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<blockquote data-quote="kcebcj" data-source="post: 557732" data-attributes="member: 10391"><p>I'm just guessing here but it's almost like elk and deer can sense the change in barometric pressure. Everyone that has spent time in the mountains during the fall has seen how the elk and deer will feed all day just prior to a large storm rolling in. How do they know that?</p><p> </p><p> What I have noticed is the movement start, really depends on how far the animal needs to go to get to the winter feeding ground. Was having a conversation with a Wyoming Fish and Wildlife fella in Afton Wyoming years ago about the migrations in the Salt River Range and because of the distance one of the herds moved just the slightest skiff of snow started the movement . That particular herd he said wintered near Kemmer Wyoming and the distance they moved was about 150+ miles. I noticed the same kind of thing here in Idaho's unit 39 as some move from the Sawtooth Wilderness to the Boise front 60-100 miles.</p><p> </p><p> Here where I live all the animals just move down towards the Snake or Salmon rivers which is only a few miles so there is no noticeable movement. One day you just notice everything is gone. So my conclusion is that it's the distance the animal has to move and the availability of food along the way that determines when they start to move once the pressure drops and the weather starts to move in.</p><p> </p><p> One other thing the major migration routes remain the same year after year. They will use the same ridges and trails. I have witnessed this and know it to be true. So I guess that knowledge is passed from one generation to the next. Pretty cool!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcebcj, post: 557732, member: 10391"] I'm just guessing here but it's almost like elk and deer can sense the change in barometric pressure. Everyone that has spent time in the mountains during the fall has seen how the elk and deer will feed all day just prior to a large storm rolling in. How do they know that? What I have noticed is the movement start, really depends on how far the animal needs to go to get to the winter feeding ground. Was having a conversation with a Wyoming Fish and Wildlife fella in Afton Wyoming years ago about the migrations in the Salt River Range and because of the distance one of the herds moved just the slightest skiff of snow started the movement . That particular herd he said wintered near Kemmer Wyoming and the distance they moved was about 150+ miles. I noticed the same kind of thing here in Idaho's unit 39 as some move from the Sawtooth Wilderness to the Boise front 60-100 miles. Here where I live all the animals just move down towards the Snake or Salmon rivers which is only a few miles so there is no noticeable movement. One day you just notice everything is gone. So my conclusion is that it's the distance the animal has to move and the availability of food along the way that determines when they start to move once the pressure drops and the weather starts to move in. One other thing the major migration routes remain the same year after year. They will use the same ridges and trails. I have witnessed this and know it to be true. So I guess that knowledge is passed from one generation to the next. Pretty cool! [/QUOTE]
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