Author Topic: Odd place to see a whitetail doe (Read 4923 times)

Alex4200 · « **on:** August 07, 2021, 04:23:16 PM »

Went for a drive today up the Chiwawa River Road in Chelan County. Between Atkinson Flats and Nineteen Mile campgrounds I had a whitetail doe running down the road in front of me. Hard to miss that white flag waving at you.😁 I also saw a few mule deer does. Just surprised to see the whitetail there.

Hilltop123 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2021, 05:32:00 PM »

I will wait until others comment, before I open my big trap.

jrebel · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2021, 05:34:54 PM »

I have trail cam pictures of whitetail in that area. 8-10 years ago is when I started seeing them up there......not many, but some.

Southpole · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2021, 05:36:14 PM »

I’m not surprised to see whitetail anywhere in eastern Washington, they’re everywhere.

Cougartail · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2021, 06:13:51 PM »

Quote from: Southpole on August 07, 2021, 05:36:14 PM

I’m not surprised to see whitetail anywhere in eastern Washington, they’re everywhere.

Found a rack at Rimrock Lake in Yakima County.

Mtnwalker · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2021, 06:34:14 PM »

Quote from: Cougartail on August 07, 2021, 06:13:51 PM

Quote from: Southpole on August 07, 2021, 05:36:14 PM
I’m not surprised to see whitetail anywhere in eastern Washington, they’re everywhere.

Found a rack at Rimrock Lake in Yakima County.

Was it a 3 pt or a 3pt with eye guards?

teanawayslayer · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2021, 07:06:48 PM »

Yep there are a few white running around that country

Cougartail · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2021, 07:36:15 PM »

Quote from: Mtnwalker on August 07, 2021, 06:34:14 PM

Quote from: Cougartail on August 07, 2021, 06:13:51 PM
Quote from: Southpole on August 07, 2021, 05:36:14 PM
I’m not surprised to see whitetail anywhere in eastern Washington, they’re everywhere.

Can't remember exactly. It was back in the mid-90s. It was small. No long tines.

Back then nobody had seen one around here.

Found a rack at Rimrock Lake in Yakima County.

Was it a 3 pt or a 3pt with eye guards?

Broomd · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2021, 08:31:09 PM »

About thirty years ago I was driving down the Dan Ryan Expressway near Chicago Ill. It's a nasty stretch of road with industry and junk everywhere. I looked down from the highway as I drove past a junk yard and in the rain I saw a soaked 100% albino buck sporting a nice 4x4 or 5x5 rack staring up at the road.....

NOCK NOCK · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2021, 08:32:13 PM »

There are more whiteys in central WA than most think. Entiat, blewitt pass, chelan, columbia basin, wenatchee area, Levanworth, have seen whiteys in all these areas.

mburrows · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2021, 09:36:22 PM »

some pockets of whitetail smack dab in prime mule deer country.

Southpole · « **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2021, 06:46:27 AM »

Quote from: Broomd on August 07, 2021, 08:31:09 PM

About thirty years ago I was driving down the Dan Ryan Expressway near Chicago Ill. It's a nasty stretch of road with industry and junk everywhere. I looked down from the highway as I drove past a junk yard and in the rain I saw a soaked 100% albino buck sporting a nice 4x4 or 5x5 rack staring up at the road.....

Did you have good fortunes since?

OutHouse · « **Reply #12 on:** August 09, 2021, 08:20:16 AM »

Quote from: Cougartail on August 07, 2021, 06:13:51 PM

Quote from: Southpole on August 07, 2021, 05:36:14 PM
I’m not surprised to see whitetail anywhere in eastern Washington, they’re everywhere.

Found a rack at Rimrock Lake in Yakima County.

Whoa that's way off the beatin' path for them. Do you have pics of the antlers??

Angry Perch · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2021, 10:55:01 AM »

Quote from: jrebel on August 07, 2021, 05:34:54 PM

I have trail cam pictures of whitetail in that area. 8-10 years ago is when I started seeing them up there......not many, but some.

Ditto. I had one on cam up towards Snowcone.

Ironhead · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2021, 10:52:34 AM »

Bad picture but, I saw these guys up the Entiat the other day.

vandeman17 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 19, 2021, 10:54:35 AM »

Quote from: Ironhead on August 19, 2021, 10:52:34 AM

Bad picture but, I saw these guys up the Entiat the other day.

I see whitetails more and more in and around entiat

Sutherland · « **Reply #16 on:** August 19, 2021, 12:14:38 PM »

Same here they are starting to get more and more common to see in both the Entiat and up in the Chiwawa...

NOCK NOCK · « **Reply #17 on:** August 19, 2021, 05:57:21 PM »

Quote from: Ironhead on August 19, 2021, 10:52:34 AM

Bad picture but, I saw these guys up the Entiat the other day.

LOL, I think ya caught him pooping.

PolarBear · « **Reply #18 on:** August 19, 2021, 06:00:25 PM »

There were whitetails at Teanaway 35 years ago.

HillHound · « **Reply #19 on:** August 19, 2021, 06:23:51 PM »

Teanaway huh? I’ve always wondered why they haven’t moved further West.I’ve been going up that way for 25+ years and never saw a whitetail in person or on camera. I wonder why they would not have built a better population if they were there then. They sure seem to multiply like rabbits anywhere there isn’t a huge wolf population which there is now but wasn’t 35 years ago. Maybe the farmers in the valley didn’t like them

PolarBear · « **Reply #20 on:** August 22, 2021, 12:10:08 AM »

We ran into a farmer at that little store in the valley and he was begging hunters to shoot them all. I was after mule deer and took a pass on the whities but a guy in our group took him up on it and shot a little 3 point on his land. I’ve almost hit a whitetail doe on the way back to camp at night. I haven’t hunted that area since about 1988 so I have no idea if they are still around or not

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