Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement

[JEL]

This was a rutty old muley. Not good at all.

 

[Irrelevant]

I was recently told that the reason SE MT is in decline is drought. While Broadus did set it's all time lowest precip in 2020, it, in combination with 2021, isn't as bad as 87/88. I thought this was an interesting article on the area from back when there were deer.

Drought Evokes Fear of New Dust Bowl, but Important Differences Remain (Published 1988)

www.nytimes.com

But what do I know, just another ahole NR...

 

[DFS]

I was recently told that the reason SE MT is in decline is drought. While Broadus did set it's all time lowest precip in 2020, it, in combination with 2021, isn't as bad as 87/88. I thought this was an interesting article on the area from back when there were deer.

Drought Evokes Fear of New Dust Bowl, but Important Differences Remain (Published 1988)

www.nytimes.com

But what do I know, just another ahole NR...

Thanks for sharing that some familiar names in the article.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

I was recently told that the reason SE MT is in decline is drought. While Broadus did set it's all time lowest precip in 2020, it, in combination with 2021, isn't as bad as 87/88. I thought this was an interesting article on the area from back when there were deer.

Drought Evokes Fear of New Dust Bowl, but Important Differences Remain (Published 1988)

www.nytimes.com

Exactly - there's been droughts in that area off and on for eons. It's just a convenient distraction from the real issues.

 

[EYJONAS!]

How does one drive from Grass Range to Malta in the morning twilight see 12 groups of does no bucks. Then from Scobey through Circle to Terry and see one dink old warrior Ontario buck. I counted 24 groups of mule deer in my travels this afternoon. I'm just now sitting in Terry. Most of the deer were in people's hay stacks or in their yard but my lord. How sad the landscape looks anymore. Haven't seen 50 antelope I bet.

Thanks for culling the last of the Mohicans Ontario. Should've let him spread the seed.

 

[SAJ-99]

My dad said the same thing to me this season. "When I was younger, the big groups of does always had an older buck with them. Now it's more common to see the older bucks alone with a single doe like the whitetails will do." He said the same thing - nicer bucks that hang out with doe groups end up dead.

Tell a 20-something male human with a window for sex of a few weeks each year and with a particular individual a window of only a few hours that it is a super dangerous activity. What percentage would opt out?

 

[rogerthat]

Tell a 20-something male human with a window for sex of a few weeks each year and with a particular individual a window of only a few hours that it is a super dangerous activity. What percentage would opt out?

20 something? Let’s go by Fwp’s definition and go with sexually mature. 14?

 

[rogerthat]

If we are going anthropomorphize the mule deer herd, I would describe it as a bunch of young ones with a few old ugly troll 3x2s so like a high school rave with the moms invited and than a couple Ron Jeremy’s running around.

 

[tjones]

dink old warrior Ontario buck.

This thread is a treasure chest of signature lines. They just keep coming.

 

[madtom]

If we are going anthropomorphize the mule deer herd, I would describe it as a bunch of young ones with a few old ugly troll 3x2s so like a high school rave with the moms invited and than a couple Ron Jeremy’s running around.

And this is the perfectly-managed mule deer herd we’re striving for

 

[Schaaf]

Has this been posted?

 

[EYJONAS!]

Has this been posted?

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That first sentence in the response is a classic.

 

[EYJONAS!]

And this is the perfectly-managed mule deer herd we’re striving for

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If J. HOWARD MARSHALL was a mule deer buck. He'd be that big ol one eyed bastard that's 8 going on 11 that's a 32"wide 2 pt with 7 inch bases. Just layin the wood to his herums.

 

[DFS]

Has this been posted?

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Wow. Let’s get some comments in to support this one.

 

[DFS]

I would like it to say the landowners of the BMA areas could pick to allow doe harvest or not.

Edit: on their private lands

 

[SAJ-99]

And this is the perfectly-managed mule deer herd we’re striving for

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If we are honest, if the female of our species had any good sense or truly refined taste in a partner, the species would have died a long time ago.

 

[Bambistew]

I'm coming to MT next year. Native license and guaranteed youth tags in hand. May spring for a few doe tags too. You guys need all the help you can get on the race to the bottom. I don't want to be left out. Shooting the first troll I see. If its brown it's down.

 

[EYJONAS!]

I'm coming to MT next year. Native license and guaranteed youth tags in hand. May spring for a few doe tags too. You guys need all the help you can get on the race to the bottom. I don't want to be left out. Shooting the first troll I see. If its brown it's down.

Will you stop in and hunt unlimited sheep first? I need help

 

[Bambistew]

Will you stop in and hunt unlimited sheep first? I need help

If it's open, happy to help out. I'll bring the bailer twine!

 

[brockel]

I would like it to say the landowners of the BMA areas could pick to allow doe harvest or not.

Edit: on their private lands

Exactly. Landowners who participate in BMA can already choose what can and can’t be hunted.