How has winter been so far?

[VikingsGuy]

Will probably be a hell of a year for mosquitoes

So we have that going for us, . . . which is nice . . .

 

[Sandpounder]

Montana is finally seeing warmer temps and the snow is melting fast in the lower country. It is a bit late as we are starting to see dead deer around the ranch house. I suspect that there will be more dying as we are still a month away from the usual late April green up.

Here is a good article from a few weeks ago:

Tough winter taking toll on deer, antelope

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wildlife biologists are receiving scattered reports of deer and antelope dying as a result of the severe winter.

www.greatfallstribune.com

Winter in Montana came late but turned into a real bitch from mid January through mid March with snow piling up and extremely cold temps.

Our snow is also melting fast now in NE WY. Unfortunately the melt has uncovered quite a few antelope carcasses. Quite a few looked like adults to me, so the younger ones probably had a tough time. I haven't been able to get very far off the road because it is super muddy, so its possible there is a lot of roadkill that managed to get off the road a good ways before dying. I also don't have any biologists data, but to me the winter kill on antelope looks pretty significant in the NE part of WY anyway. They have kindof scattered a little bit from the big winter bunches so it is a little bit tough to tell. Deer seemed to have fared a little better, appears to be about the same numbers in the same usual haunts, some looked on the youngish side also. Just trying to update I guess.

 

[el unit]

Snowing again here. Thankfully replacing all that snow that has been melting the last week.

 

[wytex]

Shirley Basin has some winter kill issues.