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We did see an abnormal amount of deer skeletons at lower elevations

Just back from hunting Units 211 and 11.
Seven days saw 2 does and a fawn. Saw more carcasses than live animals. Several deer, antelope, elk and even a sheep were caught in fences (trying to cross snow drifts?) On opening day only heard ONE shot all day and on day 2 only heard three shots ( all three from an elk hunter on a private ranch taking a bull). Did not see any fresh deer or elk sign. All spoor and tracks were old. This was in unit eleven in the Cross mountain area. I moved to the Duffy mountain area and did not see a single deer and several people I spoke to had not seen any game. Only saw one buck on the ground. Scouted several ranch tanks in the golden triangle area which are off the beaten path and found a fresh TRACT (yea, one) at only one of these tanks all of which had good amounts of water. The DOW is not willing to admit to a winter kill but they cut the permits in these areas by 68%.

As an additional note, I found very few fresh or any tracks in the soft dirt and such that would have been there if the warm weather was the only problem. This was in meadows,along streams, game trails,etc