I have been wondering about this for awhile now. Last night was our coldest night this year. Here in Indiana County, we got down to -3 degrees actual temperature. I think this was a good year to knock the herd down in size. This weather has to be hard on the deer. There isn't as much food this year as the past several years, and with the snow and cold, the deer have really gotta search. Our acorn crop was terrible this year. Alot of the oaks around here didn't have any acorns drop at all. The deer have been hitting peoples yards hard and corn fields that were overlooked earlier in the season. For the people that didn't support knocking the doe herd down in size, just think about it. This winter has been HARSH. If we still had all the does around, deer would be starving to death. Hopefully archers took out enough deer early on to let enough food for the other deer. They really had to pack on lots of extra fat to last this winter.

What do you guys think about this weathers effects on deer? Also, have any of you guys seen any winter kills? I havn't here, never had, the deer around here normally have more than enough food all winter.

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Edited by - Buck Magnet on 01/18/2003 10:49:11