Far Fewer NE Deer

[bearpaw]

One thing I have really noticed is how few of deer are out in the mountains this year in NE WA. The last couple winters have really hammered our deer population. Hopefully we have some milder winters coming up.

According to my buddy Al, we shouldn't be getting these hard winters.

[SHANE(WA)]

no kidding, we saw 2 deer!! the opening week of bear, spent 8 hrs a day glassing for 5 days. Horrible

[ICEMAN]

According to my buddy Al, we shouldn't be getting these hard winters.

 

Remember, any weather trend, either cooling, warming, anything.....it is all mancaused....all global warming. 

[SHANE(WA)]

OR WOLVES

[Jeffrey]

According to my buddy Al, we shouldn't be getting these hard winters.

 

Remember, any weather trend, either cooling, warming, anything.....it is all mancaused....all global warming. 

No, no...It is now called "climate change"!

[denali]

we have property at the base of Jump Off Joe Mt. and saw the same thing this spring, far fewer deer compared to say 3-4 years ago 

[NRA4LIFE]

I have to agree also.  Seen more deer in downtown Leavenworth this last weekend that I did scouting.

[bearpaw]

I just hope we have a few mild winters now so they can rebound, it's going to be disappointing for many this fall. I am thanking the big guy that we have some good leases to hunt in the farmlands. I can see we won't get many deer in the mountains this year.

[SHANE(WA)]

yeah harvest will be way down! the older bucks are really not around

[PWN Kurt]

I think y'all should take a few seasons off to let the population rebound a little.  I see plenty of deer...of course its either during turkey season or elk season.

And speaking of weather change...am I the only guy that remembers 'the next ice age is coming' scare of the 80's?  It wasn't too long after people were walking around with 'Sky Lab' helmets.

Kurt

[SHANE(WA)]

Yeah well the game dept coulda helped with eliminating the 2nd deer tags

[elkrack]

if the game dept. could just get out of the way and let the people who actually care about the future of hunting take over and I bet private citizens could build a better population than what wdfw has produced. If it wasn't for our revenue we produce this bunch of liberal whackjobs would have tried to shut us down along time ago. 

[bearpaw]

There are a few good bucks, and the season will produce some deer for folks, but it is going to be tougher than usual. Fingers crossed for a few mild winters....

[coachcw]

must be wolves , i noticed that the deer numbers in 340-342 are way up more bucks too.

[bearpaw]

I don't know where 340-342 are at, my post was about NE Washington which I know intimately. We do not have enough wolves yet to effect our hunting. Our current lack of deer is simply due to deep snow in the winter. However, shane is absolutely correct, the WDFW could help us rebound deer numbers faster by reducing antlerless harvest and eliminating all 2nd deer tags for a few years until numbers rebound.

I would like to say that I thanked the WDFW Commision for reducing doe permits and reducing 2nd deer tags this year. They also need to hear the positive comments from sportsfolks.

I think that wolfbait, mulehunter, or some others probably know units 340-342.

mulehunters spends a lot of time in the Okanogan areas and wolfbait winters deer on his property, I think they say deer numbers are way down due to wolves in the Okanogan areas. Boneaddict probably also has a feel for the Okanogan.....