Methow Deer Forecast

[ICEMAN]

I hope everyone stays home and avoids the entiat and other areas not hit as hard.....the last thing these areas need is an influx of a bunch of new hunters.....

[Skyvalhunter]

I hope everyone stays home and avoids the entiat and other areas not hit as hard.....the last thing these areas need is an influx of a bunch of new hunters.....

Now honestly what do you think the chances of that happening are?

[boneaddict]

I guess the permit I want this year is a CAT PERMIT.

[Skyvalhunter]

[quote  year before last I found 26 sheds, last year 16, this year 3.
So wheres the pictures of your sheds?

[boneaddict]

Another slam...they weren't worth taking pics of.  Two two points and one three with a busted point( another two). As many miles as I travelled, the camera hardly left the pack.  I missed one photo op on a piar of bluebirds.  It would have been apublishable print too. they were at  20 feet with the sun at my back.  I stopped and dug out the camera and the female flew> I turned on the digital and when the camera beeped the male flew.  He circled my and then I was looking right into the sun.  Couldn't even see him.  I pointed and shot and I may have got him inthe frame, maybe not.  Now he was about 200 feet away. 

[boneaddict]

this is cropped.  At least I got him on film.  it was cool seeing bluebirds in the snow.  SPRING is coming.

[Skyvalhunter]

You are right Bone that has the potential to be an excellent pic!!

[alecvg]

Dang... I only hunt winthrop area... its just been getting worse and worse over their!  My dad and brothers started hunting it about 15 years ago and would see 100+ deer per day with herds of 20-30.  This year i saw the most deer in my group of hunters... only 43 in one weekend!  I only saw one buck and it took of so fast we couldnt tell what it was, though my bro missed a nice 2x3 and my uncle passed on a nice 3x3, and my dad saw a couple racks running away from him.  But ya its dissapointing, i sure hope the population goes back up, they deffinley shouldnt do so many antlerless tags this year... but when the poulation goes back up again i hope they open the third weekend back up, thats when the good hunting is!

[boneaddict]

It sure would have been if I could have got him at 20 feet versus 200, and with the sun right.  Talk about standing out with color.

[saylean]

Too bad to hear about the nasty kills....thus is nature I guess. I will still be over there more than likely this year anyway...just to do it..last few years, I have not had much luck in Twisp/Winthrop anyway...

Thanks for the updates Bone.

D~

[bankwalker]

man thats not good news. i really like hunting the methow area. and my buddies parents told him the other day they 5 dead deer 2 of which were bucks on thier property this winter so far.

[Ridgerunner]

Probably why the number of late tags is going to decrease this year.

[boneaddict]

I sure hope they cut the antlerless tags as well.

[Red Dawg]

From what I keep hearing they are going to drop deer tags state wide and raise elk tags.

[HuntingFanatic]

Bummer to hear since that is the area i mainly hunt. Im not gonna take a point. Id be happy to get drawn.....been through lean years before in the methow.