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Montana - Time to Shake it Up?
I think range management is an issue, but just saying it is "overgrazing" is way too simple. If you look at the history of some of the big WMA's, they were able to increase winter range production by grazing cattle at certain times of the year. It's a timing and intensity thing with cattle... -
Montana - Time to Shake it Up?
Man, I've been reading mule deer research for 12-15 years. That podcast is the single best compilation of mule deer information that I have ever seen or heard. I hope everyone takes an hour to listen to it. -
Montana - Time to Shake it Up?
I should say specific to R7 and R3, where I have hunted mule deer. But UT is collaring deer in every unit studying all kinds of things. They actually know what is causing the population drops vs MT which, outside of big events, has no idea it seems. -
Montana - Time to Shake it Up?
I was just gonna post the same thing. I don't think FWP knows near as much across units as Utah does because we put in a fraction of the research effort. In 25 yrs of hunting, I have never seen a deer in MT with a collar. I have seen a couple elk. In comparison, I have seen several collared... -
Screwing over the Non-resident (or not)?
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Screwing over the Non-resident (or not)?
The hunting side barely does anything for public lands advocacy. That is the dreaded "non-consumptive" user group that has historically steered that ship- sclancy27
- Post #541
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Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice - 2024
500 gr Easton Axis or 126gr Hammer Hunter out of 270 Win -
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
160". His fronts were quite a bit shorter than I thought. Other than that, basically what I thought. I'm sending in his teeth, you can guess age by pics and teeth. -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Yea, you need to manage them differently. With cattle, I imagine you manage the genetics very specifically, if you can, to express the traits you desire. You can generally control mortality from natural causes (weathers, feed, etc) pretty well, so any negative traits caused by the limited... -
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
You would think, just to get an idea on winter mortality. -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Possible, but no research has teased it out yet. I think I was referencing data from WY, and I believe that they were using pre-winter ratios. So you would expect the spring ratio to be lower, which is I believe the metric FWP uses? Sorry for the mix-up -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Ok, what we know about "runt bucks", at least from literature, is this. A buck born into poor maternal conditions prioritizes excess nutrients throughout his life into increasing body condition rather than bigger antlers. No, logically, any breeding this buck does would also pass those...
