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Central Washington Deer Population
MeepDog:
I don’t know if goldendale counts as central Washington, since it’s more south-central, but deer numbers are decent especially after 90% of the public access disappeared in one fell swoop. We have a couple dozen deer that makes the rounds and lots of the fawns are still alive. The winter has been wet, but mild. Still had some bucks with antlers a couple weeks ago on cam.
FWilliams:
We noticed a slight increase in the population this year . the usual bigger bucks showed, I use the term "bigger" loosely, but so did the predators .
OutHouse:
It was not a positive experience to talk to a guy who showed me old pictures of herds of deer outside Naches and west of Tieton. :(
Mtnwalker:
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--- Quote from: Rainier10 on March 07, 2025, 10:13:28 AM ---Fawn numbers were looking great but neighborhood dogs are wreaking havoc around my place. One of the neighbors has put orange vests on their German sheppards so you don’t confuse them with coyotes.
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Doesn't that make them easier targets? I told our neighbor if his dogs were chasing deer on our place they wouldn't be leaving... He got collars and fixed the problem... They still get into everyone else's trash but they haven't been chasing deer.
To answer the original question the deer around our place are healthy and stable but the numbers decline every year...
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Had the same problem with dogs around my.place, so called wdfw. Got a call back.from a very polite officer who, quite frustrated himself, told me there wasn't much he could about it
Said if we got them chasing deer on a camera they could go talk to the owner but had no authority to do much else. Local lack of leash laws allow people to allow their dogs to run free but if they come on your property you can call local leos. He did warn that if you take matters into your own hands ( shooting them)you would be open to a law suit from the owners. Different matter if they sttack your livestock or people, but still a local Leo matter. Nice guy and said unfortunately a fairly common problem they can't do much about.
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https://www.carolinasportsman.com/field-reports/hunting-reports/deer/sumter-sc-man-loses-132000-judgement-for-killing-hunting-dog/
Skyvalhunter:
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--- Quote from: boneaddict on March 07, 2025, 09:28:00 AM ---Fitkins deer count up in the Methow was absolutely pitiful.
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Do they publish these anywhere?
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I have an inside source that comes up with it so I dont have the answer to that. I'm sure it is, I just don't know where.
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Its usually published in the annual Game Status and Trend Reports and occassionally in their bi-weekly wildlife activity reports.
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This info is not published there it takes a public records request to get the helicopter survey info.
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