Hunting Washington Forum

@dreadi probably has some good feedback for you here.

Until one has "hands on" the deer it can be hard to determine if the injury was mortal or not.  Wouldn't be the first time an animal covered significant ground despite being mortally wounded.

I've only killed one injured deer.  He'd been injured (best guess) that morning and it was afternoon.  He had a 38 cal pistol round (perhaps PCC) wound in the broiler room, had eluded the shooter and found himself a tree to lie under while he slowly expired.  Didn't know for sure he was injured, just didn't act alert.  Yes I tagged him and didn't make a poll of who may have shot an unrecovered deer with a pistol round.

I determined that day I would always use more gun than a pistol/PCC for a broiler room shot.

My wife and I fished near there and my kids and I fished a different time there.  I use Fishing Booker app to find guys or go to local shops and book trips. The Sea of Cortez is usually super calm so sea sickness isn’t likely. Trip with wife was onshore/local and we both landed big Rooster. Kids trip was a bit further out and we caught dorado, a huge rooster, and another fish that ate well but forgot the name!
Good times report back. Heading to Costa Rica in January looking forward to some surf fishing and a chartered trip!

The most viable late season rifle hunting is done West of the Cascades for blacktail. You're not welcome over here though. Go poach a mule deer around Republic. Start by reading the regs.

This is a visual illustration of how I skin for a bear rug prior to getting it to a taxidermist. Remove the head at the base of the skull at the atlas joint. Leave the head and paws for the taxidermist if you’re not experienced. Remove all large chunks of meat and allow it to cool. Fold flesh to flesh, hair side out and roll it up before placing it in a cooler (temporarily) and asap, a freezer until you can get it to your taxidermist.