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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: alecvg on April 22, 2008, 03:37:56 PM

Title: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: alecvg on April 22, 2008, 03:37:56 PM: This morning my buddy saw a white tail doe in northern Whatcom County, does anyone know about any on the westside? I was REALLY surprised!
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: bankwalker on April 22, 2008, 03:45:19 PM: there are a few around.
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: saylean on April 22, 2008, 03:46:13 PM: My first year archery hunting (95), I was hunting a winter wheat field (surrounded by trees....bordered by the river, etc) outside of the Clear Lake area,.....tons of tracks...all over. Sure enough, I jumped a nice 4x4 whitey....he bolted into a tunnel he had in this huge black berry pile. We played cat and mouse for several weeks...never did get a shot off...but spotted him several times.

I heard through the rumor mill someone blasted him with a shotgun, hitting him in the leg...he managed to make it to his hole in the brush...the shooter did not recover him, sad to say. That was the rumor at least.
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Post by: Gobble on April 23, 2008, 12:08:23 PM: The columbian Whitetail on the westside are protected. They are over by the coast. I have seen a few myself
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Post by: coastalghost on April 23, 2008, 12:32:36 PM: Weve seen em in Forks too....
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: huntnphool on April 23, 2008, 08:21:02 PM: Ive seen a couple while drifting the Cowlitz, called and told F&G and they blew me off like I had no idea what I was talking about :chuckle:
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: archery288 on April 23, 2008, 09:19:14 PM: Quote from: huntnphool on April 23, 2008, 08:21:02 PM
Ive seen a couple while drifting the Cowlitz, called and told F&G and they blew me off like I had no idea what I was talking about :chuckle:

haha nice phool!! I have never seen any, but then again, down there a deer is just another deer to me!!! :chuckle:
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: huntnphool on April 23, 2008, 10:20:15 PM: Actually 288, I saw them up by the barrier dam along mill creek.
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: jstamp on April 24, 2008, 01:07:09 AM: Quote from: huntnphool on April 23, 2008, 10:20:15 PM
Actually 288, I saw them up by the barrier dam along mill creek.

Wow, I live right there, and go down there quite a bit and have seen a lot of blacktail, but never any whitetail. I'm not calling you a liar or anything, just if you see any others, I would love to see a pic.

The only whitetail I have seen on the west side were at the game refuge west of cathlamet on the columbia.
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: singleshot12 on April 24, 2008, 07:42:24 AM: I've seen a couple Blacktails that sure looked and acted Whitetailish,figured they could have been cross-breeds.
I think what happens is someone will catch a Whitetail fawn east of the mountains and let it go in Blacktail country.And then they end up breeding with the Blacktails.
Title: Re: whitetail doe on west side
Post by: archery288 on April 24, 2008, 08:44:00 AM: phool - your not the first person i have heard of that has seen whities down there! although rare compared to all the blackies, i blieve there are some roaming around!