Re: Region 5 Deer activity
Living in Quesnel, we hunt everywhere from quesnel lake/horsefly area in the south, to the southern end of 7a (hixon) in the north, and well out east and west. Common thread we are seeing over the past number of years is that the few deer that we are seeing (other than on the farms and in town), are almost always right at the very back of the last blocks on impassible/de-activated roads...right on the back treelines, the best areas have steep drop off escape routes off the back of the block. Or....we see some deep in the heavy timber. In either case, they are more skittish than I have ever seen them before, and the numbers are as low as i can remember in the last 30 years. The moose and elk seem to be having a slight uptick, but the deer numbers seem to be getting worse.
just what we are seeing......
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go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
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