Deer Numbers Down - Methow?

[MAVsled]

not much better for us hunting past Twisp river road.
hunted in the 4000-6000 elevation. Saw a few does (the same groups day after day) and several 2 points.
two shooter bucks but to far off in the distance and couldn't close to within range.
But even the does were up high, higher elevation than the usual for us.

the last 3 years, we are seeing far less deer in our long time hunting area.

[davew]

My experience was a bit different.  Work and family obligations kept me from getting out until Friday.  I went to some lower elevation public land near Winthrop at dawn and saw six deer in a half mile walk.  One was a 3x3.  My deer season lasted two hours. 

I have been seeing a fair number of deer around my cabin, but not the big herds in the alfalfa fields like other years. 

Everything is still really green, so the game could easily be anywhere taking advantage of all the forage.  I think we'll have a better idea of the size of the deer herd in a month or so when everything turns white. 

[ghosthunter]

Well I have been hunting the Thompson Ridge Road for 12 years now , We have camp there every year (GHOST Camp) I hunt hard and I did not here a shot any where in the area till the 2nd Saturday. I saw no bucks , none. I heard of one in our area and one at Bridge Creek. All the doe I saw had one or two fawns with them. On the last Saturday I had 13 single file past me at 20 ft. It rained on the last Saturday and I saw more animals than. But no bucks. I drove to Fawn Crk, Libby Creek, Methow Wildlife Area, 30 mile, and hiked a mile in the Bridge Creek Trail. NO Deer. I was out looking for deer every day all day from Oct. 13 th till the last day of the season. Few doe thats all. 

[Chadrick60]

We went up to starvation mt. and seen 2 Bull moose crossing the road. That was pretty sweet but we didn't see any deer the entire day.