Massive Deer Herd Fell To Death Near Bishop Pass

Wedgy said:

As if the 4 year drought, massive wildfires, and last years brutal winter weren't bad enough now we've lost at least 80 mule deer(I'm sure there will be more to come down) who fell down some iced up cliffs on their winter migration route out of the mountains. Some locals have wanted to put up a fence to prevent this but the forest service and DFG resist. I heard the couple who happened upon the scene in the morning were slitting throats of the mortally wounded to end their suffering. Nature can be brutal. This year the tags in both X9a & X9B were cut from ~600 each to about 200 in each zone, tags are bucks only. It previously took 4 or 5 years to draw a tag in one of those zones so times that by 3 so about 12 years to draw. The deer didn't go back up this year until July because of heavy snow and they will stay up until the weather chases them down. Conditions were perfect for this type of tragedy, a late winter and an iced up migration route. It happens every year to some extent but never this bad.
Highway 168 is the border with X9A to the North & X9B to the South.View attachment 84090 View attachment 84091

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prohuntersmind said:

The United states World Animal Protection should do something about this.

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