if you have onx hunt maps you can look at areas up on the waterville flats. they even tell you land owners name and some times addresses . just fyi there are alot of deer up there for your daughter but many more hunters. alot of them dont get permission and hunt it anyways. as you probably noticed since you have been out and about in this valley there are what i call two types of deer. the locals and the migrators. the locals hang out in the orchards down low and same in the winerys, the migrators stay up high out of any sight of people. there are a lot of locals and few migrators. the best advise i can give you is look for areas low around wineries and orchards. places that butt up to dnr, or public lands. those locals will get pushed out of the orchards and vineyards due to harvest. try and catch them moving in and out early morning late evening. as far as hunting the migratory deer they will be found in deep canyons, heavy timber and no roads. places like end mnt, black canyon, and even further up grade creek rd. look for a spot with thick cover, year round water and away from the roads. we had a major kill off the winter of 94, then we have had 4or 5 major fires in the last 10 years. the deer just have not come back like they were in the late 80's. the methow has been hit even harder than we were. we have had a couple of mild winters and i have noticed more deer in areas were there were only a couple so maybe they will make it back to solid numbers. good luck and let me know how your daughter does. my 13 year old daughter will be hunting for her second year this year. missed a big 4 point last year.
