Winter kill

[Elk_Nuts]

How?s the winter looking in East Wasatch far?
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"Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid."

-John Wayne

 

[elkassassin]

Been getting quite a bit of well needed Moisture this Winter!

I've seen some Winter Kill!

Mostly Deer & Elk getting Hit by Vehicles along the Roads!

We got a Habit here in TARDville of using Salt on Roadways to Melt the Ice off of them!

That Melts the Snow off the Edge of the Highways so the Deer & Elk can Access the Salted Feed!

Get's alot of Animals Killed every year!









I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!

 

[justr_86]

Utah needs to get with the wildlife fence program and places for them to safely cross....

 

[yoteduster]

>Utah needs to get with the
>wildlife fence program and places
>for them to safely cross....
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I agree hi way 40 east from strawberry to Roosevelt is a killing field for our big game and iam sure there are others in the state that kill tree share also

 

[Wapitiwilly]

Fences can have a negative impact as well. Put fences up by my home in Summit County. We have a few hundred elk and more deer than you can count. They are basically landlocked and are starting to starve. They used to cross the freeway to better winter grounds. Not many getting hit around here but the situation is challenging.

 

[Zeke]

>Fences can have a negative impact
>as well. Put fences up
>by my home in Summit
>County. We have a few
>hundred elk and more deer
>than you can count. They
>are basically landlocked and are
>starting to starve. They
>used to cross the freeway
>to better winter grounds. Not
>many getting hit around here
>but the situation is challenging.
>

Good point about fences. It's not always the best solution, so it seems.

Zeke

#livelikezac

 

[arns]

Yoto you're right the Strawberry valley Is a slaughter house in the summer. I drove truck to SLC for 5 years and every day at least 2 or 3 get killed and some days 8 to 10. They should of high fenced it a long time ago.The wild life doesn't need to cross the road they have every thing they need on both sides of the road.

 

[justr_86]

LAST EDITED ON Mar-03-19 AT 02:35PM (MST)[p]>Fences can have a negative impact
>as well. Put fences up
>by my home in Summit
>County. We have a few
>hundred elk and more deer
>than you can count. They
>are basically landlocked and are
>starting to starve. They
>used to cross the freeway
>to better winter grounds. Not
>many getting hit around here
>but the situation is challenging.
>

That's where the animal crossings come into play... overpass or underpass.

 

[arns]

Speaking of overpass is the one on top of parleys being used

 

[elkassassin]

Them Damn Deer & Elk Around Strawberry can see the Big Water for Miles & they think they have to travel clear to the reservoir for a Drink when there are Tributaries everywhere!









I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!

 

[mtnrunner260]

I wish DWR and UDOT would stop picking up roadkill.
Ass to nose deer along 30 miles of highway would do a better job of getting people to slow down than all the signs in the world.

 

[arns]

The money they spend on picking up road kills would pay for a lot of high fence