Back country whitetail?

[buck man]

I live in Utah, but own some property outside of Republic I vacation/hunt on. Mostly late season archery. We don't have any whitetails in Utah.

Don't mean to burst your bubble but Utah does have whitetails. At least around Roosevelt.

[threedwizard]

We also have some up on the Northern border along Idaho, but none that can be hunted. The state culled a large number the last 2 years to make sure that they don't move in and take over any Mulie areas. I'm sure we could find them if you looked hard. The VERY few I've seen in the basin (I've hunted elk there 25+ years) will most likely be culled next if the number ever grows much. The WDR is dead set on keep this a Mule deer state.

[jackmaster]

idk if you have read HIRSHEYS backcountry huntn trips, do a search, they are well worth the read, that women should be writing for bugle or outdoor life....AWESOME.....

[Kazekurt]

I jumped a huge whitetail in MT this year at around 6000ft.  In this area, the whitetail generally stay below 3000 and the Muleys rule the high country.  In hindsight, I kind of wish I would have shot the whitetail buck but at the time I was completely focused on mule deer.

[deerslyr]

Ive seen some WT in some pretty crazy back country spots in MT. One in particular is a creek drainage that starts out as good WT habitat and goes all the way up to above tree line. Occasionally they would travel the creek up to tree line in the summer and early fall.

[superdown]

idk if you have read HIRSHEYS backcountry huntn trips, do a search, they are well worth the read, that women should be writing for bugle or outdoor life....AWESOME.....

I have read her stories she's awesome! I agree she does wright very well.

[jackelope]

There's plenty of whitetails in the Blues above 5k'. I don't think that alone qualifies as backcountry though. You can see them from the road.
They live in mule deer country down there. This is not 5k' but you get the idea.

[Skyvalhunter]

Same goes for the east Okanogan area.