Ummm yeah there are,a lot of non residence that do. And my wife & I are 2 of them
Not sure where to start with a post like that. I think that strategy is far more a part of the problem and not any part of the solution. If money is so tight that you can’t “waste” a tag, maybe you should spend that money in the meat market of your grocery store instead of spending money traveling to several states to shoot whatever pops up. I will leave the grammar and punctuation lessons to @Homer
Well we know you didn’t waste any money on higher education...
Why are you planning on going there? If you don’t know the main reasons how can you decide to already be planning a hunt there?
Looks like more good mule deer than elk to me?
?You must have missed the herd of branch antlered bulls around the 3:44 point. Quite a big bachelor sized group all branch antlered bulls. They have greatly increased in numbers over the past 25 years, now we have elk filled basins and very few mule deer whereas 25 years ago it was rare to see an elk and every basin held large bucks. Sad, now it’s mostly hunter orange and elk.Looks like more good mule deer than elk to me?
Full of hunter orange AND elk? Riiiiiight
No, people need to practice a bit of self control and think about what they're doing.
If you have a tag, you should be able to shoot any deer you want, as long as you eat it and it is legal. It is a pipe dream to think the average person who puts effort into a hunt (like you do in the high country of G and H) won't shoot a decent buck if that's all they can find. If this causes an issue with game management (not enough bucks to breed the does or not enough quality bucks to breed the does) then you have to cap how many are being shot, not tell someone to have self control while hunting if everything they are doing is ethical and legal.
Yeah, they’d certainly see more out spotlighting. LMAO.
Does it hurt your feelers that I can go legally spotlight during the season but you can’t fly your plane looking at deer to go hunt while the season is open? ?????
Silly question How many points do you have for Deer are you a resident or NR
I can fly my plane and look at deer while using my aircraft as transportation, I just can’t use that information gained as an aid for scouting or aiding in taking wildlife. Just as you cannot use a spotlight to “Aid” in the taking of wildlife.
Non-res. 4 points currently.
Correct it does. I mentioned earlier this would not be until 2024.
Point creep is going to get you....
I’m afraid that I agree! I hunted G as a kid in the mid to late seventies. Seemed like the monsters were everywhere!
I had similar results in g as well. We seen all the best bucks opening day and couldn't find anything of decent size after. Lots of elk
I did the same this year. Tag soup. I Passed on 3 bucks 160+. Not what I was looking for in that unit. Figured I better leave some seed for the future
Yes those elk are way way above objective and eat the same forage the deer does and fawns compete for. How about hunting pressure by resident hunters this year? Normally it’s very heavy the first 4 days of the season but thins out immensely after that. Thanks for passing those small 4 points, somebody will thank you in a year or two.
Where we went we didn't see anyone until the afternoon. Ran into 3 different groups hike. Most hunters we seen where down low road hunting
Browsers and grazers, not the same.
Yeah that sounds nice but is really only a half truth. They do compete and eat a lot of the same shrubs and grasses.
Unfortunately, many people cant see past their own feet. The land cannot sustain subsistance hunting with the population of people we now have. They figured that out over a hundred years ago. The days of filling the pickup bed full of fish, birds, deer are all but gone....except where Buzz notes it....still can do it that way....but back off the muleys. Kinda like when the quail numbers are down, dont pound them, let them recover....hunt something else.......not that tough a concept!
No, you haven’t been paying attention to what Dr. Monteith’s research has been showing. His D.E.E.R. Study, Deer, Elk, Ecology Research shows how deer and elk compete directly eating the exact same forage. This podcast has some great information in it, listen to it all if you have time. If not skip to the 20 minute mark. As elk herds have increased the deer have plummeted. We have maxed out our summer range carrying capacity. https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/14035...s/kevin-montieth-and-the-science-of-mule-deer
Nice!
Thanks, Very proud dad.
I actually know Kevin, talked with him about a few things, He does not know all the answers, admits it himself.
Slow learner? It’s obvious what he observes and his opinion is on elk eating the exact same forage deer eat. He is not the sole author of the D.E.E.R. Project.
Ooh Swing and a miss chester. 3-4 year old deer are not "big" unless you're from Sweetwater county. 6-8 year olds are the "big" ones.
Why do you think I put the word “big” in quotations? Swing and a miss on your part.
well said
Plain. Homer must be asleep at the wheel.
