Area G Whitetails

[DeerHunter53]

Hey Guys I saw on my Area G Tag that I can shoot any antlered mule deer buck or any whitetail meaning a doe or buck. Are there Whitetails in Area G and if so are they on the boarder with Idaho and down in the farmers fields?

Has anyone seen Whitetails in this area and in any numbers?
Just wondering I didn't know they had reached these areas

 

[Triple_BB]

The whitetails I've seen are hanging on the river bottoms. Unless you have permission to hunt deeded ground, you won't be hunting them. Saw a pic of a high 150's class buck someone shot a few years ago off the Salt River.

 

[DeerHunter53]

Are the farmers willing to have you come in and take one of them out of his or hers field if you ask for permission?

 

[DoubleDropMuley]

I would say no on ranchers giving permission but don't hurt to ask. Personally I would concentrate on Muleys with a G tag and go over to the black hills to hunt whitetail in a future year. Just my thoughts!!!

 

[Tknez]

Get a hold of Nate Strong! He will be able to point you to some great whitetails!

 

[PleaseDear]

Any reason anyone would draw Region G and then want to hunt for a Whitey??

Just curious, nothing more.

Robb

 

[nontypical]

+1. Region G probably in the top 5 public land mulie destinations on Earth...

 

[DeerHunter53]

No I wasn't going to go for whitetails but I was curious as to the fact that there were Whitetails in Area G. The tag says any antlered Mule Deer or any Whitetail and since I haven't been there in a while it shocked me that there were Whitetails in Area G.
So I thought I would reach out to the MM guys and see what was up.
My intent is to find a nice Muley buck and put my tag on him.

 

[letmgetbig]

There are some really nice whitetail bucks in G and getting more all the time. There are actually quite a few local guys saving a Mule deer and taking a whitetail. I personally think it's great. Most people think Whitetails taste a little better. And a 20-22 incher is a big one. And there is public lands to hunt them on.

 

[Yakatak]

If you love hunting Muleys on the Salt river / Wyoming range mountains, get the Whitetails killed of the valleys! They'll displace the mule deer in as little as 30 to 40 years. That's a bad deal for region G...


For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Thomas Jefferson

 

[DeerHunter53]

I have eaten some whitetail as I went to Canada a few years ago and got a nice one. we ate some of it and donated the rest to a family of nine kids and had dirt floors.
If we shoot the whitetails out of the valleys it will help to slow there progression into Area G.
They are the dominant one and will take over as said if left to do so.
I was just thinking of a Plan B in case I Don't get one of the Salt River Muleys this year and a last day buck for the freezer could be a whitetail better than tag soup

 

[deerfanatic]

30 years ago whitetails were going to take over region G. We have had some easy winters recently and you see some moving in again. Get a hard winter and it will knock them out again. The cycle continues and I don't believe there is a true threat.

You see a lot along the railroad. I think corn and grain falls out of the cars and they follow the tracks in. Give them a hard winter and there isn't enough spilled grain or natural feed to sustain a natural population. If it did, wouldn't they have taken it over several thousand years ago? Agricultural might be helping them move in a little, but ranchers aren't in the business to feed whitetails in this area. That food source is for feeding critters that we like to eat and critters that help get us up into the high country.

 

[littlebighorn]

Hummm.

Alberta has some serious winters, but it hasn't caused the Whitetails to leave that country!

I saw a whitey along the Smiths Fork 30 years ago, so they haven't exactly taken over. But it would be a sad day if they displaced the great Muleys in G!

 

[deerfanatic]

I'm not a biologist, so I am only talking from personal observation. I remember G&F meeting in the late 80s early 90s talking about them moving in and taking over in 30 years. Hybrids were a big topic. Since then I've seen them move in after a few years when the winters are mild. Then we have a hard winter and they are pretty much gone. I don't think it is the snow and cold that gets them. I think it has more to do with what food sources are available here for them to be able to make it through a hard winter. We don't have high energy food sources like acorns, walnuts, corn, etc. if whitetails adapted to eat sagebrush...watch out. There are foods here they can eat, It is just my opinion there isn't enough of it for them to survive a hard winter.

 

[Mj1980]

Seen 3 doe whitetails between labarge meadows and wyoming peak 2 years ago have yet to see a buck in G though

 

[Blank]

Have watched and hunted whitetails in a dozen states, and many of them in harsh winter conditions.If you get a bad enough winter to kill whitetails, there will not be one single mule deer left. They are more adaptable, and seem to be heartier in the low country in bad weather, I have not seen them in Region G yet, but they do well in the rest of the state. I love to hunt them in Dubois and Riverton.