So, I've been driving around getting permission lined up for deer down south and I'm hearing about major whitetail die offs. Anyone else hear what's going on or how widespread this is? Hopefully just an issue along the border. One landowner had found a few dozen dead bucks earlier in the summer, another figured there weren't any deer left due to the die off. I ended up heading west to get permission in an area I haven't hunted in several years, several hundred whitetails out and about, no decent bucks around yet. Hopefully have some luck once the season gets under way.

Lot's of bluetomgue in 102.  We were hoping it'd stay in MT but I guess we should have known better.  Not sure how far it spread, but, ya, lot's of carcasses.

I hunted in 102 today but not at the S end.  Local fellow I trust said it was bad towards Aden.  Two years ago ranchers I know were talking about it, last year they were asking me about it, I had to look it up.  I read it was really bad in MT this summer.

Where I hunted today deer were not in great numbers, but there's meat hanging in the garage.  Lotta walking spotting and stalking, but as I was resting on the 2 mile hike back to the truck, leaning on my pack weighed down with a boned out doe, my right knee throbbing, looking over the country all I could think of was, "Don't get better than this".

Put in the effort you'll find deer, but if you're looking to fill an easy tag, well, best of luck.