Post by: webster1 on January 02, 2011, 11:05:20 AM
Post by: jdb on January 02, 2011, 11:07:33 AM
Post by: boneaddict on January 02, 2011, 11:35:46 AM
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Post by: teanawayslayer on January 02, 2011, 11:53:28 AM
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Post by: agchawk on January 02, 2011, 12:01:17 PM
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? i saw a nice 2pt white tail about 7 years ago in the teanaway. now one believed me until we bow hunted it a few years later and my hunting partner was 15 yds from a doe, also a white tail.
I would assume that if the regs don't SPECIFICALLY mention "mule deer only" or "whitetail harvest prohibited" then they would be harvestable. Of course, point restrictions, sex restrictions, etc would still apply. (i.e. 3 point minimum, antlerless only, etc)
Post by: webster1 on January 02, 2011, 12:21:44 PM
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Post by: Bigtine96 on January 02, 2011, 04:39:58 PM
I keep hearing rumors. Would like to see him.
Boneaddict, I know of 6 whitetails within 40 miles of where you live :o Seriously they are moving up our way. I have seen two bucks and four does.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 02, 2011, 05:00:48 PM
Post by: time2hunt on January 02, 2011, 05:28:21 PM
Post by: groundhog on January 02, 2011, 05:42:37 PM
Post by: DeerThug on January 02, 2011, 05:42:57 PM
I found a whitetail shed in the nile a few years back....
They are a coming
Post by: wackmaster on January 02, 2011, 09:15:25 PM
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on January 02, 2011, 09:30:05 PM
Post by: jdb on January 03, 2011, 06:13:39 AM
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'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
I found a whitetail shed in the nile a few years back....
They are a coming
Post by: lokidog on January 03, 2011, 06:23:41 AM
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.
Post by: MADMAX on January 03, 2011, 06:50:49 AM
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on January 03, 2011, 07:57:16 AM
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.
Post by: deleted BGS on January 03, 2011, 10:47:32 PM
Post by: webster1 on January 04, 2011, 08:15:17 PM
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Post by: True Sportsman on January 04, 2011, 09:54:56 PM
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Is that supposed to be a whitetail?
Post by: C-Money on January 04, 2011, 10:45:52 PM
Post by: bobcat on January 04, 2011, 10:49:49 PM
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on January 04, 2011, 10:50:47 PM
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
Post by: Bob33 on January 04, 2011, 11:03:56 PM
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.
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