We are getting the same weather here in Utah, as Montana. I have seen alot of deer in and around Salt Lake. We will know how the herd did late in the spring, if it ever comes,curse you global warming. I agree with you Longstykes spring will be late.

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I just hope that the big boy that I was after didnt run him self too ragged to where he couldn't make it through this winter!

Sean, after coming face to face with your mug, that deer is probably in PA by now.      

Most of he deer I have seen while driving are  eating buds off trees. Not sure how well it nourishes them but the did look healthy, I know 10 miles North though the snow/Ice cover is a completely different story.  

Its tough watching deer up to their chests in the snow but its Nature's way.

Charlie, I wasn't sure if it was my face or my breath the sent him haulin @$$ outta town!!!

Seen abig old buck looping across aopen field late in pm after work 2 weeks a ago, chest deep in snow here in LK.PLACID,felt bad for him,he was struggling.I didn't see anything on his track though.That was before we got the last 2' of snow.Got to be tough on them this year.

We have allot of elk, deer, and antelope dead from starvation here in southern Wyo. The worst is yet to come. March storms are the real killer here.

I'm happy to tell ya folks that coyotes and wolves have "evolved" like us modern hunters. They practice catch and release, feel sorry for their prey and practice conservation that would make most veggie folks proud, only take the best representive species and never ever take the youngest, or a doe that has young with her, etc so you will be fine!

Seriously it all depends on the health of the herd heading into the winter. If they headed in with a good fat supply all is good. We had a winter here last year(four feet of snow on the ground for months on end) like it sounds like you had this winter. The deer around my local parts had a good acorn corp and faired good. Some or most parts of the state had a total mast failure last fall and combined with the terrible winter  they suffered horribly.

The bigger problem here is our local DNR uses the last TWO years harvest data in regards to set the limits for the current year so they don't OVER react. Problem is by the end of two years of data collected the deer herd is decimated.  I've personally seen a 28 day doe season any thing goes to closed no doe hunting in that time for half of the counties in the state. And then they have the gall to say that their program is working exactly like it's designed to. I say then your program is flawed. You'd think they could respond a "little" quicker! JMHO your mileage may vary. I sincerely hope your wild life fared better than you think.

I'm in Hornell, NY south of Keuka Lake about 30 min. My area is chocked full of deer. Still in the fields and on the search as if ops normal. I suppose we will know more come the spring drop. Hopefully we have a few more does birthing doubles.

When we have lots of snow deer population tend to thinned.Month of Marsh beeing the most deadly

Ken - I snowshoed into the deer yard up North by where I took you hunting and there was only a small group in there about 10 deer. Most of the other times that I have been back in there in the winter I have counted over 20 deer. I hope that this is not the case throughout the Adirondacks. Blue Mt. Lake got another 20" yesterday!

More snow later this week   .

I have heard weather reports saying this is the worst it has been in 60 years.      hope they pull through.

Up until this weekend past, I had some concern here in Nova Scotia, real old timey winter. Saturday to Monday +10 Celsius and heavy rain. Unbelievable difference!
I lost last week's work(in the woods) due to snow, back today and saw 2 groups of deer out on the bare grass on the way home.  
I feel better about a lot of things today.

still hope for the best but wow what a winter!

It looks like more snow and some rain for the next 10 days, Ken.  At least there is a little sun and some warmer temperatures mixed in.  Hopefully some of the snow melt will help.  We usually get more snow over here, but yours lasts a whole lot longer into spring.  I thinks that's what really hurts the herd, the long winters up in the mountains.

3 years ago on May 1 i killed a turkey in snow flurries with patches still on the ground in Pine Lake. yeah, they last awhile.