JM,
The mule deer in the Gunnison Basin were essentially wiped out in the blizzard during the winter of 07/08. Winter kill there was extreme. The CDOW won't admit more than 30% winterkill and they only did that reluctantly after catching heck from the hunting population. I hunt the Gunnison basin and it was worse than they want to admit. Seen the carcasses first hand myself last year. We too wanted to hunt the deer here and finally had enough points to draw a tag. Now its pointless at least for the next 5 years to get back to the point they were before that winter. I've heard 54 is the same but there are still some good bucks in there. Just harder to hunt them.
