Elk, bison, feral horses, and cattle can all be found in high numbers on the book cliffs during most months. Deer migrate each year to their winter ranges in the first week of october regardless of snow or other weather conditions. Just want to let you all know about a proposal to create a 45 mile highway through the heart of the east tavaputsbook cliffs that could place a big impact on the mule deer herd. The book cliffs appear mostly along the southern and western edge of the tavaputs plateau. Maintain a healthy mule deer population within the long term carrying capacity of the available habitat, based on winter range trend studies conducted by the. The size of the area, and difficult terrain, can make it a very challenging place to hunt. The mdwr committee is focussing on developing two separate management plans one that will apply to mule deer winter ranges in the shallow and moderate snowpack zones, and one that will apply to those in the transition and deep snowpack zones. Book cliffs mule deer 212 monster archery hunt 2019 duration. The deer come up and over the ridge, which is 8000 feet high and many miles long, in order to get to the winter grounds low on the other side. Elk spend summer months in limited summer range in the book cliffs. The purpose of the book is to give hunters, landowners, and oth ers interested. Virtually all of the critical deer winter range in the book cliffs east of the green river lies on roadless land omitted from the blms draft wilderness recommendation.
To say the book cliffs mountain range unfolds over 200 miles between utahs. Come along as richard slaugh films the rutting muleys of the ut bookcliffs. Book cliffs info mule deer monster muleys community. Anyone ever drew this tag or helped out on a mule deer hunt there. Little creek mule deer habitat little creek is classified as crucial summer range. In hopes of reversing population declines in mule deer, utahs. In utah, mule deer are weakened by the winter and its difficult for them to find food. Running northsouth on seep ridge between willow and bitter creeks, this proposal will create highway traffic through crucial winter range and a migration corridor in the book cliffs limited entry mule deer hunting unit. Roadless area deer move south udwr recommends the same avoidance periods for deer and elk. Book cliffs highway proposed in mule deer winter range. The book cliffs area is an exceptional trophy elk and mule deer unit. Book cliffs elk and deer hunts fully guided trophy hunts. Book cliffs roadless area by the utah division of wildlife resources. Robbed of their beauty today, the numerous canyons that cut deeply into the book and roan cliffs are remote, solitary, and wild.
Book cliffs mule deer are traditional in their migration and winter areas. Mule deer critical winter range was created by combining subsets of mule deer winter concentration areas, highdensity mule deer severe winter range, and deer data analysis units daus. This could preclude elk from areas they now inhabit. Deer, too, would be affected by energy development. Protection of these parts of mule deer winter range is considered critical to sustain mule deer populations across colorado. Virtually all of the critical deer winter range in the book. Winter report, 2018 mule deer openings and free range audad hunt. I am in the kaibab every year on winter range and you will see as many.
Giant mule deer bucks on antelope island utah youtube. Its not difficult to spot mule deer, elk, black bears, and numerous hawks. The high density severe winter range was created by calculating the 2006 post. Most book cliffs deer migrate to the north, however some migrate south. Unbelievable mule deer winter range deer migration. Odfw mule deer and elk winter range for eastern oregon. We specialize in trophy bull elk, mule deer, bison, bear and lion. Unbelievable mule deer winter range deer migration wildlife duration. Utah bill puts more lions and bears in the crosshairs to protect deer. Some of the bucks filmed during the 2016 rifle deer hunt at the book cliffs in.