In what percentile is a HARVESTED 160 inch buck on a general unit?

[EdP]

This type of info is available on the Wy G&F site for Wy units. Not exactly by measured points but by class of deer.

 

[mtnrunner260]

This is from Dennis Austin's book. I believe Mr. Denning has reviewed it.
A buck is classified as mature at 3.5 and older. In Utah at least.
No way to tell scores but not mature bucks 4x4 or greater are a small part of harvest and I assume few of those are 160+.

 

[ElDiablito]

Better question is what percentage of hunters would know a 160 class deer when they saw it?

 

[Fatcamp]

This is from Dennis Austin's book. I believe Mr. Denning has reviewed it.
A buck is classified as mature at 3.5 and older. In Utah at least.
No way to tell scores but not mature bucks 4x4 or greater are a small part of harvest and I assume few of those are 160+.
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1992 was a different time. 32 years ago.

 

[5MilesBack]

Better question is what percentage of hunters would know a 160 class deer when they saw it?

Yep. I don't know scores at all, but muley's don't even turn my head until their spread is well outside their ears.

 

[FAAFO]

This is from Dennis Austin's book. I believe Mr. Denning has reviewed it.
A buck is classified as mature at 3.5 and older. In Utah at least.
No way to tell scores but not mature bucks 4x4 or greater are a small part of harvest and I assume few of those are 160+.
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Thanks for sharing! How many hunters in those years? Or does it not say?

 

[Schoolhousegrizz]

You have too much faith in our fellow hunters. Chances are likely that only 100-150 bucks will be killed out of those 1,000 tags issued. Of those killed probably less than 5% are over 160". That means 5-7.5 over 160 out of the 100-150.

So 7.5/1000= 0.0075% that's under 1%.

It is common for a rifle hunt to have around 30% success rate in many units.

 

[chindits]

“Western WY. Places in CO. ID no problem.”

The OP asked general unit. What the heck is a “general unit”?

I don’t know any units in my part of CO that aren’t taking a couple years to draw and some late seasons are taking a decade plus.

 

[mtnrunner260]

Thanks for sharing! How many hunters in those years? Or does it not say?

I'm not sure but significantly more than now.
Back then it was either statewide on the general units or divided into 5 regions. So I doubt that there was much available in terms of unit specific data.

 

[Schoolhousegrizz]

“Western WY. Places in CO. ID no problem.”

The OP asked general unit. What the heck is a “general unit”?

I don’t know any units in my part of CO that aren’t taking a couple years to draw and some late seasons are taking a decade plus.

Not limited entry, not limited quota and not private land. Yeah Colorado's a little different. I would be referring to units in Colorado that take 0 to 2 points.

 

[IrkedCitizen]

It is common for a rifle hunt to have around 30% success rate in many units.

Eh I disagree but regardless I'll still say under 1% are 160+ on your 1,000 tags issued

 

[ElDiablito]

Eh I disagree but regardless I'll still say under 1% are 160+ on your 1,000 tags issued

In Utah, the average success over the years on the general any weapon deer hunts is 20-30% or so

https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/bg/2023/2023_gs_buck_deer_hr.pdf

 

[Schoolhousegrizz]

Eh I disagree but regardless I'll still say under 1% are 160+ on your 1,000 tags issued

Well, that's fine but just check the stats.
Many units are much much higher than 30% success on a rifle hunt.

Harvest & survey data

The Utah Division of Wildlife collected the information in the following PDF files from hunter harvest reports and surveys.

wildlife.utah.gov

 

[ElDiablito]

Well, that's fine but just check the stats.
Many units are much much higher than 30% success on a rifle hunt.

Harvest & survey data

The Utah Division of Wildlife collected the information in the following PDF files from hunter harvest reports and surveys.

wildlife.utah.gov

See post 52…

 

[IrkedCitizen]

Well, that's fine but just check the stats.
Many units are much much higher than 30% success on a rifle hunt.

Harvest & survey data

The Utah Division of Wildlife collected the information in the following PDF files from hunter harvest reports and surveys.

wildlife.utah.gov

That's the disconnect I'm used to Colorado. However the majority is shooting the first legal animal they see

 

[Rich M]

That's the disconnect I'm used to Colorado. However the majority is shooting the first legal animal they see

We hunted CO. I shot a 160 4x4 w eye guards.

Buddy missed a 130 3x3.
Other buddy passed a big 2x2 cause his old lady would make fun of him.

For someone to say 30% harvest means a lot of 160+ bucks = dream land. WY has a couple units and most are 2x3s.