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Whatcha eating this winter.

Blacktail
95 (35.4%)
Muley
90 (33.6%)
White tail
32 (11.9%)
Wolf ate my mule deer
51 (19%)

Total Members Voted: 252

Author Topic: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.  (Read 8192 times)

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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #30 on: November 08, 2018, 12:21:14 PM »
I accidentally shot a muley on the high hunt after 15 years straight of tagging blacktails. Combination of cats and massive amounts of hunters has our blacktail numbers painfully low

 :yeah:

I used to tag out on the logging road less than a mile from my house, now your lucky to see a deer off it.

Lots of predators though, cats,wolves, and bears.😤
Even after logging was basically non-existent on the local NF lands, I'd see at least ten deer each trip.  Now maybe only see two or three and usually after dark.  Have to go all the way to tree farms or high country for more deer.  At the time it was heavily blamed on hair-loss disease.  But interesting is if you go from the woods to the part of town without predators (cats), there are quite a few deer--and they went through hair loss too.

Its not worth it to me anymore. I can hunt every evening and weekend and hope to see a two point, or spend 7 days out of state and pick the buck I want

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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #31 on: November 09, 2018, 08:58:46 AM »
Blacktail for me. Clean the coyotes up, see lots of bucks.
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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #32 on: November 09, 2018, 09:17:19 AM »
Mulie for me

Great buck kodiak! And awesome photo, I've got a blacktail on my bucket list   :tup:
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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #33 on: November 09, 2018, 09:29:30 AM »
Roadkill Blacktail.

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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #34 on: November 09, 2018, 12:21:27 PM »
Roadkill Blacktail.

That doesn’t count.🤣 Unless you ran it over, and tagged it with your deer tag.😉
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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #35 on: November 09, 2018, 07:07:36 PM »
Roadkill Blacktail.

That doesn’t count.🤣 Unless you ran it over, and tagged it with your deer tag.😉

Which is illegal i might add. as some one whom has picked up several road kill there is zero reason to tag with your hunting tag.  :twocents:
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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #36 on: November 09, 2018, 07:17:21 PM »
Blacktail for both my Daughter and I
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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #37 on: November 09, 2018, 07:31:53 PM »
Roadkill Blacktail.

That doesn’t count.🤣 Unless you ran it over, and tagged it with your deer tag.😉

Which is illegal i might add. as some one whom has picked up several road kill there is zero reason to tag with your hunting tag.  :twocents:

Just joking.🤓
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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #38 on: November 09, 2018, 07:34:22 PM »
Blacktail for both my Daughter and I

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Re: DEER POLL, DEER TAKEN IN Wa STATE ONLY PLEASE.
« Reply #39 on: November 09, 2018, 08:02:39 PM »
Roadkill Blacktail.

That doesn’t count.🤣 Unless you ran it over, and tagged it with your deer tag.😉

Which is illegal i might add. as some one whom has picked up several road kill there is zero reason to tag with your hunting tag.  :twocents:

Just joking.🤓

The amazing thing is that you get to keep the horns so there isnt really any reason not to suck up the meat, which is great, and do a euro on the horns.
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