Blacktail Deer Foundation Washington

10/13/2025

Can you see the🦌 in these photos...... No? well me neither! ; ) Great cloudy/wet day in the field, however no buck showed himself to me here in SW WA. Let's see photos of your successful (or not) weekend of opener WA deer firearm! And keep em coming, we could contact you to be featured in our next BDF newsletter or blog! 🦌👊 www.blacktaildeer.org

10/08/2025

Obviously the same holds true for WA! Good luck out there and be safe this opening Firearm season on Saturday!!! Send us your hunt pictures and story. We can get you/family in the magazine and blog!🦌🦌🦌🦌👊

If you hunt Oregon blacktails long enough, you’ll learn to love the rain. It might start as a drizzle that beads on your pack straps, then settle into that steady Pacific Northwest rhythm, the kind that soaks your hood, softens your steps, and hushes the forest into a kind of living silence. It’...

10/08/2025

https://www.blacktaildeer.org/blog/where-deer-species-meet-the-intersection-of-columbian-black-tailed-deer-and-mule-deer

We explore where the overlap, and potential hybridization between mule deer and Columbian black-tailed deer are in the lower 48 states.

10/08/2025

https://www.blacktaildeer.org/blog/from-alaskas-rainforests-to-californias-chaparral-the-diverse-coastal-habitats-of-black-tailed-deer

10/02/2025

UPDATE: Volunteer Day Cancelled due to government shutdown. Please see the communication from CNW below.

CNW and BDF volunteers,

I regret to inform you that the volunteer event on Saturday October 4th has been cancelled due to the Federal Shutdown and direction that came out to discontinue any projects lead by partners on public lands carried out by volunteers.

At this time I hope to reschedule this habitat enhancement to October 18th or 25th. I may also offer some weekday opportunities which could overlap with a WCC crew – stay tuned!

We want to thank you for your commitment to wildlife and habitat enhancement and look forward to getting out in the field with you in the future.

Laurel Baum
Manager, Central Cascades Watersheds

🌲Additional Habitat Enhancement Volunteer Opportunity! Join us in working with we are working with the Snoqualmie Ranger District staff on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to improve habitat diversity to support deer and elk forage and other wildlife like upland birds. 🦌

This work is the continuation of a multiple years of the USFS working with partners like Muckleshoot Tribe, WDFW Master Hunters, Ruffed Grouse Society, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and others. Work for the day may include: lopping and scattering small conifers, piling alders and conifers, hand saw work, climbing up small diameter trees to be used for exclosure fencing to grow more shrub species.

RSVP here or visit the link in our bio:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw11nfX0v8tjjxq3_tU5KYXs4iRjSshTZZASzRNNUULpqr4Q/viewform

Wildlife Enhancement - Volunteer Series!
Saturday, October 04 *October 03 Cancelled*
Morning Session | 8:30am - 1:00pm
Afternoon Session | 1:30pm - 6:00pm

Conservation NW will provide sandwiches, chips, drinks and cookies for volunteer lunch.

If you have already registered for the October 03 date, please consider registering for October 04 instead.

*contact information will only be used to contact participants as the event approaches and in case of any major changes.

10/01/2025

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09/24/2025

****CANCELLED***

Join the Blacktail Deer Foundation (BDF) on Saturday, Oct 4th for a Conservation NW Habitat Enhancement Work Party! The BDF is working with partners like Conservation Northwest to do the good habitat work across the range, including the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF, to improve habitat diversity to support deer and elk forage and other wildlife like upland birds. 🦌 Work for the day may include: lopping and scattering small conifers, piling alders and conifers, hand saw work, limbing up small diameter trees to be used for exclosure fencing to grow more shrub species. DEER FOOD!

RSVP here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw11nfX0v8tjjxq3_tU5KYXs4iRjSshTZZASzRNNUULpqr4Q/viewform

Wildlife Enhancement - Volunteer Series!
Saturday, October 04
Morning Session | 8:30am - 1:00pm
Afternoon Session | 1:30pm - 6:00pm

Conservation NW & BDF will provide sandwiches, chips, drinks and cookies for volunteer lunch.

BDF Conservation Coordinator, Ryan Krapp, will be there with gloves on to do the things and talk blacktail habitat needs and what we are doing. The first 10 to join us will get some exclusive BDF swag! Join him and bring the kids!🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌 Not a member yet? Join us www.blacktaildeer.org Call Ryan with any questions, 458-202-9112.

🌲Additional Habitat Enhancement Volunteer Opportunity! Join us in working with we are working with the Snoqualmie Ranger District staff on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to improve habitat diversity to support deer and elk forage and other wildlife like upland birds. 🦌

This work is the continuation of a multiple years of the USFS working with partners like Muckleshoot Tribe, WDFW Master Hunters, Ruffed Grouse Society, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and others. Work for the day may include: lopping and scattering small conifers, piling alders and conifers, hand saw work, climbing up small diameter trees to be used for exclosure fencing to grow more shrub species.

RSVP here or visit the link in our bio:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw11nfX0v8tjjxq3_tU5KYXs4iRjSshTZZASzRNNUULpqr4Q/viewform

Wildlife Enhancement - Volunteer Series!
Saturday, October 04 *October 03 Cancelled*
Morning Session | 8:30am - 1:00pm
Afternoon Session | 1:30pm - 6:00pm

Conservation NW will provide sandwiches, chips, drinks and cookies for volunteer lunch.

If you have already registered for the October 03 date, please consider registering for October 04 instead.

*contact information will only be used to contact participants as the event approaches and in case of any major changes.

09/18/2025

https://www.blacktaildeer.org/blog/5340nj15bwcu3770lcex8c267ephq2

Anyone who's ever even fleetingly imagined hunting Sitka black-tailed deer has spent a moment or two Contemplating a boat-based hunt for black-tailed deer off of Kodiak Island, Alaska. For this packing list, our team of writers at the Blacktail Deer Foundation reached out to our local Alaska team as

09/05/2025

https://www.blacktaildeer.org/blog/5-essential-pieces-of-gear-every-blacktail-hunter-needs-in-their-truck

Here are five essential pieces of hunting gear every PNW hunter should keep in their truck, plus a bonus tool that can save your hunt—or even your life

09/01/2025

https://www.blacktaildeer.org/blog/alaska-packing-list

For many, hunting in Alaska is a once in a lifetime experience. Some may be lucky enough to hunt in the Last Frontier more than once. Hunters visiting the state only have an idea of what they might need to pack and never truly know what they do and do not need until they are on their trip or have ju

08/28/2025