Hunting Washington Forum

Has been said that predators/scavenger do not eat EHD victims, oh, they do, just too many to keep up.  Frost is a good thing

Your correct.
But , coyotes will clean up all the fawns first,left behind from moma doe dieing from blue tongue.
So ya they'll eat it ,after all fawns are gone.
Blue tongue usually hits in August,which leaves a lot of young fawns to be easy meal,without old moma doe.
It doesn't just effect that current year,but also effects the next few year fawn reproductive rate/survival rate.

So like your thinking,there's just too many dead deer for coyotes to clean up.
No ,not really ,they are busy getting young fawn meat. Instead of eating some sick dead rotting deer. I've watched deer rot for months before a predator will touch it.
Coyote kill herds ,I mean herds of fawns left behind from blue tongue,killed by coyotes.
Seen it before,with my own eye.
Them coyotes are smart man,that's why people see dead deer rotting after an outbreak.
Cause those yotes are busy , cleaning up fresh meat.
Reality of blue tongue and how it effect the next season, is different then most actually see.
I also know ,that you know this already..
So just putting some Truth to it ,for the rest of the forum.

With black Ovis and Camofire gone. I find a void in my daily routine. Mainly Camofire. Bought a lot of stuff over the years through them. Couple years ago at the expo I ran into bad-ss outdoor gear. Bought some clothing from them. Talked to the owner. Super nice lady. Anyways made purchase on some discounted Sitka gear last week. Package came in the mail. I opened it up and there was a hand written letter thanking me for my business, a Cousy, and some stickers. Blew me away. I will definitely be doing more business with them going forward.

That is an absolute slob. Thanks for sharing!

I have the Vortex Fury 5000AB.  I really enjoyed using them during the early bear season.  I just came back from eastern MT and the temps only dropped down to mid 20’s but the Fury’s sure eat batteries in the cooler weather.  I really didnt use the range finding much so not sure why it eats batteries. I went through three batteries in a week.  I do plan to contact Vortex for their input on the matter.

I wish you could turn the auto off down to 5 seconds or so.  The lowest setting for the auto off is after 15 seconds.  I will say having range finding binos does make a difference if you don’t have much time to range and shoot.  It’s one less step and the scan ranging works well. 

I don’t have any regrets buying them but not so sure it’s worth the extra $ money yet.  This was my first season with them.