Mule Deer Counties

[Hiker of the Woods]

What counties in MT would everyone consider to produce the worst/smallest antler size even for older age class bucks?

 

[Hiker of the Woods]

So I came up with Carbon, Mineral, Jefferson, and Silver Bow counties being the worst counties in MT for mule deer antler size according to B&C and P&Y. Does that sound about right to everyone or is there any big bucks coming out of those counties that are in other record books?

 

[mtmuley]

Gotta ask. Where are you going with this? mtmuley

 

[Hiker of the Woods]

>Gotta ask. Where are you going
>with this? mtmuley

It is for a project but it's in the very early beginning stages.

 

[COSA]

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Great or crappy genetics don't really matter at all with FWP management practices... 6 week general season until Dec. 1st

Some simple math from MT FWP's own website:
Estimated 2018 Mule Deer Buck Harvest = 39,302
Modeled Total Mule Deer Population = 334,965
Total MD bucks >1 year old (being very generous at 20% of population which includes fawns) = 66,993

MT FWP management = at least 58.6% of the bucks killed every year. And probably more like 70%, since that 20% of the population # is very generous.

Statistically, this summer's forky only has a 2.5% chance of making it to 4.5 years of age from legal hunting (does not include winter kill, road kill, poaching, or predation)

 

[Stubaby]

Judas

Imagine the stats if you take out the private land deer ?refuges? ?




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