Winter kill UT/ID/WY

[AT Hiker]

Just got back from a SW national park road trip. If you draw a AZ or NM tag your timing could never be better.
The Kaibab and even southern deserts of AZ looked green. Cactus blooms and oak trees looked like they belonged in an arboretum.

Even saw a UFO while camping in the Lincoln NF at 8500'. although some say it was starlink, I'm sticking with my ufo story.

 

[tellico4x4]

Wyoming Range Winterkill Far Worse Than Thought: 80% Of Adult Deer & Nearly All Fawns Dead

Winterkill losses in the famed Wyoming Range mule deer herd might be far worse than thought with as many as 80% of adult deer and nearly all the fawns dead.

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[AT Hiker]

Wyoming Range Winterkill Far Worse Than Thought: 80% Of Adult Deer & Nearly All Fawns Dead

Winterkill losses in the famed Wyoming Range mule deer herd might be far worse than thought with as many as 80% of adult deer and nearly all the fawns dead.

cowboystatedaily.com

I mean, if any good comes of this it's that what deer survived should be fat and happy due to lack of competition

 

[Joe2Kool]

The kill has been devastating in some areas, and normal in others. Before we applied, I called the game biologist to get his take. Lucky for us, deer in the area we applied did very well. Got confirmation of drawing a tag today!

 

[megalomaniac]

The kill has been devastating in some areas, and normal in others. Before we applied, I called the game biologist to get his take. Lucky for us, deer in the area we applied did very well. Got confirmation of drawing a tag today!

Whitetail or mulie tag?

 

[hunter0925]

Got our confirmation this morning. Hopefully we can find a deer to kill.

 

[Rebel]

Found out yesterday I did not get drawn for WY Deer this year.

 

[Joe2Kool]

Whitetail or mulie tag?

Mulie. General tag, Region R.

 

[megalomaniac]

Mulie. General tag, Region R.

Good luck!!!!!

 

[tellico4x4]

Found out yesterday I did not get drawn for WY Deer this year.

Bank them points!

 

[AT Hiker]

Mulie. General tag, Region R.

Let us know if you see any elk

Best of luck. That's some cool country, I've never hunted it but I've spent some time there. Actually, got chased by a couple Pyrenees. They didn't like me stopping and taking a leak off a forest road next to their sheep herd.

 

[Joe2Kool]

Let us know if you see any elk

Best of luck. That's some cool country, I've never hunted it but I've spent some time there. Actually, got chased by a couple Pyrenees. They didn't like me stopping and taking a leak off a forest road next to their sheep herd.

Will do. Our hunt starts Oct 15. When is your elk hunt?
We were there in 2020. Blizzard was coming in and was pushing the elk hunters out of the Bighorns. We were in sage country, but with 2 days of forecast strong winds and blowing snow, we cut out early. So I went to SD and bow hunted in single digit temps!

 

[knightrider]

From sundance to cody we have seen lots of mulies, whitetail, pronghorn. Seen some elk in the bighorns of course it was all interstate and highway so have no idea of complete herds, sure was nice to see all these critters though.

 

[tellico4x4]

Where Did All Of Wyoming’s Squaretop Mountain Antelope Go?

A Sublette County landowner says his property near Squaretop Mountain is usually a summer camp for southwest Wyoming antelope. This year he’s seen only one.

cowboystatedaily.com