Thanks, I watched the video taken 3 miles east of Gunnison and that is why I was asking for some more info. That area I believe includes GMU 54 and I hunt some 40-50 miles west near Crawford, CO. I have seen first hand what a die off can do and how it effects hunting. Tom.
There is no question it has an impact but if elk is your primary focus and deer is just an opportunity type hunt I think you'd be crazy not to get the tag if it only requires one point.
I haven't talked to anybody in Gunnison in the past few weeks but last I heard we may have dodged a bullet. I heard that the fawns didn't fare too well which, if the case, will have more of an impact in 5-7 years when you're missing an entire age class of deer.
If you don't have any plans to save points for a different deer hunt in the future you gain nothing by waiting a year or two to get the tag that you can draw every other year
