Winter kill ?

[TheHunt]

It is going to be bad...   

[caseyv21]

i live in spokane and i travel up towards newport almost every week. I've been noticing a lot more huddled together just off of the highway and yes i agree with the rest of you that i have been seeing almost double the amount of roadkill lately and this isn't getting any better any time soon

[NWTFhunter]

Not sure the route you take to newport but will look it up.. How much snow is still on the ground Casey?

[TeacherMan]

Went out snow shoeing after work today behind the school on our cross country course and about had a heart attack when I looked over next to a tree about 5 yards to my side and a doe was laying there with her head down, not moving. I didn't even realize she was there. She didn't look very good. She didn't even seen to care I was there. I kept going and tried not to spook her she never jumped and ran off. Still have about 20" on the flat in a lot of spots. Ferry county hasn't had a winter like this in at least a decade. I've wondered if the harsher winters back then had anything to do with why the whitetail population wasn't as strong in this area then? Food for thought. On a positive hopefully this winter will kill some ticks, wasps, and pine beetles.

[NWTFhunter]

Teacher was that the only one you saw ?

[huntnphool]

I just talked to my buddy and he said a good friend of his told him over the weekend that the whities are falling like ticks in and around Deer Park.  Any truth to this

Well I just talked with a friend that lives there and he says its  He said he is seeing loads of whitetail and they are looking healthy. He also said he hasn't found one dead deer yet, and he is out there looking at them all the time.

[TeacherMan]

Thats always good to hear... 

[NWTFhunter]

Thats why I brought this up.. You cant always believe everything you hear.  I mean if my buddy tells me something he saw, I believe him.  But if someone else told him and its relayed, I always take it with a grain of salt.

[TeacherMan]

Well I will be doing my weekly Curlew to Spokane trip tomorrow, tell you what I see. IT was warm today. Around 35 I would say and is suppose to stay that way or warmer for at least a week.

[NWTFhunter]

Good news Techerman, we need it to soften that snow and melt it off.  Dont forget to take your camera, you never know what your going to see.

[clindsayrun]

Over here in Oroville, just west of Curlew, I've been finding quite a few winter kills. I've counted at least 9 this winter in my orchard alone. If I hear the coyotes close to the house at night I'll go walk the orchard in the morning and find what they either killed or are feeding on.  Driving around the other orchards I've seen quite a few kills as well. I could post the pics of the new one I found yesterday. I big, healthy mulie doe.

On the other hand these kills may be perfectly natural.  We routinely see groups of 40 to 50 in the orchard.

[PolarBear]

Most of the dead deer on my place in Republic are predator kills.  My buddy watched 3 coyotes take down and kill a yearling in his pasture the other day.  He was able to shoot all 3 dogs and another 2 off of the carcass the next day.  He has never seen so many coyotes in the 30+ years that he has been over there.  I might have to make a trip over soon to do some predator eradication.

[fc2038]

I figured this would happen after the warm up we had. Hell it is only 1 month into  WINTER

[NWTFhunter]

Did you make your trip Teacherman?

[bowhunterforever]

How are the deer doing in stevens county gmu 121?