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grrio
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Went to look at a few deer that i have been admiring here in central utah during the winter months. I was watching four good bucks one that was a nice buck(probably close to thirty inches), not too far from a main road. While i was watching these four deer (along with about forty other does in close proximity), i watched three guys hike straight up the mountian at these deer to look for sheds that I'm not sure if they were hoping they would drop if they pushed these deer. Or maybe they had seen some sheds through their binos in close proximity to these deer. Well i was disappointed to see these shed hunters push these deer a half mile at a full run. Any way i was a little pissed, but i kept watching the deer since i could still see them through my scope. I watched these bucks for about another half hour when another shed hunter hiked up over a ridge to the north and pushed the same herd of deer four ridges to the south almost to where they originally were. At this point i was just a little pissed at these shed hunters and let one of the guys know about it when he walked off of the mountain. I know not all shed hunters are like these people, and most respect the wildlife, especially in there winter habitats. But with the lack of winter range in this area and the close proximity that these deer are to alot of the major roads in northern and central utah i think that there are just too many people bothering these deer in the winter months for nothing more than a horn that would have no value on my wall, or meat in my freezer. I was opposed to the shed hunting season dates, but in these areas i'm thinking that it is almost something that needs to be done for the sake of our deer. The deer that are hurt most in the winter time are the bucks, and young deer. I think more caution and more respect for the wildlife should be enforced here. Rather than peoples need (or greed) for horns.
