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13 (one not recovered) for the last 12 years, plus two muley does. For me it is location, location, location.
Growing up in Tennessee, I was always seeing and killing deer. When I was stationed at Ft Benning, GA I maintained a deer lease with a friend. 400 acres for the both of us. Not like here where you share the same land with hundreds of people. I killed 3 deer in 2 years there. Move here, nothing. Absolutely nothing. I guess I’ve seen about 4 deer in the 5 years I’ve been here. I honestly believe there’s just not a lot of animals here, compared to what I’m accustomed too. I started tossing the idea of getting a guide in other states too. Or going for moose and caribou in Alaska. Good luck!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: mjustice79 on November 01, 2018, 05:39:01 PMGrowing up in Tennessee, I was always seeing and killing deer. When I was stationed at Ft Benning, GA I maintained a deer lease with a friend. 400 acres for the both of us. Not like here where you share the same land with hundreds of people. I killed 3 deer in 2 years there. Move here, nothing. Absolutely nothing. I guess I’ve seen about 4 deer in the 5 years I’ve been here. I honestly believe there’s just not a lot of animals here, compared to what I’m accustomed too. I started tossing the idea of getting a guide in other states too. Or going for moose and caribou in Alaska. Good luck!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkIt definitely seems less populated than I thought it would be. But I totally get it, back in Nebraska and Minnesota my family all get whitetail every year because they are so dumb. I have been considering Alaska too, but I want to do that once I get Washington reigned in.
Quote from: Bogie85 on November 01, 2018, 10:39:38 PMQuote from: mjustice79 on November 01, 2018, 05:39:01 PMGrowing up in Tennessee, I was always seeing and killing deer. When I was stationed at Ft Benning, GA I maintained a deer lease with a friend. 400 acres for the both of us. Not like here where you share the same land with hundreds of people. I killed 3 deer in 2 years there. Move here, nothing. Absolutely nothing. I guess I’ve seen about 4 deer in the 5 years I’ve been here. I honestly believe there’s just not a lot of animals here, compared to what I’m accustomed too. I started tossing the idea of getting a guide in other states too. Or going for moose and caribou in Alaska. Good luck!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkIt definitely seems less populated than I thought it would be. But I totally get it, back in Nebraska and Minnesota my family all get whitetail every year because they are so dumb. I have been considering Alaska too, but I want to do that once I get Washington reigned in.Man, your family's going to be mad when they read your post stating that they are all dumb?
To respond to your concerns mjustice79, this article puts the Blacktail deer population at 90,000 - 110,000. https://www.wafwa.org/Documents%20and%20Settings/37/Site%20Documents/Working%20Groups/Mule%20Deer/Publications2/2016_Mule_Deer_and_BTD_Status_Update_Final.pdfThis article puts the number of BTs at 70,00 for the 5 counties in SW WA. https://tdn.com/lifestyles/blacktail-deer-populations-hanging-on-but-there-s-reason-for/article_9fb4a6af-fda5-5fe8-a35d-1a0d7930b6b1.htmlI've seen others that estimate the total BT population in Western WA is up near 150,000. The reason for the wide range is that no body really knows how many there are. They are so hard to find that WDFW has to guess at population numbers. The entire population of the three huntable deer species in WA was estimated to be somewhere near 300,000 a couple years ago. Many here would say there are far less than that. (unless you live on Decatur Island) On the other hand, this webpage says Tennessee has roughly a million WT deer. http://www.deerfriendly.com/deer/tennesseeTrophy Blacktail deer have the reputation of being among the hardest hunts in North America (perhaps not including mid-California). Consider it a chance to improve your hunting skills. If hunting was easy, they'd just call it killing. Review of the 2018 Success Thread displays that the deer are out there to be had. Good luck with the rest of your season. Sorry about the low numbers.