Brutal Winter Causing Huge Losses in Western Big Game Herds

It’s technically spring, and Colton Heward is starting to think about turkey hunting. He’s been taking his spotting scope out to glass the hillsides of sage and cedar trees near his home in southeastern Idaho, 10 minutes from the Utah border and 40 minutes from Wyoming. But instead of watching turkeys scratch their way across the snow, Heward sees dead deer picked apart by scavengers. Sometimes he sees four or five carcasses in one quick scan of the landscape. The obsessive big game hunter and guide is getting nervous.  “Deer and elk are hardy. They’re made to withstand some brutally... Thanks for watching! Read more: https://rebrand.ly/imcamping
Source: https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/brutal-winter-killing-western-big-game/