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Did a two backpack trip in the high country this week. Looked at 26 bucks and at least 8 of them were yearling bucks. There's definitely not as many bucks as last year, but it wasn't as bad as that collared deer data portrayed.
Last year I averaged 16.4 bucks per day over 23 days. The area I was in this week isn't a place I scouted last year, so I can't compare it directly, but it's at least something.
I was skeptical of that collared deer data before going scouting, now I have very little faith in it at all. Another member here on the site also did 3 days scouting and about 25% of what he looked at were yearling bucks. The collared deer data said all fawns died. Obviously just a few days in the high country is very little to go on and I'll need more time to have a good opinion, but you can take it for what it's worth.
Sure a LOT of elk! I think I looked at 400+. They were everywhere!
Last year I averaged 16.4 bucks per day over 23 days. The area I was in this week isn't a place I scouted last year, so I can't compare it directly, but it's at least something.
I was skeptical of that collared deer data before going scouting, now I have very little faith in it at all. Another member here on the site also did 3 days scouting and about 25% of what he looked at were yearling bucks. The collared deer data said all fawns died. Obviously just a few days in the high country is very little to go on and I'll need more time to have a good opinion, but you can take it for what it's worth.
Sure a LOT of elk! I think I looked at 400+. They were everywhere!