Utah Mule Deer Hunting
« Previous EntriesBig Mule Deer killed in Northern Utah
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008This buck was killed in Northern Utah - 2008 season. Hunter unknown.
Photo submitted by Paul Baxter
How about a Pig?
Saturday, November 15th, 2008This hunter got very lucky hunting West-central Utah in 2008. His pig is about 38 inches wide. You can tell it is a pig by the neck. Do you care that it is a 3×4?
Photo submitted by Paul Baxter
Utah Hunter Bags Huge Muley
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008This nice buck was killed by an unknown hunter while hunting in South Central Utah - 2008
Photo submitted by Paul Baxter
Utah Archery Hunt - Success on Long Odds
Saturday, August 30th, 2008John Baxter just returned from a church mission in time to hunt the Utah archery season.
Having not shot a bow for over two years, John had to make up for lost time. After too many shots to count, John finally killed a very nice buck on the last day of his hunt.
Young hunter bags HUGE Utah archery buck
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Rock Chardeen arrowed a massive muley buck during Utah’s 2008 archery hunt.
Rock figures the buck will gross score in the 190’s. Hunting is a family affair for the Chardeen family. Three of them ride together on one four-wheeler, and have done so since the boys were little. Rock and his brother are accomplished hunters, bull [...]
It won’t be long now
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008August is upon us. The first opportunity to go after the monster mulies is nigh. Did you get a tag? Nowadays it can be harder, much harder to get a tag than to get a trophy buck (once you have the tag, of course).
If you are like me, you have applied for all the tags [...]
Northern Utah to trim Elk so Deer can Grow
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Folks in Northern Utah are fed up with having no mule deer. Meanwhile, the growing elk herd is getting fed up with hay. A local family, in Cache Valley, has been using personal resources as well as donated hay to feed a growing herd of elk for 20 plus years now. The local deer lovers [...]
Utah Wildfires - 2007
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008Utah’s 805 wildland fires have scorched more than 689,495 acres as of Aug. 6, according to the Boise, Idaho-based National Interagency Fire Center.
In an attempt to help Mother Nature rehabilitate the landscape wildlife depend on for food, shelter and protection, local, state and federal officials will plow charred soils and begin reseeding the area by [...]
Save the Utah Does
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Consider the following:
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-The Utah DWR is not really inclined to have more deer
-There is little reason to kill does until the deer herd is up to carrying capacity
-The Utah deer herd is at app. 46% of carrying capacity - overall
-Hunting and killing does is harmful to the herd in the following ways:
*hunters tend to kill [...]
Utah Black Bears doing Well - Mule Deer NOT
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Utah Bear Management - Good for bears, Bad for Mule Deer.
Utah Bear Management Plan (excerpt)
Bear management in Utah is guided by the state’s Black Bear Management Plan. The three major goals of the plan—keep the percentage of female bears taken by hunters below 40 percent; keep the average age of bears taken by hunters above [...]