I am actually more worried for the blacktail, particularly since last season was the worst in Western Wa. in as long as I can remember. The reason, we have had blacktail affected by this in most of the north half of Western Wa.., though they have survived the winter's in the past few years, when we have a typical winter. This winter has not been typical for Western Wa. and last year was also colder than normal. If we have a couple more consecutive cold winter's in Western Wa., as many blacktail have been affected by the lice, we may see season shutdown's on this side also. On our 60 acres in SW Wa. we found dead deer last year that had rubbed their hair off and less deer overall the last two years. That's not to say thing's aren't bad east of the mountains also.
