Methow Valley deer

[huntnphool]

My job takes me between Wenatchee and Pateros and Brewster on a regular basis.  Deer in Okanogan county are thinner than in Chelan and Douglas, but not showing signs of starvation at least at the lowest elevations.  There is a decent greenup of cheatgrass and Sandberg bluegrass due to mild conditions, as long as we don't get deep crusted snow things look pretty good.  We do monthly eagle counts on the Wells reservoir, in past years when the eagles leave the Columbia midwinter it has been a good indication off a significant deer die-off.  So far eagles on the reservoir have been stable to increasing. 

Eagles are still eating mostly coots

 Thanks for the update.