Re: Odd MD hunt this year
Seeing young deer is a good thing it means there has been recruitment. Mostly when you see a few does together they are related. Most common is three ,a doe and two fawns. Young doe she don't have fawns been hanging with mom year and half.
Often I have seen a single young deer alone it is because mom is getting some in a private place out of the way.
Reality is the Mule deer herd took a kicking for several years with predation and winters and a few other factors but sign of predation is way down for a couple or more years now . Deer numbers really were down. Anyway I have been seeing plenty of young bucks since the general closure but no 4 points. The 4 points get alot of pressure from the Nov crowd. What I was seeing in the past was mature doe in late October with no fawns or only a single. Even 3 mature does in group no fawns by spring .
It is well to try and journey ones road and to fight with the air.Man must die! At worst he can die a little sooner." (H Ryder Haggard)