They have done it before. Several times. You believe they wouldn’t do it again?
Deer Herds / Guesses on Available Permits?
As we approach the opening of the Utah Big Game Application period, I've been pondering of late, especially after the big storm we had a couple of weeks ago about the conditions of the deer herds around the state. I am in the Tooele County area, and there's still some decent wintering ground in the county for the deer herd to get away from the gnarly snow depths of the higher elevations. That said, the deer herd still looks like it continues to decline. After the bad storm a couple of weeks ago, I was driving Hwy 36 south of Tooele and the snow depth was up almost to the shoulders of the deer and they were slowly pushing their way through the snow. Fortunately much at those lower spots has melted away. In other areas, I am just not seeing the numbers that I have historically seen. Kind of sad really!
This has me thinking... How are the deer doing elsewhere? My friend who lives up near Morgan Utah told me he saw the DWR truck in the area the other day overloaded with dead deer carcasses in the bed. How are the deer fairing in southwest Wyoming? I've seen some pictures of the heavy snows there on social media. Pics below are from a few deer I saw in southwest Wyoming mid-January. There was quite a lot of snow then, though most of the deer looked pretty healthy at the time. Hopefully those fat reserves have helped.
I expect the number of available deer permits to be even more reduced this coming hunting season. It will be my 12-year old sons first year hunting. He would like to hunt the LaSal unit if possible (if he can pull a permit)! Anyone in southeastern Utah that has a grip on the conditions there? I also have enough points to pull a Wyoming antelope permit this fall as well. but this heavy winter has me thinking it might be worth waiting another 2-3 years. I have some business in Afton at the end of March. Might have to take a joy ride around to see if those herds look alive still!
Anyone have some thoughts on this?
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This has me thinking... How are the deer doing elsewhere? My friend who lives up near Morgan Utah told me he saw the DWR truck in the area the other day overloaded with dead deer carcasses in the bed. How are the deer fairing in southwest Wyoming? I've seen some pictures of the heavy snows there on social media. Pics below are from a few deer I saw in southwest Wyoming mid-January. There was quite a lot of snow then, though most of the deer looked pretty healthy at the time. Hopefully those fat reserves have helped.
I expect the number of available deer permits to be even more reduced this coming hunting season. It will be my 12-year old sons first year hunting. He would like to hunt the LaSal unit if possible (if he can pull a permit)! Anyone in southeastern Utah that has a grip on the conditions there? I also have enough points to pull a Wyoming antelope permit this fall as well. but this heavy winter has me thinking it might be worth waiting another 2-3 years. I have some business in Afton at the end of March. Might have to take a joy ride around to see if those herds look alive still!
Anyone have some thoughts on this?
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Obviously not Utah... but I imagine that the UDWR is contemplating a similar, if not more drastic approach.
www.denverpost.com
CPW plans to cut NW Colorado hunting licenses by more than 40% to protect challenged herds
Thousands of elk, deer and antelope have been migrating out of northwestern Colorado due to hard winter conditions and many have died of starvation, forcing state wildlife managers to consider cutt…
www.denverpost.com
Interesting thoughts. I think some areas the deer herd / elk herd has been hit harder than others as mentioned. Where there is still winter grounds, the deer and elk are in great shape. Where not, seems to be a different story! But I would hate to see a statewide ban on hunting for the year.
I drove to Afton Wyoming on Sunday afternoon. Amazing the amount of elk right on the highway. I saw this bull 10-15 miles west of Evanston and thought I would turn around and photograph it. At first I was amazed as it's a pretty nice bull, but after downloading the pics, I really felt for the bull and wonder if it lives another week! He looks tired and hungry!
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I drove to Afton Wyoming on Sunday afternoon. Amazing the amount of elk right on the highway. I saw this bull 10-15 miles west of Evanston and thought I would turn around and photograph it. At first I was amazed as it's a pretty nice bull, but after downloading the pics, I really felt for the bull and wonder if it lives another week! He looks tired and hungry!
There’s already guys complaining about not drawing a tag AND complaining about winter kill in the same paragraph. It’s pretty incredible.Whatever happens to the tag availability this year, I swear, I will slap the stupid out of anyone complaining about not drawing a tag.
I'm not sure what they have to do with anything, but they put out some bangers back in the day.
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