Utah (Mule Deer) State of the Union 2014

[muleman]

A little good news, especially for me up in the Northern unit I hunt.

http://wildlife.utah.gov/wildlife-news/1467-number-of-bucks-as-good-as-or-better-than-last-fall.html

 

[MuleyFever]

My last scouting trip I saw about 12 does on the mountain side and only one had a fawn. Not good news. Heading out for a couple nights in a few hours. Hope this trip is more productive.

 

[muleman]

My last scouting trip I saw about 12 does on the mountain side and only one had a fawn. Not good news. Heading out for a couple nights in a few hours. Hope this trip is more productive.

Good luck on the next trip. I've seen a few more fawns than normal, but several more young bucks than I normally have seen. Antler growth seems a little better than normal from what I've seen the past several years.

 

[amp713]

I saw a ton of bucks last year and if thats actually true this year would be an awesome one to have a tag during.... Which i dont.....

 

[trdhunter]

So far I have seen quite a few smaller bucks, and about average fawn numbers in central part of state.

 

[paddlehead]

I hope one day the whole state will have a b2d ratio of that of the Kamas. I can only dream of how cool that would be...

 

[mtnrunner260]

Paddle
That would be awesome but I bet tags would have to go from 80,000ish to under 40,000 statewide. I want to see bucks and big bucks as much as the next guy but not sure I'd survive with hunting every 5 to 10 years.

 

[elkmule123]

I've seen a lot a fawns this year as well. Most of the does I've seen have two fawns. There has been only a handful of does that I've seen that haven't had any fawns and most of them look like they could be yearlings.