Let The Methow Herd Destruction Begin

[h2ofowlr]

I think every doe tag holder was out this weekend in GMU 224. Never seen so many people out there.  I think all the deer were getting chased into the residential areas.   

[GameHunter1959]

I disagree with all these doe tags. I find it hard to believe that the deer won't travel elsewhere to find the habitat they need to survive. WSDFW destroyed Marengo GMU 163 in the 90s and 2000s, with their 1200 does tags per year for over a decade. The end result will be the same.

IMO- this is about generating money.

[h2ofowlr]

It used to be the last day of the season all youths could harvest a doe.  That was prior to doe permit tags.  It probably wouldn't be so bad if these hunters could access some of the private lands to hunt some of the resident deer.

[Little Dave]

I suspect that the wolves in the Methow will eat well this winter and increase numbers substantially.  If that happens I wouldn't be surprised, for lack of a plan to manage wolves, if it takes years to recover from the side-effects of the fire.  A higher deer harvest might be the only way to prevent a spike in the predator populations.

[Eagle_view]

I suspect we will see very healthy Cougar, wolf and coyote this winter as well as auto repair shops and wreckers.  Has anyone heard what the new wintering population projections are for the Methow?  What ever was guessed at before will need to be re-guessed again.

[boneaddict]

The population isn't even a shadow of what it was when you were there, and unfortunately I trust their numbers about as far as I can trust Obama with my milk money.   The crossing by your old yard barely had a track in it last winter.  That used to be one of the top ten smack em spots on the hiway.

[huntnphool]

The highway sign  Sunday said year to date total was 163.

[wolfbait]

I think many people don't quite understand the drop in the deer herds in the last 14 years, there are far less deer which means less habitat is needed. I think WDFW jump the gun with the extra doe tags, to avoid any deer feeding if there was a shortage of feed.

I wonder how many more years WDFW will be able to claim, "for the amount of hunters that showed up the deer season was a great success".

[boneaddict]

Just waiting for the Chewuch/Winthrop numbers to come in.     Of course that might have doubled in hunters since the other half of the valley is crispy.

[wsmnut]

We'll get the latest blast of propaganda courtesy of the Methow Valley News tomorrow.  We'll hear how wonderful the opening weekend was and why we need to hurry up and kill the rest of the deer.
Disgusted.

Wsmnut

[huntnphool]

We'll get the latest blast of propaganda courtesy of the Methow Valley News tomorrow.  We'll hear how wonderful the opening weekend was and why we need to hurry up and kill the rest of the deer.
Disgusted.

Wsmnut

 Well they only report what Fitkin is telling them.

[wsmnut]

We'll get the latest blast of propaganda courtesy of the Methow Valley News tomorrow.  We'll hear how wonderful the opening weekend was and why we need to hurry up and kill the rest of the deer.
Disgusted.

Wsmnut

 Well they only report what Fitkin is telling them.

I shouldn't try to type while my wife is talking!  I meant to include Fitkin as the source of the propaganda.  Thanks!

Wsmnut

[boneaddict]

You've heard of no texting while driving....well typing on huntwa while wife is talking is MORE dangerous

[mkcj]

Our neighbor took a drive over to the 224 Sat. and said cars and trucks were lined up from the gun range all the way up to O'Sullivan's pond, I'm going to say there's not a doe left on that whole mountain now.

[huntnphool]

Our neighbor took a drive over to the 224 Sat. and said cars and trucks were lined up from the gun range all the way up to O ‘Sullivan’s pond, I'm going to say there's not a doe left on that whole mountain now.

Monday we hit the Pearrygin Lake range just to get the oil out, a couple guys asked us if we had doe tags too.