Hanna WY snow

[cnelk]

Might want to wait until the WGF releases tag allotments before applying in some Wyo areas.

This was taken this week near Hanna Wyo

 

[Trr15]

I’m in central Wyoming and this winter has been no joke between the snow and -20+ temps. The wind surprisingly hasn’t been quite as bad as I expected though.

 

[zrodwyo]

Not saying this winter hasn’t been snowy but you could take a photo like that dang near anywhere in Wyo anytime it snows more than 4”.

Drifts are wild

 

[HiMtnHntr]

Antelope on the area migrate great distances. They don't have to go far to reach more open country.

 

[wytx]

They have no where to migrate to right now though, very few areas have no snow.

Hanna and Medicine Bow have been cut off for days now, roads closed all around them.
Check out the drifts on the WYDOT District 1 FB page: https://www.facebook.com/WYDOT1

So you want to move to Wyoming for the hunting, we welcome you with open arms, but closed roads, lol !

I know a plow driver, he said it's been way worse this year with drifts.
Stay safe folks.

 

[HiMtnHntr]

I've had a few hundred around my place for a few months. Lots of bucks. Stopped counting bucks at 50 the other day... We don't have near the snow. As long as they can get east...

 

[SouthernWyo]

Antelope on the area migrate great distances. They don't have to go far to reach more open country.

You're correct, they will just keep moving until they either find open forage, pile up against an impenatrable barrier, or die in place. We had a tough winter two years ago (not quite so tough as this one) and the goats migrated into town and then just started dropping. 60-70 carcasses on the golf course in the spring. Several had been collared around Med Bow as part of a migration/habitat study, so we know they had made it that far before they died. It's damned tough to see, and we're reliving it this year. The next year quotas were cut in 47, year after that 46 was severely reduced (probably a year too late imo.) Quota in 47 was increased again last year, I hope it's drastically cut this season.

A couple of months ago I was hoping that they would have the ability to migrate out like you stated (20 miles? 30?) but I'm not seeing that option now. Where they are stuck is where they'll live or die. I've been back and forth to Laramie alot this winter on 80 and 30, it looks to me like the goats that migrate east will be in better shape. Start picking up herds east of Cooper cove and the fossil house on 30. It's a white wasteland to the west and has been since the first of the year.

 

[HiMtnHntr]

Hopefully the goats in 47 can get east.