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2024 WY pronghorn, deer, and R elk draw
WY deer tag for my brother and I- sclancy27
- Post #90
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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MT Mule Deer Age data accuracy and reality
1. I've killed a little over 10 mule deer bucks (in MT), no whitetails. A fair number of whitey does. 2 & 3. I've never had any of them aged at a check station. I was trained in college how to age by tooth wear and the again with WGFD while working check stations. I age them, then usually... -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Do forkies actually have neck roasts? Maybe neck strips? -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
It would prob be like our neighbor to the south.... -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Just to be clear, it would be pick your region and species along with the season changes as you mentioned. I agree that in a perfect world addressing NR only would be ideal. The problems would be 1. How are you going to decide the quota? Are you going to do it every year based on counts... -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
I agree, I'm just saying the current data isn't worthless. If you compare to what mandatory reporting would produce in terms of data, then yes, the current data quality isn't even close. -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
The numbers themselves may not be 'accurate' but if the same sampling method and analysis is used you can compare them to one another to see trends, etc. -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
NR killed more MD bucks than Residents in Region 7 from 2012-2015, it's in the graph I linked above. I'm assuming you didn't care about that then like you care about it now, instead now using it as an argument against a proposal that removes some total opportunities. Maybe you did care about... -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
I guess it didn't matter 10 years ago when their wasn't a citizen proposal that you disagreed with? -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
You could also post this in the more appropriate thread... https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/montana-general-season-structure-proposal.324379/page-86#post-3786507 -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
I was just comparing when I see the vast majority of folks in the field, which is essentially the last 2-2.5 weeks of November, and compare it to archery + october rifle when there is no real incentive for people to all go at the same time. -
Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Where was that argument for R7 in 2012-2015? The following graphs (for R6 and R7 MD buck harvest) show the problem in having regional caps, for R or NR UNLESS you have a quota system ala AZ archery OTC. If FWP is going to go through the trouble figuring out a quota as populations ebb and... -
‘23 Montana B tag draw
Are they drawing today?- sclancy27
- Post #94
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Stone Glacier pack or Exo Mtn and Why ?
I've used both. SG are a little lighter. I like Exo as a company better.- sclancy27
- Post #9
- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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Protection in bear country
I have primarily carried spray only, for work and play. For work I was only allowed to carry spray and we were working in dense riparian areas in NW WY that had high numbers of G bears. -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
I've thought about that a lot and I definitely think there is some validity in that line of thinking. Logically you would expect the years with the most big bucks to correlate with the largest age classes (high populations) just from a probabilities perspective. However, my observations have... -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
For sure, I completely agree. At least what I noticed the previous 2 times (in the areas I hunt) I noticed a drop in pressure for a couple yrs after those big population declines which I think temporarily caused increased probability of survival. If you do the math using MT's accepted... -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
Before listening to the podcast, I will kind of give my what I have seen happen (from an antler growth perspective) in MT in the last 25 years. From my observations there have been largely 2 scenarios. Caveat, I think any average deer can get to 150" +/-. This is supported by some data... -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
I haven't listened yet to this one, I'll have to give it an hour. Thanks -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
1. The vast majority of whitetail hunting (outside R1 and R2) will take place on private land anyway. 2. I would like your argument on why outfitter lease holdings would increase approximately commensurately with your supposed increase in time (which I don't think will be true in practice)...
