If you can pack it in, You can pack it out !!!
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" The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but building on the new"
Socrates.
stinky... new hbc name for dannybuoy..
stinkybuoy!!! it has a good ring too it.
ridered come on know we all do know cows eat thistles... it come in with your hay..
winter time a cow will eat newspaper..
salty lot of decent ranchers for sure...
also what happened to all the elk that used to call the merritt area home before the ranchers...
So I had a legitimate question. Came here to ask\. Found this box with P...P...P.. Pandora written on it and thought what the heck let's open it.
But seriously, thanks everyone who answered THE QUESTION. The rest of you that argued the merits of grazing on public land, I'm taking my question and leaving .
I can attest that once the cows found the salt, the area looks like a bomb went off. I will continue to monitor and keep you posted. This spot is an alpine meadow and I think the cows have grazed up there in past years. When I first went up it looked really good but I had a feeling that cows had grazed up there as the trails were too well defined. My cam picked up a few good looking bucks so hopefully they stick around. I think I have another question that will stir the pot. Will start a new thread for that one
UPDATE: Checked my cams and cows DO affect the dear movement. Less deer seem on one cam that has a lot of cows on. Other cams have shown less cows on it and more deer. I don't think that deer have moved out of the area completely, but definitely using different travel paths
my most successful honey hole for WT is in a pinch point above where the cattle spend the night. they move up the same way with deer leading or being pushed..once the cows get to my morning spot I start to slowly work my way ahead of them to where the deer like to go even if I missed them at the pinch point. I have also taken mule deer near a lake close to Clinton when there were cattle around...I have also seen moose near cattle in that same area above un-named lake