Timberline001
WKR
Definitely mirrors what I saw this year in East Canyon.On the cache population, yes, it’s bad….its the worst I have ever seen it….. Morgan South Rich, East Canyon even worse…
But it’s a sad state of affairs everywhere in N Utah, SE Idaho and W Wyoming.
That tri-state area was the epicenter for winter kill last year, and got crushed just prior. I didn’t think it could get much worse after 16/17 winter, I was wrong. Didn’t think it was possible to get worse.
Saying all of that, I think the current buck to doe ratios are right in line with what I think they are throughout the various units I have spent time in post hunt (without actually counting)
There just isn’t many deer, period.
In my opinion, significant cutting of tags isn’t going to help them recover. When the population goes down, so does hunter success and so does participation.
If people want to hunt in those areas crushed by winter…..let them come and spend a week enjoying it, I don’t think it hurts anything.
There will still be a few big bucks too, just damn few of them
