Whitetails around Cle Elum

[jackelope]

Whitetails in the Entiat. Wolves and moose in the Teanaway, I think someone posted pics of a whitetail in the Yak canyon in the recent past too. They're prolific breeders and are headed west. Not surprised I guess....it had to happen eventually.
 

[7mmfan]

There are whitetail does and whitetail bucks between E-burg and Weimer in the Canyon. I've seen does with fawns multiple times along the river, usually right there below the mouth of Wilson Creek. I've seen 2 small whitetail bucks across from lower Weimer wall above Luma. Found a shed while fishing the Yak one day that by all appearances was a decent 3 pt whitetail with about a 3.5" eye guard. 3 pts are always hard to tell for sure but it was a low and long antler with shorter points, not an up and out antler like a mule deer.

[PolarBear]

Many moons ago we were buying supplies (beer) at the little store up the Teanaway Valley Rd. when one of the local farmers rolled up on his tractor.  I started b.s.ing with him about the little whitetail buck that we saw on his land.  He told us that there were a few of them around and that the locals were on a mission to shoot every one of them.  He invited us over so we followed him back to his farm where he showed up pictures of some of the whitetails that were on his place and some that his family had shot.  He wanted us to shoot any that we saw if we wanted to fill our tags.  We didn't see any bucks that or the next trip but did see a couple of does.  None of the bucks that they had killed were very big but they had been shooting them for quite a few years.

[Eli346]

 Seems like any time the whitetails move in the mule deer go on the decline. We have enough whitetails in this state but need to help the mule deer population.

[HHPro]

I wouldn't mind finding a decent buck during hunting season.This doe was running with a decent two point miley.

[buckfvr]

Blue tongue is a dominate factor in whitetail survival as they move into that region.

[westside bull]

Last summer I seen a whitetail doe on the river off I 90 in july by the old golf course closer to ellensburg!

[boneaddict]

Blue tongue has helped the muleys out substantially in certain parts of the state by hammering the whitetail population.

[tonymiller7]

Doesn't surprise me a bit, when I was a kid a saw a few by Riffe Lake.  Best we could figure is that NW Trek used to transplant them around when they'd get too many.  This was 20-25 years ago, I no longer hunt that area so I don't know if they're still there, probably thoroughly mixed with the blacktail population there now.  Additionally I've seen some bucks come out of there that had racks with some whitetail looking characteristics.

[grundy53]

Doesn't surprise me a bit, when I was a kid a saw a few by Riffe Lake.  Best we could figure is that NW Trek used to transplant them around when they'd get too many.  This was 20-25 years ago, I no longer hunt that area so I don't know if they're still there, probably thoroughly mixed with the blacktail population there now.  Additionally I've seen some bucks come out of there that had racks with some whitetail looking characteristics.

Could be Columbian whitetail.

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[tonymiller7]

Not even close to the Columbia River and they were normal sized deer, not suitcase deer.  One was mixed in with a bunch of blacktails too.

[boneaddict]

Making more muledeer huh?

[grundy53]

Not even close to the Columbia River and they were normal sized deer, not suitcase deer.  One was mixed in with a bunch of blacktails too.

Riffe lake isn't that far for a deer.

[Band]

Not even close to the Columbia River and they were normal sized deer, not suitcase deer.  One was mixed in with a bunch of blacktails too.

Riffe lake isn't that far for a deer.

Riffe Lake is closer to Columbian whitetail populations than any other whitetail populations.

[Jonathan_S]

Wherever the whitetails move in, they are capable of exploding into a herd.  Amazing to see the population rebound in Lincoln County in the past 10 years.  Rough on a few pockets of mule deer though.

It would fail to surprise me to see whitetail in any eastside county...save for a few.