The EHD did not appear to hurt the WT numbers ( I saw at least 150 or so WT and only a dozen mulies ). One of the ranchers I talked found a number mule deer bucks dead and had a mule deer doe die in his yard. The other ranch I hunted didn't have any EHD in the mostly WT herd. Most of the...
I think that's the best idea I've heard but I wonder how many hunters would go someplace else. But I suspect Montana places more value on the economic value of the herd than the health and quality.
Some of you guys from Montana might know this but can a landowner that puts some of land in Block Management limit hunter to Whitetails only or does only.
Could they regulate whitetails differently than mulies. The area I was hunting was marginal for mulies and I saw 18 or so does and one small buck. I saw a conservative 150 or so whitetails. In my conversations with ranchers and other hunters mule deer numbers were way down.
After sitting in a ground blind in mid-east Montana for a week and talking to some of the local landowners I came up with a plan. What do the great minds on this forum think about using a management plan similar to Wisconsin where you would have to shoot a doe first in order to shoot a buck...