELEASED. 03:15.266 --> 03:17.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE ANIMALS WILL BE FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THE WINTER AND 03:17.633 --> 03:20.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% EARLY SPRING TO TRACK HOW MANY SURVIVE. 03:20.967 --> 03:22.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 1: HOW DOES FINDING OUT WHAT KILLS A DEER HELP YOU 03:22.867 --> 03:23.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% MANAGE DEER? 03:24.700 --> 03:26.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT PREDATORS ARE THE MAIN 03:26.633 --> 03:27.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% REASONS THAT FAWNS DIE. 03:27.800 --> 03:30.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SOMETIMES THAT'S TRUE, BUT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR 03:30.000 --> 03:32.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESEARCH THAT SOMETIMES FAWNS ARE DYING FROM PREDATORS 03:32.533 --> 03:34.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE THEY'RE WEAK AND MALNOURISHED, AND THAT SOUNDS 03:34.900 --> 03:38.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE A HABITAT PROBLEM, NOT A PREDATOR PROBLEM. 03:38.700 --> 03:41.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: IF IT'S A HABITAT PROBLEM, IT WOULD AFFECT THE 03:41.266 --> 03:43.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% CARRYING CAPACITY OF DEER RIGHT? 03:43.800 --> 03:47.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: WHOA YOU TWO REALLY DO KNOW YOUR STUFF. 03:47.100 --> 03:49.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAY ARE YOU TWO THINKING OF BEING BIOLOGISTS SOME DAY? 03:49.333 --> 03:51.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRLS TOGETHER: YEAH! 03:51.333 --> 03:53.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% RACHAEL: WHAT DID YOU TWO LEARN ABOUT WILDLIFE 03:53.433 --> 03:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% MANAGEMENT TODAY? 03:54.533 --> 03:56.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 1: WELL YOU GUYS HAVE TO GET UP REALLY EARLY. 03:56.734 --> 04:00.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRL 2: IT'S COLD AND IT'S REALLY HARD WORK. 04:00.700 --> 04:01.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIRLS TOGETHER: BUT IT'S VERY