It May be a While…..

[memtb]

……before we have a good deer herd again! memtb

Wyoming Range Winterkill Far Worse Than Thought: 80% Of Adult Deer & Nearly All Fawns Dead

Winterkill losses in the famed Wyoming Range mule deer herd might be far worse than thought with as many as 80% of adult deer and nearly all the fawns dead.

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[lancetkenyon]

Bummer

 

[toptom60]

I just seen me and my dad drew tags this morning. Our tags are general for region A, rancher we hunt with said they didn't get it to bad from what he has seen. They are not far off south Dakota line. I front know the state that we'll but from what I have read sounds like more west got it really bad.

 

[L.Sherm]

I'll find out, my nephew and I Drew Region G

 

[memtb]

L.Sherm…….Possibly the best of places to draw! Generally lots of deer (this past winter may have changed that), pretty easy access to a large portion of the region (at least in the Kemmerer part of the region). Not certain of recent years, but Lincoln County had more Mule Deer in the B&C book than any other county in Wyoming!

Good Luck with your upcoming hunt! memtb

 

[L.Sherm]

L.Sherm…….Possibly the best of places to draw! Generally lots of deer (this past winter may have changed that), pretty easy access to a large portion of the region (at least in the Kemmerer part of the region). Not certain of recent years, but Lincoln County had more Mule Deer in the B&C book than any other county in Wyoming!

Good Luck with your upcoming hunt! memtb

Thanks

 

[victor3ranger]

Wow , that's awful

 

[L.Sherm]

Its getting close, im starting to get a little excited.
Getting packed in and dropped off for 10- 12 days should be good time.

 

[memtb]

Its getting close, im starting to get a little excited.
Getting packed in and dropped off for 10- 12 days should be good time.

What area are ya gonna hunt? Oh and……..good luck! memtb

 

[L.Sherm]

P.M sent

 

[QuietTexan]

Article Linked to
Hunting tag cuts, as well as a decline in nonresidents applying for elk tags, could affect Game and Fish's revenue, Nesvik said.

Why are we paying for what we can't draw, eh? I own land there and can't pull, NR haven't been able to buy the first point since what, 2019?

I pay in five other states and not WY CO, NM, TX, AR and LA.

 

[L.Sherm]

Huh don't get it.

 

[QuietTexan]

Game and Fish was crying about lost revenue from drop in out of state tag buys after the losses last winter, article linked to in the OP. IMO they should consider giving prefs to "desirable" out of staters who are at least committed to their goals, maybe don't treat non-resident land owners engaged in active agriculture the same as outfitted hunt buyers and the CAs who swamped Jackson Hole. I buy my basic license for p-dogs in the spring but that's about it. I'll put in for tags in other states but not WY for the last 5-ish years.

Funny that in Texas I'm broke-poor because I didn't inherit a huge ranch, but the second I go out of state anywhere I can afford I'm a carpetbagger on par with the CA locusts. Doesn't matter if I'm leasing grass or running cattle or what.

 

[L.Sherm]

Why do you buy a license for P-D in Wyoming?