Utah Deer

[clacklin009]

Well I'm not a guy that has information on all of Utah's deer areas so I've never been able to give out any honey holes. With the applications to Utah open right now I thought some of you might like to see these pictures and what units the deer came from. It looks as if the Paunsaugunt unit is not as down as people in Utah are saying.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=28611113&nid=1288&fm=home_page&s_cid=featured-4

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

Well I'm not a guy that has information on all of Utah's deer areas so I've never been able to give out any honey holes. With the applications to Utah open right now I thought some of you might like to see these pictures and what units the deer came from. It looks as if the Paunsaugunt unit is not as down as people in Utah are saying.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=28611113&nid=1288&fm=home_page&s_cid=featured-4

Nice clacklin! The Paunsaugunt has definitely been recovering.

 

[Musket Man]

I think if I ever ran into those last 2 I would just drop my gun, bow, muzzle loader, spear, or whatever I was hunting with and forget I was even hunting!

 

[tdcour]

Key the drool... Nice post

 

[RUTTIN]

Clackling I thought the same thing when I saw those pictures. Everyone says the quality is down but wow I would love to shoot some of those high-quality deer.

 

[Work2hunt]

Key the drool... Nice post

That is exactly what I'm thinking. WOW!!!!

 

[CoHiCntry]

FE, FI, FO, FUM... what bean stalk they come from?

 

[Kevin Root]

Those are some giants for sure. I've never explored Utah all that much but seeing pictures like that make me want to more. The wife and I are hitting one of the resorts South Eastern Utah area in the Mohab area along the Colorado river for some R&R in late June. Kind of makes me wish I'd have picked a place a bit more west in Utah if the deer are recovering like that. Seeing any of the bucks like that would be awesome.

 

[BOHNTR]

That's a bit deceiving, though, as most of those Paunsaugunt bucks shown are from the Alton CWMU (Color Country Outfitters). You too can hunt there for a pretty price.

 

[clacklin009]

That's a bit deceiving, though, as most of those Paunsaugunt bucks shown are from the Alton CWMU (Color Country Outfitters). You too can hunt there for a pretty price.

So do you know BOHNTR if any of them were taken with public CWMU tags! I was wondering if there was a rub on that article. Are they (Color Country Outfitters) just trying to get some Business? I think I recognize one of the hunters names (Heaton) as being a CWMU operator and it looks like he could be related to the lady that wrote the piece. Did you do any of the measuring BOHNTR, or how are you privy to know they came from the CWMU. I would have assumed they came from the premium LE Paunsaugunt hunt or else I'd assumed they would have labeled it as the Alton premium CWMU.
Even so my cousin had an archery elk tag for Paunsaugunt and there was a fire while he was down there and he saw a good number of 200" deer running into the burned out areas to escape the fire. Obviously since I wasn't there I can't say that he was judging size right, but he was seeing big deer.

 

[BOHNTR]

One view of Color Country Outfitters website may shed some light for you. Many of those photos are the same bucks.

I scout it (public land) at least every other year........there's some decent bucks on the public land.....nothing like it was 10 years ago.....and definitely not "a good number of 200" deer running" around. That is, until I got an invite to photograph some deer on private property owned by the Houston's which borders the Heaton Ranch. Saw some gorgeous bucks then.

 

[nvarcher]

I'm related to the Heatons! I wish I could get on their ranch to hunt!


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[mattdeere]

WOW! Some real smokers!

 

[velvetfvr]

I'm related to the Heatons! I wish I could get on their ranch to hunt!


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Take me with you when you go!!! Lol, I will be a photographer or camera man, help pack the deer out if I need too!

 

[SansSouci]

I've hunted mule deer in Southern Utah for close to 30 years. Utah has huge deer. It might just be that the biggest bucks I've seen were in Southern Utah. I've hunted them in Wyoming, Colorado, and Idaho.

There are a few miles adjacent to Hwy 12 near Red Canyon indian Store where a lucky driver might see HUGE bucks.

I've tried to get into Paunsaugunt before Utah's bonus point system. Now I'm holding out for Henrys. The way trophy mule deer hunting has shaped up, we all might have but one chance for a B&C record book buck. While other states have great B&C potential bucks, from where I see it, Utah offers the best shot. Utah is committed to regaining its once famed big deer hunting. Utah has excellent mineral content in its soil that helps bucks grown huge racks.

If Utah can transfer its excellent trophy elk results to trophy bucks, we ought to see many more huge bucks taken every year.