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Still, this year’s Antlers numbers were down substantially from the gravy year of 2004, when 140 successful hunters brought their deer to the saloon to pose for pictures.
QuoteStill, this year’s Antlers numbers were down substantially from the gravy year of 2004, when 140 successful hunters brought their deer to the saloon to pose for pictures.Scott thinks hunters are idiots, the reason the numbers were higher in 04 is because the season ended almost a week later, on the 28th.
Wait, so it was a good year for deer hunting in the Methow? I assume this is one thread Wolfbait (and others) won't mention how the herd has been decimated by the wolf population.
I think things are twisted around a bit. I talked to a few wardens up there and for them to check 50+ hunters and one legal buck seems to me that would reflect pretty poor odds.
or a man trying to save his job
All anecdotal indicators suggest that the 2009 deer hunting season in the Methow was significantly better than 2008. For example, in the four days the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife operated a check station up the East Chewuch, agents checked through 75 deer, which was an 88 percent increase over 2008.
According to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Scott Fitkin, hunters took approximately twice as many deer as last year as measured by numbers from the WDFW check station on the East Chewuch Road.