wmu138 mule deer numbers down?

[cujo1969]

Not seeing many mule deer around don't know if its cwd or more tags last year.

[KazIce]

I have a mule deer tag in 160 and I was speaking with my friend who lives out there and they said they haven’t really seen any mule deer this summer, a first.

On a property north of his they found 5 different dead deer frozen in the snow at spring time.

I think it’s CWD related; but last year was a tough drought so that could have also shifted things too.


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[stirfry1]

Noticed the same thing.

Wouldn't be a good time to draw for a buck!

[slough shark]

Not quite 138 but 1 visited my sister around travers reservoir and there seemed to be a lot of deer like normal there although they are protected by little bow resort and the camp.

[mongo]

Originally Posted by cujo1969

Not seeing many mule deer around don't know if its cwd or more tags last year.

Gov has given out over 400 doe tags in the last 4 years... no zone can handle these numbers without seeing large declines.

[MountainTi]

https://www.albertarelm.com/cust.Dra...istorical.page

This is why there are no mule deer left

[whitetail Junkie]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

https://www.albertarelm.com/cust.Dra...istorical.page

This is why there are no mule deer left

I hunted across the highway around carmangay in wmu 132 in year 2021 for mule deer and there was about 300 deer in that little local area off the little bow river...

This year ZERO and thats this summer and fall before the rifle season opened...my dad even confirmed it with some of the local Farmers ZERO fking deer alive.

[trapperdodge]

Some very tough winters as well.