mild winter good for deer

[Doug]

I agree with some of the others on their comments that it is not a mild winter that makes a difference, it is the amount of snow cover and maybe more importantly the amount of ice, as in ice storms we get. Not only does ice covered snow mean the yotes can travel; but when the food source ie browse gets a coating of ice, deer have a harder time finding the food required... weaker deer, stronger yotes equals less deer, despite a mild winter.

Lets hope for a winter with limited snow cover, temps cold enough to limit freezing rain. Yet nice enough to get out and do some predator control.

Oh, and cold enough to give the ice guys enough to get out.