There is $hit loads of national forest and blm with little to no deer population. Your right alot of the mule deer left tend to live there lives private and public. Good thing for private land. Thats fwps best management tool
Yes i agree some around the checker board private slash public. I dont think they should count. Atleast i dont count them. They survived because of the private land not fwp management. Look at the huge public sections of forest service land around dillon mt. Better chance to kill a 350 bull elk...
The bigger little deer, guessing they say is older. Just based on horn characteristics. The little one ones shiny rack still rutting. Bigger uglier deer guessing sage deer still young. Big deer older deer 5 6 years old have some size to some point. Otc