WI winter severity index???
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WI winter severity index???
Anyone have any current statistics??? With the brutually cold temps I'm starting to see winter stress on deer n turkeys and we are not even into Feb yet!
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You best bet is to pull the information from the Minnesota DNR and correlate with latitude.
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Here is the current MN WSI map. I cannot find a Wisconsin WSI map anywhere.
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation ... _map14.pdf
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation ... _map14.pdf
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62kodiak wrote:Here is the current MN WSI map. I cannot find a Wisconsin WSI map anywhere.
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation ... _map14.pdf
That don't look good at all....
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This could be a real bad year on the herd.
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I have read about some deer having trouble getting up and some being found dead here in Michigan already. One was in Jackson county (probably from exposure) which is all farm country (lots of big bucks too).
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Saw a buck fawn in rough shape this evening during the snow storm. I doubt he makes it. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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BassBoysLLP wrote:Saw a buck fawn in rough shape this evening during the snow storm. I doubt he makes it. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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It'll be stressful waiting for the trail camera pics this year. That is for sure.
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I just knew it was gonna be a bad winter, those deer had a pile of fat on them even in September!
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Brad wrote:I just knew it was gonna be a bad winter, those deer had a pile of fat on them even in September!
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Yup. Mine was loaded with fat like I have never seen.
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Dewey wrote:Brad wrote:I just knew it was gonna be a bad winter, those deer had a pile of fat on them even in September!
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Yup. Mine was loaded with fat like I have never seen.
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to be honest there wasn't that much fat on my gun buck? ....run down from the rut maybe..i mean he had some fat on his Hine quarters but no much. on the other hand a doe that my friend kill over here during gun hunting was loaded with fat ? so idk
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My buck was thin too. noticed across back right away.
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Now that you mention it the doe I shot had a ton of fat- enough that I noticed it as unusual.
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Brad wrote:I just knew it was gonna be a bad winter, those deer had a pile of fat on them even in September!
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We got two bucks in Mid October, same spot, both 2.5 years old. One had some of the most fat I have seen on a deer in Illinois, the other was the leanest deer I have seen in a looongg time. I mean there was barely any fat, if any over tenderloins.
My buddy was out at our farm in Central Illinois today since it was in the 40s year. He said that there were deer everywhere in our standing beans and the tracks were everywhere. Granted we probably have the only standing crops within a mile. I'm hoping the added crops for food and the thick cedars are keeping them warm!
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