Winter weather affects

[Yell Co AR Hunter]

I see winter has settled in for Wyoming.
I notice several post about having mild winters over the past few years.
Being that I have my plans in work for my first ever Wyoming hunt next fall. What kind of things should I watch for that might cause me to adjust my plans when it comes time to enter the draw. I plan on antelope and mule deer for the 2017 season.

I sure you guys know but keep some water running tonight. Heck you might have to keep it running all the time.

 

[Tim McCoy]

Some things that I watch for are bitter cold for a long time, very deep snow, and reports from the state. Usually if an event is creating problems there will be reporting about it. Eastmans MRS will also talk about winter impacts, population, etc.

An early cold snap, like this one, is usually not a problem, unless accompanied by lots of snow. Getting a bad storm late in the winter/early spring can be deadly, sometimes just the cold later in the winter can be hard on them, the animals are much weaker then. You get poor range conditions so the game goes into winter in poor condition, then a bad winter and things can spiral down very fast.

 

[shootbrownelk]

It was almost 50 degrees yesterday...and supposed to be -20 tonight and it's snowing now, with 10-12" expected. I have the plow on the Rhino and am ready. Global Warming huh? They're supposed to get up to 3 FEET of snow in the mountains around Jackson Hole and the Wind river range.

 

[Tim McCoy]

That's a storm. Hope all the critters are on the winter range. 25 and sunny here, which is very cold for the Willamette Valley.

 

[BuzzH]

Animals are going into this very late "winter" in great condition in Wyoming.

The fall was extremely warm and there was essentially no snow, and still isn't much. There was also a lot of late green-up.

My buddy and I each shot elk on November 15th in central Wyoming...it was 70 degrees in Casper that day.

 

[wy-tex]

By the time the applications are due you will be able to check on how the herds fared over winter. Biologists will have a good handle on how populations wintered before the May deadline, even though we will still have a chance of late, heavy wet snows. Conditions can vary greatly over the state, we had very little late green up in area where we work for a rancher and hunt due to lack of rain while other areas had good green up before fall.

 

[njdoxie]

Just hunt, don't worry about the weather which you can't control, doesn't really matter if animals fare a little better or worse, there will still be some animals to hunt