White Tail in Yakima

[bullcanyon]

We were pheasant hunting south of Yakima around Toppenish and seen one of the bigger whitetail bucks we've seen alive.  It was a dandy buck.  No question about what it was.  Big ol flag flying high as he bounded off.  This was 3 years ago.  Only deer we seen the whole time we hunted there.

[GregFowler23]

There are quite a bit of WT on the yakima, i just recently saw 5 of them on saturday between the gap and Toppenish, and one of them was a very big buck. Then today driving home saw 6 off I-82 between wapato exit and the gap with 2 very large bucks in that group. I have always seen deer constantly on the river in that area.

[Rhinoron247]

Have seen several wt doe in the Ellensburg / Yakima canyon for years.  Never seen any antler yet but I am sure they are there.

[270Shooter]

I've seen lots of deer in along the yakima down by zillah/toppenish but they were all mule deer, 3 were very nice bucks, one was probaly 170+.

[colockumelk]

Does anybody have some pics of these river white tails.

[GregFowler23]

No can do on the pics, they're really something i only see driving by on the freeway or roadway somewhere

[huntandjeep]

Ive seen a couple around k-mart area.

[Hilltop123]

There's been a coupla small WT bucks shot on YTC, in the past. Make of that what you will.....

[DeerThug]

I have a couple of pics - see if I can find them.

I have several pics of dead ones from when I was younger, but they are not digital.

I suspect the freeway sightings are not whiteies but are the mulie/blacktail hybrids that are what is along all of the river cooriders..  At a glance a three pointer could look like a whitetail at 70 mph as these deer do have thinner horns and would fork a little like a whitetail.   I have literally seen hundreds of these river and freeway deer and have never seen a true mulie.

[rtspring]

Hunted around yakima my whole life. Never seen any whitetails.........not saying there isn't any but i have never seen them....

[Austrian Hunter]

I have seen them by the mall exit on I-82 in that field.  

[kirkl]

Those deer are mulies. i see them all the time driving back and forth from zillah. i see alot of deer between yakima and zillah and have yet to see a white tail.

I have seen them by the mall exit on I-82 in that field.   

[rtspring]

sounds like we need some Pics??

Seen a few around pasco, but none farther west........

[Austrian Hunter]

The does I saw were no way mule deer!

[scoutsniper17]

I have shot plenty of whitetails over the years so I am pretty certain I know what they look like so here is my two cents......

Saw 3 whitetail does at the bottom of the Manastash grade a few years back standing along the first lake on the right and.....was goose hunting out by Mattawa about 10 years ago and watched a NICE whitetail buck walk out into the field we were hunting and feed for about 20 minutes right out in front of us at less than a hundred yards.Was blown away to see a whitetail buck out there,it was cool as hell....and for #3,have seen whitetail does multiple times in the Yakima Canyon on the Ellensburg end during the winter,right there hanging out in the brush along the river.