Northern "bush deer" are way down. Last Winter Edmonton north there really were no Chinooks to knock back the snow pack. 4 foot of snow in a lot of areas. Not a lot of deer in the bush. Exception is where there was a lot of active logging. The machines packed down the snow, there was lots of browse from the tops, and the deer could get around.
Out past Fox Creek mid Sept, and very few tracks in the bush, and for the number of hunters, no deer seen. This was quading a huge area, with recent rain, and looking for tracks.
Rocky area may be a lot better, but still, we are year 1 after two hard years, so don't expect to see a lot of old deer.
Drewski
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