Teanaway

[Alaska316]

This years buck.

[chad s.]

I grew up hunting the Teanaway. Since my dad passed two years ago, I haven't been back. We harvested a lot of good deer out of their over many years up to 27". I spent this past weekend over at Suncadia "rental.....I'm not a yuppie", and I never did see a single deer. My dad built the Suncadia Lodge about 7 years ago, and there used to be deer crawling everywhere! I wonder if the wolves have made it that far west in the Teanaway?

[chiefeng]

I have hunted Teanaway for over 30 years, the last 8 years or so it has been pretty bad. I don't think it has anything to do with wolves, I've never seen or heard a wolf in their. I think it has a lot more to do with the earlier seasons and warmer weather. We always did better at the end of the season then we did on the opening. The bucks where starting the pre rut then and would leave the high country. It's pretty rough country and those big bucks don't leave the tree's when it's 70 out. Both these buck came out of Teananway their are some bruisers in their just need some weather to make them move.

[Gobble]

I have hunted there many times, great genetics in the area, My uncle had acreage right above hidden valley ranch before it got all purchased in the early 90s and we would see 25 bucks at a time on his 14 acres in the Nov time frame, of those most would be 4-5 points or better, some real hogs

[huntnphool]

I have hunted Teanaway for over 30 years, the last 8 years or so it has been pretty bad. I don't think it has anything to do with wolves

 Wonder what changed 8-10 years ago to have this effect?

[chiefeng]

The season dates and length let me hunt last week of Oct and I will score big bucks. 

[Elkrunner]

Wasn't there a louse infestation that wiped out the heard from that area down to the Columbia about 7 years ago?  I know they are starting to rebound but that is what I would think.

[CarbonHunter]

I have hunted Teanaway for over 30 years, the last 8 years or so it has been pretty bad. I don't think it has anything to do with wolves

 Wonder what changed 8-10 years ago to have this effect?

Same thing that happened to the mule deer herd to the south. Hair lice caused them to loose their hair and the winters are to cold east of cascades for them to survive.

I believe the lice hit the teanaway about 5 years ago. I talked to the deer biologist about it last year. It's well documented but there is nothing the state can do about it but let it run it's course.

[bobcat]

I could be wrong but I thought the lice issue was a little further south. I never heard of it affecting Teanaway.

[bobcat]

Never mind. I found some info that says hair loss caused by lice has been documented in Chelan County. So I guess there's no reason it wouldn't have also been in the Teanaway.

  Beginning in 2003, WDFW began to receive reports of deer from the Yakima area of south-central Washington with clinical signs similar to HLS. These reports were of deer occurring in the black-tailed/mule deer intergrade zone in the eastern foothills of Cascade Range, and were the first reports of apparent HLS in eastern Washington. Reports of more severely affected deer were received in 2004. In March 2005, lice were collected from four affected deer and identified as Bovicola tibialis, yet another exotic old world species with fallow deer as the normal host.

During the early spring of 2006, WDFW received numerous reports of dead deer, especially fawns, in the Yakima area with hair loss. The geographical extent of reports received in 2006 had expanded greatly compared to previous years and included occurrences of the condition in mule deer. Aerial surveys and harvest statistics suggest that the deer population in Yakima and Kittitas counties has declined by about 50% since the arrival of the lice.  It is unknown if Bovicola tibialis infestations are the sole reason for the drop in deer numbers, but they are suspected to be a factor.

Bovicola tibialis is also associated with hair loss in deer in Klickitat County. In Chelan County, the occurrence of Bovicola tibialis was documented in 2009, and by April 2010, deer affected by hair loss were observed throughout the county's mule deer winter range.   

[MtnMuley]

Although there was lice reported in the Teanaway, I definitely don't feel like that was the cause of the decline in the herd.

[soccerftw123]

Thought he could turn into something interesting, but never found out what happened to him.

[BenC567]

I hunted the Teanaway early and late archery. Saw lots of does but no bucks. Found some bulls but no cows. Saw a wolf for the first time during the early season and saw fresh tracks during the late. Found two elk that appeared to be killed by wolves.

All the deer & elk I saw had full coats. I would not of guessed lice were hurting the herds.

I'm actually moving out of the state so if there are any new hunters that are looking at the Teanaway contact me.

[wheels]

my dads buck from  late buck this year

[DeerMan]

I've been hunting the Teanaway since the mid 90's. Over the past 5 years we've only taken 3 legal bucks out of the valley with 3 hunters going hard at it for several days each season. The area has great genetics and the bucks that you do end up seeing/killing usually are worth talking about. That may make up for the lack of overall success but I'm the type that would rather put meat in the freezer. I've had a few different game trail cameras up throughout the Tearaway in several different spots and I've seen in increase in predators and a decline in deer/elk. There of plenty of big cats and wolves that I've caught on camera over the years and I've also got a few shots of some deer without hair, so YES the lice has been a problem at least for the past 4 years since I've been putting up cameras.

I love hunting in the Teanaway because the country is beautiful and you can find so many different types of terrain but the success ratio stinks. I'm probably moving to a different part of the state just to see what else is out there. I know of some great spots but I just can't stand hunting for 4-5 days straight and seeing single digit deer/elk numbers with no shooters. It's a real shame because I know it hasn't been this way but since the wolves have come back we've absolutely seen a decline. I don't care what any state official, warden, biologist, or wolf advocate says in trying to defend those killers.......I know first hand based upon experience that they have 100% adversely affected the deer/elk herds.