Robby hosts Brandon Diamond, Area Wildlife Manager in Gunnison Colorado for the last 22 years. They talk Colorado buck hunting, the current winter's effect on mule deer, how mule deer management has changed over the last 30 years, and how the current five-year season structure is affecting mule deer in the first three years of the plan. They also dive into how CWD is affecting big mule deer.  Will there be good Colorado buck hunting available in 2023? These conversations can help you become a better buck hunter and steward of wildlife

Colorado Five-Year Season Structure here

https://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/SeasonStructure.aspx

Mule Deer Aging Project here

https://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/MuleDeerAgingProject.aspx

Other similar Rokcast Episode here

Find Robby’s lastest book: Hunting Big Mule Deer: The Stories on Amazon here

This is the follow up to his first book available in the Rokstore here

or on Amazon: How to Take the Best Buck of Your Life.

https://www.rokslide.com/utah-idaho-wyoming-winterkill-update/

Photo courtesy of The Monteith Shop

What’s a punk rock mule deer? For decades, most hunters thought the does of the herd passed on the migration route to their fawns.  Turns out, that may not be entirely true.  

In this podcast, Robby along with Travis Hobbs, interview Rhiannon Jakopak, researcher at the Monteith Shop.  As part of her research for the D.E.E.R research project, Rhiannon used GPS collars to track the migration of 8 fawns in the Wyoming Range and then compared their migration route to the route their mothers taught them.  Fifty percent of the fawns had established a new migration route within a year of leaving their mothers. She calls these little rebels “Punk Rock Mule Deer”

Listen to entire podcast to learn how these fawns can give us hope for the future of all mule deer.

Visit the Monteith Shop website here

https://monteithshop.org

& follow the Monteith Shop on Instagram here

https://instagram.com/monteith.shop?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Visit the Muley Fanatics Foundation website here

https://www.muleyfanatic.org/mule-deer-days

to stay connected with Mule Deer Days and more

All Rokcast Podcasts here

https://www.rokslide.com/category/podcast/

Although the calendar says spring is here, that’s debatable on many of the mule deer winter ranges in the West. High winterkill is already being reported in some areas.  Today, Rokcast co-host Robby Denning joins Travis Hobbs. Travis has been donating his time to deer feeding operations in Utah the last few months. Travis has worked with wildlife professionals and hunters to provide the most current update on winterkill in parts of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming based on GPS collar data and field observations.

Follow Travis on Rokslide here https://rokslide.com/forums/members/ntrlbrnhunter.31415/

or Instagram here

https://instagram.com/ntrlbrnhunter?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Rokslide writer, moderator, and Backpack Cliff Tester Sam Weaver is our guest host today. Sam covers the New Mexico Draw, News of the West, upcoming draw date deadlines, and some pre-season hunt prep tips.

New Mexico Big Game Draw Deadline is March 22nd. More info here: https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us

Join the Rokslide Forum here: https://www.rokslide.com/forums

Robby recently attended the Mule Deer Days in Rock Springs, Wyoming.  This is a conservation event hosted by the Muley Fanatics Foundation in partnership with the Wyoming Game & Fish Department and the Monteith Shop.  Besides a line up vendors including KUIU, Phone Skope, Vortex, Kennetrek, and more, speakers from the Monteith Shop presented seminars packed full of research and information from ongoing studies on mule deer and other ungulate species. Along with Rokslide member ntrlbrnhunter (Travis Hobbs), Robby interviewed several of the presenters and others associated with this annual event. This information can make you a better deer hunter. In this first podcast, Robby and Travis converse on the first day’s events. More podcasts on the event will follow.  Robby and Travis also tease out their upcoming Youtube film: “Breaking the Slump”.

Visit the Muley Fanatics Foundation website here

https://www.muleyfanatic.org/mule-deer-days

to stay connected with Mule Deer Days and more

All Rokcast Podcasts here

https://www.rokslide.com/category/podcast/

It's been a few months since our last podcast so we put out a two-hour restart. We cover several topics including gear review integrity, it's been a hard winter for mule deer and top gear picks from 2022. Oh, and Robby tells a joke...

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This week we send Jordan off as our podcast host.

On this episode re-run we talk with Robby Denning and Sydney Lamb about mule deer in the west. Fawn studies and more.

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This week we re-run an older episode recapping a rut hunt with Robby Denning and Travis Hobbs. November bucks, destructive stories and good camping gear all on this episode.

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This week we re-run an episode with Ryan Avery discussing the basics of long range shooting. What to look for in a scope, what you need for gear and what to look at in a rifle.

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