Units 071 and 073 Tabor Flats, Pole Creek, Oil Well Fire 39,400 acres by August 3, 2017 Units 062, 067, and 068 Rooster’s Comb, Snowstorm, Cornucopia, Black Point 374,000 acres by August 3, 2017 Cumulative effects of fires from last year Hot Pot and Izzenhood Fires 122,300 acres (Hot Pot alone)
Units 071 and 073 Pronghorn concentrate along Interstate 80 between Mountain City Highway and Deeth-Charleston Road Typically about 1,000 pronghorn spend winter here Units 062, 067, and 068 Pronghorn and deer concentrate on winter range South and West of Sheep Creeks and portions of Unit 066 Typically 500-700 pronghorn spend winter on east of Sheep Creek Another 600-700 pronghorn winter along southern edge of Owyhee Desert (Unit 066) 4,000-5,000 mule deer spend winter in this area
Reduce over-winter numbers Limit dependence on winter range that has reduced forage quantity and quality Improve likelihood that pronghorn and mule deer will survive winter with better body condition Investigating potential translocations of pronghorn to Colville Confederated Tribes and Yakama Tribe in Washington – both have made requests for pronghorn
Pronghorn follow existing seasons, 4 day overlap with existing any legal weapon mule deer seasons 071, 073 horns shorter than ears antelope Sep 25-Oct 9 About 300 tags 062, 067, 068 horns shorter than ears antelope Sep 25- Oct 9 About 400 tags Mule deer overlap existing antlerless seasons (160 tags in each hunt) and portions of depredation elk hunts 062, 067, 068 antlerless deer Oct 10-31 About 350 tags 062, 067, 068 antlerless deer Nov 6-20 About 350 tags
Department was granted authority to hold this hunt through CR 17-05 adopted on February 11, 2017 The Department recommends that the Commission VOTE TO ENDORSE THE PROPOSED EMERGENCY SEASONS AS PRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
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