low winter kill this season?

[huntnphool]

I have been talking with a friend in SE Montana, it has been cold but no snow and the deer/elk are doing great, eating well and looking real healthy, for anyone interested in an update from that part of the country.

[norsepeak]

very low here around chinook pass....no snow.  The deer and elk are doing great this winter.  And I'm doing my part to save some calfs/fawns...whackin yotes!

[PolarBear]

Gonna make shed huntin a little harder this year as the animals are spread out all over the winter range, should make it better for me though as I don't have time usually to get out early and hit the lowlands like everybody else!

Michael

No kidding!  The deer that are normally living down by our cabin are way up in the hills.  The mule deer never really came down like usual and all the sheds we found last week were few and far between and farther up the hill.  I found one cougar/wolf kill way up in the hills but that is it.  I say cougar/wolf kill because there were tracks from both all around the skeletal remains.  Even the ribs were eaten clean down to the spine, and strewn over  100 yard area.  .Hopefully we get some rain this summer to keep everything green longer and antler growth up.

[TeacherMan]

I would say we had zero winter kill in the NE corner. We start outside track practice this coming monday.

[MichaelJ]

Went shed hunting on Feb 14th up the Entiat... saw 25+ does and they were all FAT!  We were even hiking in some areas with 8-12" of snow and the deer were spread out and doing great... Best I've ever seen them this time of year.

Michael