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Offline PolarBear

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Re: Whitetail
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2023, 11:22:05 AM »
We always took a couple of old timers to be camp guards and cooks. Keeps the riffraff out.

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Re: Whitetail
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2023, 03:32:27 PM »
NE is where most of the state wolves are so their packs are growing. I talked to a wolf hunter in Montana last season and said all he finds inside em is deer. We actually saw 2 chasing a very nice whitetail buck.
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Re: Whitetail
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2023, 02:40:42 PM »
Bluetongue has wiped out the deer herds in the NE corner. With winter starting the end of Oct. with snow and tons of it, winter kill is going to be high. My place is just North of Chewelah and only within the last week, are we starting to see bear ground in the valley. That's 4 months. I haven't seen a deer on my place scene last November. I saw the first wolf on my place the first week of November chasing a deer through my field in front of my house. 

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Re: Whitetail
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2023, 04:18:03 PM »
Bluetongue has wiped out the deer herds in the NE corner. With winter starting the end of Oct. with snow and tons of it, winter kill is going to be high. My place is just North of Chewelah and only within the last week, are we starting to see bear ground in the valley. That's 4 months. I haven't seen a deer on my place scene last November. I saw the first wolf on my place the first week of November chasing a deer through my field in front of my house.
I'm wondering with 2023 seasons already set if wdfw has any plans to address the whitetail situation. No question the numbers were already way down going into this winter and with any winter kill at all it could be a desperate situation.  Not sure what would work and hate to give up opportunity, but I think it's time for some action before its too late  APR, shorter season, restrictive hunter quota, complete area closure?  Not sure what, if any, the answer is. I don't think wolves are as big a part of the problem(not saying they aren't part of it) as the mtn lions are. Seeing lions on a regular basis and they are getting pretty bold. Last one I saw ran across the road in front of my truck, stopped about 15' out and turned and glared back. No gun handy unfortunately.
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Re: Whitetail
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2023, 04:40:28 PM »
ALL predators are the problem, ALL of them, to go along with blue tongue.  We do NOT need to lose opportunity to hunt, we just need to control the harvest.  4pt antler restrictions works, did last time quite well.  Focus on the opportunity to hunt not kill.

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Re: Whitetail
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2023, 04:51:58 PM »
The harvest stats from the 4pt min years and their aftermath don't lie. It made hunting way, way, way more awesome.

 


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