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Offline Maverick

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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #30 on: January 28, 2014, 03:01:20 PM »
I really enjoy being in area that has both Muleys and whitetail around. I havnt seen any issues with both being in the same areas.

I hate blue tounge with a passion. Every year bucks I watch during the summer die from it right before bow season. I really wish someone would come up with a way to prevent it. Like a feed block with medicine it or something! I'd buy a bunch of them every year.

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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #31 on: January 28, 2014, 03:56:03 PM »
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.
:yeah: Riffe Lake is closer to Columbian whitetail populations than any other whitetail populations.

NW Trek is alot closer than Longview.  Look at the range of the Columbia Whitetail, and it's nowhere close to Morton, plus they'd have to cross the Cowlitz, which I know is doable.  What's more likely?  Like I said this wasn't last week, it was during the 80s and at the same time NWT was downsizing their turkey and whitetail deer populations.  Suddenly there were turkeys around Onalaska and whitetails above Morton.  Odd coincidence maybe.

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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #32 on: January 28, 2014, 11:36:48 PM »
I've seen Columbian whitetail all the way up in the Clearwater area.  Matlock use to have a couple but I think they were poached out like te rest of the deer.

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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #33 on: January 28, 2014, 11:44:16 PM »
I've seen Columbian whitetail all the way up in the Clearwater area.  Matlock use to have a couple but I think they were poached out like te rest of the deer.

I've seen a few very big, very suspicious, retreating white tails standing straight up in the air. Far far higher and bigger than the average blacktail deer tail. :dunno:


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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #34 on: January 28, 2014, 11:59:42 PM »
The whitetails (I have been hunting them since I was 6 years old, so I know what one looks like  :chuckle:) that I saw around Matlock were up by Haven Lake around 30 years ago.

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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2014, 07:32:59 AM »
I've seen mule deer but never whitetail out there
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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #36 on: January 29, 2014, 03:46:05 PM »
they have been up in the 335 for  along time seen 'em 20 years ago not many but they were there!Not suprised to here they may be multiplying

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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #37 on: January 29, 2014, 06:42:32 PM »
It's been a long time since I have seen a whitetail around here.  I would have to say around 15 years or so. Now black tails I see on a regular basis.  I know a buddy of mine seems to find a few whitey sheds up around the elk heights area.
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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2014, 06:54:02 PM »
There's a really nice 5x5 whitetail in the canyon right outside of Eburg this winter hanging out with 4 mule deer does. Last year he was with two whitetail does.

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Re: Whitetails around Cle Elum
« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2014, 06:54:43 PM »
It's been a long time since I have seen a whitetail around here.  I would have to say around 15 years or so. Now black tails I see on a regular basis.  I know a buddy of mine seems to find a few whitey sheds up around the elk heights area.
Not saying It's not possible but I would think a blacktail and a whitetail shed would and could be mistaken for one another.I also think well over half the deer running around this area is a blacktail mule deer cross.

 


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