WDFW study uses helicopters to tag mule deer EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated to correct the estimated size of the mule deer subherds. (Jan. 30, 2020) It takes just six to eight minutes to ensnare a mule deer doe in a net, take her body measurements and a blood sample, and fit her […]
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Prospects good in Methow Valley, Okanogan County as deer hunting season opens on Saturday
Hunters with modern firearms will take to the field for deer hunting beginning Saturday (Oct. 15), and the outlook is good in north central Washington. “Deer hunting opportunities should be good in many parts of the state,” said Jerry Nelson, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) deer and elk manager in a press release. […]
Deer weathering Methow’s snowy winter
The Methow Valley’s resident mule deer herd is enduring a winter with lots of snow and reduced winter range as a result of wildfires that destroyed vegetation on thousands of acres during the past two summers.
Despite those stressors, the deer appear to be making it through the season as well as can be expected, said biologist Scott Fitkin of the Washington Department of Fish …
WDFW will be giving deer some extra food this winter to protect orchards near Pateros
Deer will get some extra food this winter to protect orchards near Pateros, although the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) believes that deer are doing well overall despite the many acres of their traditional forage that burned in the summer’s wildfires. Mild weather and below-average snow cover — after a wet fall that spurred lush […]
Fires destroy winter grazing range for thousands of deer
By Ann McCreary
The Carlton Complex Fire that charred more than one-quarter-million acres in the Methow Valley and surrounding areas destroyed thousands of acres of winter range essential to the survival of mule deer and white tail deer. “Range for about one-third of …
Former Winthrop deputy injured in accident
UPDATED 6/12/14 Twisp resident Rory Williams, a Brewster police officer and former Winthrop deputy marshal, was injured Tuesday morning (June 10) when the vehicle he was driving hit a deer on Highway 153 about a mile south of Carlton, the Washington State Patrol reported. Williams, 30, was driving northbound at about 4:45 a.m. when his […]
Buck numbers ‘best in decades’ for season opener
By Mike Maltais
The ratio of legal bucks is the best in decades, there are no local burn bans, and ammunition appears to be available in sufficient quantity for the statewide modern firearm deer season opener this Saturday (Oct. 12)
Deadline nears for special deer permits
Deer hunters who want to be among the 18 special permit holders allowed to pursue deer on the 6,000-acre Charles and Mary Eder unit of the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area in northeastern Okanogan County have until midnight Aug. 14 to submit their applications. Eighteen applicants will be chosen during a random drawing scheduled Aug. 15. […]
