Yearlings, or Lack Thereof

[huntnnw]

yotes and bears are getting most of the fawn around here when the fawns are droping there is bears cruising 24/7 lookin for fawns then if they make it through that they got the packs of yotes to deal with.. Gunna be hard to find a good buck in four or five years.. And the wdfw says we dont have a problem with our big game populations.. BS!

been tons of predators up there since I have hunted it 20 years ago and hasnt changed and we still find boatloads of big bucks 

[jess]

yeah but there is a noticeable difference in the last few years that i can see...

[sirmissalot]

I finally made it into my deer spot last night for the first time this summer. I don't know how many deer I saw probably close to a dozen but not one fawn... The deer were really spooky too. Normally this time of year they kinda just watch me walk by but they all bolted. My trail cam which has been up there since November had pictures of a family of cats, I suspect that and the bears have taken their toll. I was really amazed watching all the lone does

[gottatree]

Not sure which area you have your cams set up out there but I have more fawns and yearlings this year than I ever have before. Four cams on Simpson ground and another four on private ground. Cameras are spread from the 600 to the prison. I have seen one spike buck on all of my cameras this year. No bear or cats on any cams either. I have seen a huge increase in packs of dogs in almost all locations which could be taking a huge toll on are fawn crops.  

[nontypical176]

I had 3 does that hang around my place with 2 fawns each.  Now there is only one doe with fawns, still has both.  The other 2 does now hang out with a couple of last years fawns.  Pretty sure coyotes are the problem, at least thats all that was on my game cam.  I've killed a pile of coyotes this year(8 or more) at the house, but many nights I can hear a pack howling away.  The doe that still has fawns hangs out closer to me and the neighbors houses these days.  She had the only surviving fawns last year as well, and I am taking a pretty good guess that they survive because she uses people for protection from predators.  On nights when coyotes are howling I'm almost guaranteed to see her and the fawns in my yard.  My dogs like deer and hate coyotes, so maybe they are helping her out too.  Thought I had shot enough coyotes to keep them in check and help the fawns this year, but the coyotes just keep coming.  Its been a real eye opener for me, the number of coyotes in this small an area is out of control.  This has already been my best year ever for killing coyotes, all of them right at the house, and it hasn't even slowed them down. 

Last year I blamed pet dogs for the lack of fawns, so I found out who owned the dogs that were running loose and warned them what was going to happen if the dogs weren't controlled(showed em pictures from my game cams).  All the dog owners locked them up and this year I've seen no pet dogs running amuck and none on the game cam.  Bear and cougar have been seen in the area, but never once on either of my game cams, and I've only seen 1 bear in 6 years.  The first night one of the does fawns went missing (about a month ago) I heard a pack of coyotes and I don't think its coincidence. 

[CavemantheHunter]

I'm hunting the Methow right now and have seen 15 does so far, 0 bucks, and 0 fawns. All 15 does have been without child...

[blacktailcody]

The herd I like to hunt (deer) has  one 3x3, three 2x2s, one 1x2, five 1x1s, twenty does, and ten fawns of unknown gender.

[Biggerhammer]

I've been seeing a bunch of fawns on the Douglas Co side around Wenatchee.

[huntnphool]

 We saw a lot of deer the last couple days in the Methow, lots and lots of fawns and loads of twins.