Western Wa whitetail?

[Southpole]

Okay, so I'm prepared to get shredded with ridiculed and laughter on this... So here it goes. So yesterday afternoon we get a call from a very good friend of ours saying that he was in his backyard sitting in a chair when he looked up and seen, what he assumed, would be a blacktail deer walking through (not unusual). However, he said it had all the characteristics of a whitetail deer. When the deer seen our friend looking at it with a little bit too much interest, it turned and ran off showing it's large, long, fawn colored tail waving goodbye like a classic whitetail does when they want to leave the scene. He called another friend in the area and he too claimed in the past 3 years that he had seen, a couple of times, what looked like a single whitetail deer (he never bothered telling anyone thinking nobody would ever believe anyway). These 2 guys, that have claimed to have seen this whitetail deer, are seasoned outdoorsman not known for making up tall tales about nonresidential deer and more than know the difference between a blacktail and a whitetail deer. This was in northeast Snohomish county by the way. Has anybody ever heard of anyone ever claiming to see a whitetail in Northwest WA? Okay, flame away.

[jackmaster]

i doubt you will get flamed, i personally havent seen any but i know a couple guys in sequim that have said to have seen a couple, and then also down by raymond or somewhere by there, i have heard that whitetail are the most aggressive deer, it wouldnt suprise me to find out that there are a few on this side

[steeleywhopper]

Any chance a general area could be announced for the sighting? I have heard of a white tail deer that was seen up around the Trafton area.

[Ebell]

I've heard of sightings in the area north of Snohomish, around the Machias area.  I personally haven't seen one, but I'm always keeping my eyes out for them.   The folks who are making the whitetail claim are other hunters, and I believe them, but this is one of those things that I need to see with my own eyes. 

[Southpole]

I've heard of sightings in the area north of Snohomish, around the Machias area.  I personally haven't seen one, but I'm always keeping my eyes out for them.   The folks who are making the whitetail claim are other hunters, and I believe them, but this is one of those things that I need to see with my own eyes. 

I didn't mention it, but we had a guy working for us (not anymore) that lives in Granite Falls that claimed he saw and had a picture of a whitetail in his backyard. I never saw the picture, didn't believe him and thought in my own head that he must not know what he's talking about. Now I'm wondering if he really did? I'm like most, I need to put my own eyes on it to believe.

[Southpole]

Any chance a general area could be announced for the sighting? I have heard of a white tail deer that was seen up around the Trafton area.

Oso

[Russ McDonald]

I was up on Grass Mt. just above Verlot for work and saw and saw a whitetail doe. It suprised the crap out of me too. Oh and I am orginally from Minnesota so I know whitetails.

[pianoman9701]

Is there any chance these are protected Columbia whitetail?

[jackelope]

Is there any chance these are protected Columbia whitetail?

It would be geographically way too far away from where they're supposed to be. Random stray whitetail from the Eastside would be more likely.

[Ebell]

Can't rule anything out at this point.  Need more sightings, need something verified.

[Kittman]

Only once but...Couple of years ago NW of Darrington up high up on an old logged unit one morning while bearing hunting I saw the flash of white deer tail running down the unit about 150 yards away from me.  The "width" of the tail and the obviously the color as well as the way it ran, not "jumped" over the foliage was hard to mistake.  I grew up in N. Dakota so I know a whitetail when I see one...I have hunted that area since around 1989 and never saw one here in W. WA till then.

[Southpole]

Is there any chance these are protected Columbia whitetail?

It would be geographically way too far away from where they're supposed to be. Random stray whitetail from the Eastside would be more likely.

Yeah, I would think the whitetail, that people might be seeing in Snohomish County, would more likely be from Eastern WA as well. Reading that other people have seen whitetail in this area makes me feel a little better about posting those questionable stories.

[grundy53]

In my opinion if mulies can make it to the Westside cascade foothills then whitetails definitely could.

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[Shane54]

Def. possible

[Skyvalhunter]

Anything is possible but I would doubt it. I know a guy that shot a blacktail that had whitetail characteristics i.e long browtines and basket shape.