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Everything I've been seeing is that our snow packs for nearly every area of the state is 100% of normal.
Wolves killed more deer than the snowpack did
Quote from: baldopepper on April 10, 2023, 10:44:37 PMAnimals don't get stuck in the mtns. They get down outta there. I think we've pretty well dodged the bullet in Washington. What is getting those states is there was no escaping the winter. They got early snow, then freezing weather and the cycle continued from November until now. Here early snow and then some melt and then a little more snow but continued to get some clearing between storms. Our storms were not nearly as heavy as those state have had either nor did it get down as low into the wintering areas. They also had terrible drought conditions going into the winter that kept normal browse in poor condition all summer and fall. Kind of a perfect pattern for bad winter kill. Road kill has also been terrible in those states.It kinda a phrase that I use."Getting stuck in the mountains."Yes I agree all animals will migrate .It the energy and lack of food,if they waited to long to migrate.Big storms,4 feet of snow in a 24 hour period.Deer or elk have to migrate now through 4 feet of snow 5-10 miles down. Even when they hit winter grounds ,low elevation,there as good as dead. They used to much ,to get to a spot where they can survive.Another phrase I used was"Supplemental feeding"That's not just people feeding,that's anytime they are eating stuff that is not browse.Field that's not plowed,breaking into hay sheds,livestock feed areas,an old bale left in the field.Snowplowed along the edge of a road and there is some grass showing.Anything man made ,that will cause them to eat stuff that isn't browse.
Animals don't get stuck in the mtns. They get down outta there. I think we've pretty well dodged the bullet in Washington. What is getting those states is there was no escaping the winter. They got early snow, then freezing weather and the cycle continued from November until now. Here early snow and then some melt and then a little more snow but continued to get some clearing between storms. Our storms were not nearly as heavy as those state have had either nor did it get down as low into the wintering areas. They also had terrible drought conditions going into the winter that kept normal browse in poor condition all summer and fall. Kind of a perfect pattern for bad winter kill. Road kill has also been terrible in those states.
IMHOIts not the snow pack, its the snow in wintering areas and they are 2 different things
