Hi I was wondering if there was a winter kill  on deer this year around RedDeer and Bashaw areas   I herd there was  about 60%.....was wondering if its true..Seems like deer numbers are down alot this year...

Doesn't seem to have hit the north east to bad..

Ya I just think that might of been a rumour started by some farmers..lol

White tail bucks are pretty tough and have a knack of surviving some brutal winters. In 06 in NW Alberta we had some of the worst conditions I ever saw. Up to 90% winter kill in a lot of the areas. White tail does, mulies and the elk got clobbered. The 07 spring shed hunt was equally depressing with a ton skeletons in the lower areas. I took my usual 2 weeks off in Nov. the following year and filled my tag on the 2nd day on a 150 ish buck, BIG mistake. I continued hunting with family and friends and saw quite a few big bucks and very few does. The buck to doe ratio was around 13:1 and the healthy mature bucks that survived the previous year had to put a lot of miles to find does. For some reason the mulie bucks were hit harder. We never saw a mule deer at all in the last 2 weeks in an area that use to hold several doe groups in years past.

no nude I ment the winter kill rumor. sorry

My neck of the woods there's no yearlings.

Niece is a cowgirl (the real deal, as in ride the range).  She said she came across lot's of skeletons this year.  Same thing happened about 25 yrs ago (man I'm gettin' old).  They'll come back, but it takes time.

I didn't realize the parkland area's had lot's of snow.

I spent the weekend in the N.E. around Lac La Biche, although I have seen more deer at times, there was no shortage, and no shortage of hunters either. Didn't see any jaw dropping bucks, but there were a few idling around.