Winter kill? Them deer should be more afraid of that fall kill I am going to be brining Looks like I am gonna have to shoot that tough bastard that survives the winter.
The total for 16/17 hit over 700" at a couple places. Year isn't over yet though. Places like Mammoth and Kirkwood could get there again.
I think one of the things that hurt the deer in 17 was the the second week of January was an extremely heavy week that hit down into lower elevations. I drove down from Tahoe at the start to get out of there before I couldn't and I didn't hit pavement until around Manzanar. The two days after that some places had over 100".
Are our deer just a bunch of pansies? Does anyone ever wonder how deer survive in states like MT ID WY or CO. It would seem to me like they have a lot of snow every year and they still produce way more deer than we do. Do you think it’s a pacific hybrid vs mule deer thing? Or maybe they just manage a lot better in those states. I know they do have bad die off years but it would seem like a bad year for us is a normal year for some of them.
I wonder if they will stop upcharging my water bill now?
Totally agree and that is why I made my original statement to the original post that if I was him I would suggest passing on applying and trying to draw x9a or x9b for at least this year. The sierras should get more snow this year then the 16/17 winter. Last time I checked it was only about a 25 inche difference in the amount of snow.There was roughly a 33% die off in x9b and 40% in X9a, from 2016 to 2017. You could see a significant difference for sure.
Long term, big storm years are awesome. Deer bounce back quickly, but not in one season
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Doubt it on a year with as much rain and snow pack most of it ends up going into the ocean because there is no where to store the amount of melt off they will have.I wonder if they will stop upcharging my water bill now?
So if there is a die off what good will a year do? It takes 3-5 years for a buck to become a good mature bucks correct. So if I can draw 9b with 3 points why not hunt it this year take my chances with the 60-70% that do survive and then go back in 3 years again? I just don’t see what a year is going to do, what am I missing?Totally agree and that is why I made my original statement to the original post that if I was him I would suggest passing on applying and trying to draw x9a or x9b for at least this year. The sierras should get more snow this year then the 16/17 winter. Last time I checked it was only about a 25 inche difference in the amount of snow.
So if there is a die off what good will a year do? It takes 3-5 years for a buck to become a good mature bucks correct. So if I can draw 9b with 3 points why not hunt it this year take my chances with the 60-70% that do survive and then go back in 3 years again? I just don’t see what a year is going to do, what am I missing?
My thought process is I can hunt the eastern Sierra’s every 3 years if I hunt 9b instead of waiting 6 for 9a. I always have the mindset that if you have a tag you have a chance.
Is it legal to pack in though a zone you do NOT have a tag for to hunt a zone you do have a tag for?