2015 Utah Rifle Buck Deer Hunt Preview: Find Water, Find Deer

By Vanessa Torres

Utah’s most popular hunt starts Oct. 17

Utah -(Ammoland.com)- If conditions don’t change, finding water will be critical to finding deer when Utah’s most popular hunt — the general rifle buck deer hunt — starts Oct. 17
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The rifle buck deer hunt — Utah’s most popular hunt — starts Oct. 17.

Wet conditions this summer spread deer out during the archery hunt. But since then, conditions have changed — much of the state has dried out. The drier conditions mean less water and less food for the deer. Unless conditions change, deer will be concentrated in areas that have both.

Fortunately for hunters, there are plenty of deer to locate. Utah’s herds have plenty of bucks. And the overall number of deer in the state is the highest it’s been since the early 1990s. Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources provide the following reports to help you prepare for the hunt:
Northern Utah

DWR Regional Wildlife Manager Randy Wood and biologists Jim Christensen, Darren DeBloois, Dave Rich and Chad Wilson provide the following preview for …Read the Rest

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