Not an Oregon resident anymore but I have hunted and logged the south slope of the same range on the Calif side of the line for years. Other than strange weather anomalies (which seem to happen more frequently) the blacktail seem to migrate down with the weather. When you get a few inches of snow on Elliot Cr ridge and Donomore Pk, Dutch, they will be on the move. They will bunch up to move and then I think the rut is on. If there is such a thing as an average year, it would be pretty hard to beat Thanksgiving week.I imagine Seafire forgot more on this subject than I ever knew.
