Central Washington Deer Population

[boneaddict]

Sig was a great guy!  Fair, honest and one hell of a warden.

[timberfaller]

 

He would ticket his own mother!!  Sneaky is the word that best describes him!!

[bigmacc]

He would ticket his own mother!!  Sneaky is the word that best describes him!!

Yes sir, Sig was a hell of a warden for sure👍 I really liked him. Our old buddy Wayne F. said the same thing. “Sig goes by the book and loves his deer, if his mom accidentally shot a deer 1 minute before shooting time he’d have her written  up before it was 1 minute after shooting time”🤣

Ole Mountjoy was another dandy, love that guy👍

[mountainman]

He would ticket his own mother!!  Sneaky is the word that best describes him!!

Yes sir, Sig was a hell of a warden for sure👍 I really liked him. Our old buddy Wayne F. said the same thing. “Sig goes by the book and loves his deer, if his mom accidentally shot a deer 1 minute before shooting time he’d have her written  up before it was 1 minute after shooting time”🤣

Ole Mountjoy was another dandy, love that guy👍

Did some undercover for Sig, late 80’s, to bust a poaching ring raising havoc in the Methow. Between them, and some tribal issues, he was a busy man!

[timberfaller]

Yes I was!!   Got paid for only one of over a dozen poaching incidents!!  Most of them got back to their reservation before they could get caught! They took some BIG bucks home. Had one even bribe me with Salmon for the rest of my life!!  The good ole days!!   

[huntnphool]

Sig was a great guy!  Fair, honest and one hell of a warden.

 +1

[bigmacc]

I remember my dad spending a few days driving around with Sig, they were picking each others brains about migrations etc. Dad told me years later that those conversations were some of the best he had with a Game Dept. fella. He said what he got from those “rides” was a man who truly loved his Mule Deer. I remember dad saying “it was almost like he referred to them as family”. Anyway, some of the comments etc trigger old memories for sure. Sig also enjoyed a lot of our old pictures and stories from a day long before. He spent more than a few nights at our old camp. Listening, taking notes etc. Hell of a guy, much respect for him. As well as Jim, they just don’t make em like that anymore. IMO.

[bigmacc]

Talked to a buddy up in the North valley yesterday. Not good, but he’s lived there for over 50 years, so 5-6 might be a bumper crop for some. He said he seen one spike as far as bucks over the winter. I won’t say what he would see in the 70,s. He said he did see 2 cats though on his trail cameras over the last few weeks. Yea!

[bigmacc]

"If you have a chance to acquire this book it's a pretty cool read on how the herd used to be." quote of teal101

   My brother in law has his pictures in that book, worked with the "Game Department" during that study.  He was the one who generally got to jump in the trap so they could do their tagging and other things.  Oh he got some story's!!  He also got the job of autopsying road kills looking for all kinds of "bugs".  Then, because he was a great shot, he was allowed to put down deer in various areas to do the same.  Never missed, one shot every time, with a Remington 788 in 222 no less!!  If you only knew what was in a deer carcass, you just might not wanna eat one!!!

Good luck on finding the book, its been out of print for some time.  And I know my BIL will not loan out or sell his copy!!   Ole Sig B. had just come on as the valley's "Game Warden".  I showed up in 74 and married his wife's sister.  Spent a lot of time hunting with my BIL over the years, sure miss those days!!

Good stuff timberfaller, good stuff👍