Wyoming range mortalities- fawns and older bucks

[jm77]

https://www.gohunt.com/read/life/update-on-the-2017-mule-deer-winter-kill-in-wyoming-region-g-and-h

 

[one_dryboot]

So how many 6+ year old bucks died? Do they have a number?

 

[BradA]

Guess I will just buy a point this year and probably for the next couple

 

[faultcurrent]

Hunt when you can. No telling when it will get better again. Or if it will...

 

[BenHuntn]

Now wait a minute. There were 77 fawns collared in 2016. Half of them died from Predation; disease; and other unknown causes. That leaves 38 collard fawns. 1 is still alive so far. So that leaves 38 winter kill.

 

[Zeke]

Sounds pretty dire!
The population will feel the impact for many years to come!
Mother Nature can be a tough bitty!
Zeke

 

[huntin50]

Sounds like what some of the locals have said. Terrible winter for deer in western WY. Fawns for the most part are dead. Most of older bucks 6 plus years dead.

Lots of people sitting on points not knowing what to do?

 

[one_dryboot]

LAST EDITED ON Mar-27-17 AT 02:13PM (MST)[p]It will still be good hunting and there will be some great bucks the next few years. Just like there was after 2011. A few years from now there will be a noticeable gap. I'm excited to see if the giant bucks I was hunting last year survived. I'm betting yes. Luckily I helped one of them stay warm and not have to worry about the long, cold, winter.

 

[one_dryboot]

Looks like Gohunt revised their article. Interesting.....

Update 3/26/17: the original 60% number I received mentioned bucks and that number was discussed in the evening of the commission meetings. I got this number from a friend of mine that is a Wyoming biologist. I did find this number to be very high, and I double checked with my source that they were referring to bucks. It came to my attention that the number is referring to does. I strive for accuracy in all of my articles, so I want to thank certain individuals for sending me the report.