white tail in e burg

[wackmaster]

There is more than 6 klickriverchromer has proof

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Whitetail are one of the most adaptable animals in the deer family. They will continue to expand. They are an invasive species and will generally outcompete Mule Deer for habitat. Being the much older species they are more resistant to parasites and diseases than Mule Deer and often they are carriers of diseases the Muleys don't handle well.. I am a whitetail guy but I know the Mule Deer across the west can't afford a bigger decline. Hopefully the WDFW has something in their mind for dealing with them in those areas before they get a stronghold.

[jdb]

There are supposed to be 4 whitetail does in Yakima living on the greenway between 40th and 1st street.  I have heard of sightings from different guys for about a year now.

I found a whitetail shed in the nile a few years back....  

They are a coming

i've seen a number of deer in that stretch over the years but no whities, I also no a fella that found a very nice dead buck just off the end of 16th

[lokidog]

Whitetail are one of the most adaptable animals in the deer family. They will continue to expand. They are an invasive species and will generally outcompete Mule Deer for habitat. Being the much older species they are more resistant to parasites and diseases than Mule Deer and often they are carriers of diseases the Muleys don't handle well.. I am a whitetail guy but I know the Mule Deer across the west can't afford a bigger decline. Hopefully the WDFW has something in their mind for dealing with them in those areas before they get a stronghold.

It's funny you mention disease.  I seem to recall reading that it was due to a parisite found in ticks or flies in central WA that keeps them from spreading west.  Blue tongue?  Not sure.

Not sure how a native species that has not been introduced by people into an area is an "invasive" species though....  Starlings and house sparrows brought from England; scotchbroom, also from Great Britain; northern timber wolves from Canada     ....  But WT deer have simply hoofed it here themselves.  The Columbia Whitetail made it all the way to the coast.

[MADMAX]

I had a buddy 10 years ago that shot a whitetail muley hybrid up near Quartz Mt

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Whitetail are one of the most adaptable animals in the deer family. They will continue to expand. They are an invasive species and will generally outcompete Mule Deer for habitat. Being the much older species they are more resistant to parasites and diseases than Mule Deer and often they are carriers of diseases the Muleys don't handle well.. I am a whitetail guy but I know the Mule Deer across the west can't afford a bigger decline. Hopefully the WDFW has something in their mind for dealing with them in those areas before they get a stronghold.

It's funny you mention disease.  I seem to recall reading that it was due to a parisite found in ticks or flies in central WA that keeps them from spreading west.  Blue tongue?  Not sure.

Not sure how a native species that has not been introduced by people into an area is an "invasive" species though....  Starlings and house sparrows brought from England; scotchbroom, also from Great Britain; northern timber wolves from Canada     ....  But WT deer have simply hoofed it here themselves.  The Columbia Whitetail made it all the way to the coast.

Yeah, EHD/Blue Tongue is a massive whitetail killer but they still exist in areas that have had massive die offs. I have never heard how it keeps them spreading West.  That is very interesting. I will have to do more research.

They don't have to be introduced to an area by man to be invasive. If there are Whitetails moving into traditional mule deer habitat, outcompeting and displacing mule deer (this has happened in other places in the last 50 years alone) they are an invasive species. Of course I love that whitetails are proliferating. They are my favorite thing to hunt.

[deleted BGS]

id really like to see this.. Stupid computers anyway

[webster1]

[webster1]

got it  i think

[True Sportsman]

Is that supposed to be a whitetail?

[C-Money]

Looks like one to me. They are also in the Klickitat.

[bobcat]

It would be nice to have a clearer picture, but that sure does look like a whitetail to me too.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

It would be nice to have a clearer picture, but that sure does look like a whitetail to me too.

It looks like one to me also

[Bob33]

what would the regs be for that if you happen to see a whitetail in a predominatly mule deer unit where they have no regs for em?

All the GMUS (328, 334, 335) around Ellensburg have specific regulations for each specie so it's not a problem, at least in that area.

[cem3434]

We found a whitetail shed in Manastash up the South Fork of the creek about 4 years ago.  My buddy also swears that he seen a whitetail up there last year one day before the season opened too.  I have never seen one on the hoof and I always thought the shed must have been a rattling antler that someone lost.