WA pronghorn survey next week

[jackelope]

If you've seen any Pronghorn in the Yakima/Tri Cities/Goldendale area, post here or let WA.hunter know. SCI and WDFW will Be surveying the populations in those areas on the ground and in the air next week.
Thanks in advance

Edited "hairnet" to "air next", I think Siri got you. 

[elkboy]

"and in the air next week", maybe?  Looks like an autocorrect? 

Thanks for posting this, Jackelope. Cheers.

[Rainier10]

"and in the air next week", maybe?  Looks like an autocorrect? 

Thanks for posting this, Jackelope. Cheers.

Fixed it for him.

[jackelope]

Thanks, people. I got 4 messages regarding the hairnet autocorrect fail. Way to be on top of things.

[JJB11B]

What's a hairnet got the do with it?

[jackelope]

What's a hairnet got the do with it?

Very little.
Seeing any speedgoats?

Should I add a poll to this?
It would be very simple.

Seeing any goats yes
 
Seeing any goats no

[270Shooter]

I've driven 221 from prosser to paterson probably 10 times this winter and I haven't seen any.

[JJB11B]

Definitely need a polar  and probably two or three more threats... that was quick karma

[Rainier10]

Definitely need a polar  and probably two or three more threats

I think Siri and autocorrect just got you too.  I think "polar" and "threats" might get lumped in with "hairnets".

[Timberstalker]

I thought there were going to be threats from Polar Bears!!

[rtspring]

I seen a big group maybe 60-70 on 221 on horse heaven bout 4 weeks ago. Up by the huge dairy.  Also see them on the east side of 82 while crossing from Hermiston to Tri Cities.   

[jackelope]

Definitely need a polar  and probably two or three more threats

Wow. What do threats from polar bears have to do with hairnets?

[Timberstalker]

 

[JJB11B]

Definitely need a polar  and probably two or three more threats

Wow. What do threats from polar bears have to do with hairnets?

WHEN THE HECK DID WE GET ICE CREAM?!

[Rainier10]

Definitely need a polar  and probably two or three more threats

Wow. What do threats from polar bears have to do with hairnets?

Can you please keep this thread on track for the sake of.... oh never mind.

[Bob33]

Hopefully the free "bumps" will snag a few volunteers.

[JJB11B]

Definitely need a polar  and probably two or three more threats

Wow. What do threats from polar bears have to do with hairnets?

Can you please keep this thread on track for the sake of.... oh never mind.

yeah Jackelope! I would enjoy helping with something like this. despite the polar bear threats

[jackelope]

Yes, agreed. My bad. Let's get this back on track. It's a good cause. Please report any pronghorn sightings in the areas noted above to assist the folks from SCI and WDFW.

Last survey was 147 animals back in 2015. The hope is to eclipse that number this year.

[JJB11B]

Was the original number of animals introduced 100? what year was the original planting done? I know there was at least one other thread on the subject but I can't seem to find it.

[Timberstalker]

99,  see this thread.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,170872.msg2263702.html#msg2263702

[wa.hunter]

Thanks Josh for another tread.  We are always getting rumors that there are antelopes a lot of places. I have been told that there are a few up at Satus Pass, over in the Klickitat Wildlife area, also in YTC. I saw some pics of the ones up at Waterville and did not see collars on some of them..Raises the question as to why no collars, as all of the ones released by the Colville Tribe had collars. These transplants are occurring due to tribal efforts also. There are also some still on the Yakama Nation lands where the original transplant took place. This area will be surveyed by Tribal individuals and the plane on Thursday the 27th.
We would like to know about any you see. Next year we are hoping to be able to get collars on as many groups as we can find to better keep track of what is happening.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Our eyes are peeled for speed goats.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Thanks Josh for another tread.  We are always getting rumors that there are antelopes a lot of places. I have been told that there are a few up at Satus Pass, over in the Klickitat Wildlife area, also in YTC. I saw some pics of the ones up at Waterville and did not see collars on some of them..Raises the question as to why no collars, as all of the ones released by the Colville Tribe had collars. These transplants are occurring due to tribal efforts also. There are also some still on the Yakama Nation lands where the original transplant took place. This area will be surveyed by Tribal individuals and the plane on Thursday the 27th.
We would like to know about any you see. Next year we are hoping to be able to get collars on as many groups as we can find to better keep track of what is happening.

Have they been around long enough to reproduce? 

[jackelope]

Thanks Josh for another tread.  We are always getting rumors that there are antelopes a lot of places. I have been told that there are a few up at Satus Pass, over in the Klickitat Wildlife area, also in YTC. I saw some pics of the ones up at Waterville and did not see collars on some of them..Raises the question as to why no collars, as all of the ones released by the Colville Tribe had collars. These transplants are occurring due to tribal efforts also. There are also some still on the Yakama Nation lands where the original transplant took place. This area will be surveyed by Tribal individuals and the plane on Thursday the 27th.
We would like to know about any you see. Next year we are hoping to be able to get collars on as many groups as we can find to better keep track of what is happening.

Have they been around long enough to reproduce? 

They were first reintroduced in January 2011. Some of the does were pregnant then and had fawns. In 2015 there were 147 counted so the population increased by 48 from the initial run.

[rtspring]

Josh, 

Being alot of this land is private how do they intend to count animals? Air? Driving?

I grew up with Many people who own tons of land out there, moons and bybee farms to be exact.  I will gladly go out and look for some goats. 

Gonna take my rifle in case some coyotes need thinned. 


Just to add I have seen many fawns so the population is doing well from what I have seen.   

[Bob33]

Being alot of this land is private how do they intend to count animals? Air? Driving?

Both air and ground counts.

[jackelope]

Josh, 

Being alot of this land is private how do they intend to count animals? Air? Driving?

I grew up with Many people who own tons of land out there, moons and bybee farms to be exact.  I will gladly go out and look for some goats. 

Gonna take my rifle in case some coyotes need thinned. 


Just to add I have seen many fawns so the population is doing well from what I have seen.   

Yeah, like Bob said, they have a plane lined up. Also big optics, etc. A lot of "road hunting" for them I think. If you want to help, send wa.hunter a pm and he'll be able to provide some more info in that regard.

[jackelope]

There are folks out looking today. If anyone has any specifics, please send me a pm and let me know. Thank you!

[wa.hunter]

A couple groups of us went out yesterday to see what we could find and prepare for Thursday and Friday. We attempted to cover some of the area to the east of Hi-82 however it is a lot of ground and private too. We were not lucky in finding them there. On hi-way 221 from Prosser to Paterson we were successful in finding a group of 44. Weather was pretty bad with fog and snow. Surprisingly we could identify 4 ear tags in the group, could have been more. These would have been from the original release that came from [99 we released]  Nevada. 10 of them were bucks that still had their horns and 2 had shed their horns.
We know there are a lot more over there. Just where is the hard part as travel was difficult do to snow drifts on some roads and vast area to locate them in.
Will keep you posted on what we find with the flights too.
Any new sightings would be appreciated.

[jackelope]

Bump. Survey is happening Thursday and Friday. Any new sightings, please send either myself or wa.hunter a pm.

[wa.hunter]

Update on survey.....Weather was not very good yesterday with a lot of fog and snow still on the ground. We were not able to put the plane up as conditions were just to bad. That part will be rescheduled. We did have 9 individuals  show up  from SCI to do a ground survey. We only found 2 groups one with 25 and another with 43. We did receive some very positive input from land owners about additional pronghorns they have been seeing. We also heard stories about poaching, and ones that are being hit by vehicles. Both a big concern. It still appears that the general feelings with some locals is that these are not a protected species. We will be looking at getting reward posters out in the local areas and possibly road signs for motorist.

[rtspring]

I was out yesterday but did not see any animals,  will keep looking in the areas we spoke about on thd phone. 

[farmin4u_98948]

Update on survey.....Weather was not very good yesterday with a lot of fog and snow still on the ground. We were not able to put the plane up as conditions were just to bad. That part will be rescheduled. We did have 9 individuals  show up  from SCI to do a ground survey. We only found 2 groups one with 25 and another with 43. We did receive some very positive input from land owners about additional pronghorns they have been seeing. We also heard stories about poaching, and ones that are being hit by vehicles. Both a big concern. It still appears that the general feelings with some locals is that these are not a protected species. We will be looking at getting reward posters out in the local areas and possibly road signs for motorist.


  

[wa.hunter]

rtspring
We did not find your group we talked about but did hear they were there on Tuesday with maybe 70 in the group. Hopefully when we get the plane up they can find them.

[rtspring]

Drove around in there Sunday, lots of fog.  No animals but found a few tracks up by the dairy.   More snow coming tonight, may be able to find fresh tracks.