Statistically, where I hunt in NW CO is about average...
That being said, we’ve had a good number of afternoon soakers throughout the month of July and things are green. I haven’t looked at cameras in a while but I’d like to believe the bulls are in pretty good shape.
I spoke with a biologist that said too much vegetation growth, too fast, leads to poor protein content in the food. But then more growth is more browse so idk...
I was seeing some really nice Bull's in early June, already 6x's so I'm sure they'll finish out nice. Still green and nice lush grass up high 11'K where the elk have moved up to. I think it has more to do with genetics personally.
Interesting images. The entire western half of the state is currently in a fire ban, which doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense based on these. I was up in the high country a month ago and everything was green and lush. Heading back up again soon and anxious to see what things look like.