Title: Management of Deer and Hunting in Washington with Emphasis on Northeast Whitetails
1Management of Deer and Hunting in Washington with
Emphasis on Northeast White-tails
2Washingtons Deer
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4Black-tailed Deer ( Picture to be provided by
Jim Bottorff )
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12Statewide Management Goals for Deer
- Preserve, protect, perpetuate, and manage deer
and their habitat to ensure healthy and
productive populations - Manage deer for a variety of recreational,
educational, and aesthetic purposes including
hunting, scientific study, cultural, subsistence,
and ceremonial uses by Native Americans, wildlife
viewing, and photography - Manage statewide deer populations for a
sustainable annual harvest by hunters.
13Annual Hunter Harvest of Deer in Washington by
Type of Deer
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15Odocoileus virginianus ochrourus
16Range of White-tail Subspecies
17TRACKING VARIABLES FOR WHITE-TAIL MANAGEMENT
- Population density indexes from transects
- Annual buck / doe / fawn ratios
- Annual proportion of yearling bucks
- Annual proportion of 5 point bucks
- Proportion of spike yearling bucks
- Annual proportion of ages 4 5 bucks
- Ratio of antlerless to antlered deer taken by
hunters
18Summer Classification Surveys
- Relative numbers
- of deer
- Buck/Doe/Fawn Ratios
- Percentage of
- adult versus
- yearling bucks
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21Hunter Check Stations
- O B J E C T I V E S
- Sample hunters deer harvested from GMUs
- Collect sex, age, antler, and other data
- Facilitate face-to-face interaction with our
hunters and monitor how the season is
progressing.
22A n t l e r s horn-like bony tissue grown and
shed annually by members of the deer
family which mainly occur only on males,
commonly referred to as bucks, bulls, or stags
23Antler Growth by Age of Buck
24Factors Driving Antler Growth in Deer
- Age of the animal
- Nutrition
- Genetics
25Contrast of Antlers in Yearling Bucks
26- Aging deer
- by dentition
- tooth wear
27Producing Trophy Bucks
28Contrast In White-tail Buck Versus Doe Age
Distributions
29Pie Chart Contrast of Adult White-tail Buck
Versus Doe Age Distributions
30Percentage of adult bucks older than 5 years in
sampled harvest
31Percent of whitetail bucks 5 point or better from
hunter reports, 1998-2003
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34So are White-tailed Deer taking over
Washington State and places beyond ?
35Short answer NO !But White-tailed Deer
are
- Highly adaptable to different environments
- Have a high rate of reproduction
- Can withstand substantial population loss from
hunting and other forms of predation
36As a consequence White-tails have expanded their
range in the west including within Washington
State and there is circumstantial evidence that
this has been at the expense of Mule Deer in some
locales
37In summary White-tailed Deer remain the most
adaptable, most widely distributed, most
numerous, and most important big game animal in
North America - and if not the most - certainly
a top contender within Washington State as well
38T H A N K Y O U !