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09-24-2007, 10:09 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Really Coastal Deer
I knew there were deer on the coast of Oregon but not actually on Oregon's coast. Has anyone else seen this before?
Why would deer go all the way down to below the high tide mark on a coastal beach?
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09-24-2007, 10:17 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
Thats interesting......lakesides, riversides, but I've never seen oceanside. It must have got spooked that direction and had no place to go. Looks like it took a pretty good stroll down the beach though.
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09-24-2007, 10:19 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Portland, Or
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
That is one huge salt lick.
Very cool pictures thanks for sharing
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09-24-2007, 10:34 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I have hunted down on the bay ocean spit for years, there are tons of deer down there. There are even elk that have moved in. I also hear that there are bear and a cougar that live out on the bay ocean spit.
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09-24-2007, 10:50 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
Quote:
Originally Posted by pdxkevin
I knew there were deer on the coast of Oregon but not actually on Oregon's coast. Has anyone else seen this before?
Why would deer go all the way down to below the high tide mark on a coastal beach?
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Yes, in the pacific city, Neshkowin area, I've seen deer in the sand.
Can't think of any reason why they wouldn't be since the forest goes all the way to the ocean in some places.
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09-24-2007, 11:32 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: La Center, Wa
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
We were having dinner at the Bay House restaurant a few years ago and a doe was walking on the beach right outside our window. It added to an already amazing view.
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09-24-2007, 11:45 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Portland/Nehalem
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
That doe looks like she's playing in the sand! I personally have never seen any on beach but like others have said I have seen them in the shrub and tree lines on the spits so it would make sense they take a stroll down the beach.
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09-24-2007, 12:25 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Aloha
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
Thats where they went during archery season.
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09-24-2007, 12:31 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Roundabout
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I've seen their tracks going right down to the ocean before. Never have seen the actual deer though. Cool pics.
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09-24-2007, 02:06 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I used to live on the coast and always had seen quite a few deer in the sand dunes while camping etc. I tried hunting the dunes a few times, but they had all but disappeared when I was actually hunting. There are supposed to be some very nice bucks out there.
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09-24-2007, 02:24 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Vancouver, WA & Ocean Park, WA
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
That's a special sub-species of seaweed eating deer!!! 
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09-24-2007, 03:00 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Beaverton
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
Darn things are clamming!
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09-24-2007, 04:42 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
Quote:
Originally Posted by sliverslinger2001
I have hunted down on the bay ocean spit for years, there are tons of deer down there. There are even elk that have moved in. I also hear that there are bear and a cougar that live out on the bay ocean spit.
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Yep, there's a herd of Elk - about 10 cows and calves. Given that there are calves, I'll assume there's a bull or two somewhere. I can't picture the ODFW doing artificial insemination to build a surf-herd.
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09-24-2007, 04:47 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Vancouver, WA & Ocean Park, WA
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
So, if you got a deer or elk down in this area, would you automatically have a "Surf-n-Turf" meal? 
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09-24-2007, 07:45 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
Some of the largest coast bucks that I have ever seen live in the dunes south of Florence; I used to hunt all the sand between Reedsport and Florence with my in-laws who lived in Reesdsport.
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09-24-2007, 07:53 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Creswell
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I grew up on the coast and we hunted deer around the freshwater lakes around lakeside in the dunes.
Elk around Bastendorf and Sunset beach out of Coos Bay too.
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09-24-2007, 08:16 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I used to ride the dunes around North Bend and i used to see alot of deer out on the dunes.
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09-24-2007, 08:16 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Oregon
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I saw a buck mount a doe on the beach once in June.
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09-25-2007, 05:27 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I dont hunt the beach area, but i do go down occassionally ans glass them. The population is outstanding in the dunes/beach areas and they seem to like to wade around in the surf a little, i believe it cleans the lice off of them. But there are no big ones down there, the Taxidermist was just kidding.
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09-25-2007, 10:12 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
I ride the dunes.Lots of deer runing around.Sandlake to North bend. 
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09-25-2007, 04:29 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Beaverton
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Re: Really Coastal Deer
Quote:
Originally Posted by sooslaw
I dont hunt the beach area, but i do go down occassionally ans glass them. The population is outstanding in the dunes/beach areas and they seem to like to wade around in the surf a little, i believe it cleans the lice off of them. But there are no big ones down there, the Taxidermist was just kidding. |
We used to venture out there once in a while south of Florence. You could only hunt with a shotgun back then. The trusty old 12 gage has seen a little action out there. Oh and Rick your right all does and small bucks. 
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