2012 Bucks...post them here

[blackveltbowhunter]

  Very nice!

[Bhunter253]

My 2012 blacktail last weekend of general season.

[knight]

Nice buck Bhunter 253!

[blackveltbowhunter]

  Nice!

[hillbillyhunting]

  great buck!

[pcal]

 I have been hunting in Washington since 1979 and only missed harvesting a deer 2 years.I have hunted blacktails,mulies and whitetail.I havent' killed that deer of a lifetime but usually take a mature animal and leaving the youngsters to grow up.This is a 5/6 yo,5x6 mule deer buck taken at the Pasayten wilderness border last oct. ,modern with my 75 yo. model 99-.300 savage,150gr core lokt handload.The buck was crossing a rock slide at about 130 yds.I took the neck shot and no follow up was required.Weight was about 300#s.My 6 hunting pardners took good bucks.The big one, 6x6 (28") weighted about 350#s.I was hunting almost to the last day to take this one.Weather was raining hard during my shot.The 3 point rule is resulting in better and bigger bucks.pcal ps:The dog is my grouse dog,Mac.Lewellen setter.

[ellensburgpo]

Great bucks pcal, welcome ....

[NWBREW]

Very nice pcal. Welcome to the site..

[pcal]

 Thanks to all your replys.I only just found this forum and will tell my hunting buddies of it.I am slowing down and don't know how many years I will be able to get up these mountains so its nice to see the youngsters getting introduced to hunting.My sons(2) were ok hunting grouse but only one has went big game hunting with me.He loves to get out but seems that work keeps him from going the last few years.I love to get out and hunt mushrooms,too and that is how I got here.I was looking to see if there was a forum for mushrooming in washington and came upon this forum.lol I have went out 4 times this yr,from Blewett Pass to Rimrock for morels and spring boletes but had limited success  with only about 5#s per person each trip of morels and only about 6#s of boletes on the last trip with none found up to then so I was looking to see how others have done.I will check in every so often to see any news on prospects for this comming fall for deer.I go out for mulies in the the gardner or chewuch and never closer to the road than 2 miles.I dont' go out for elk as its usually too much for a single person to carry out 400#s of meat 5 or 6 miles when that person is past 60 yo.I have carried up to 180lbs on my back 6 miles and I only weight 155lbs.I carried one mulie boned out 8 miles from north of dollar watch mt to the billygoat trailhead one early season hunt.Don't want to do that again.I walked out the last 3 miles with no boots on,only 3 pairs of socks because of blisters.Those old mountain climbing boots were hell.I would tape my feet and redo them twice a day with  a heavy pack and change socks ,too.I use a better boot now and put coconut oil on with double socks to prevent those blisters.Seems to work.Here are a couple of my hunting buddies with the big deer of our camp,2012.He broke two deer carts before getting him to the road.Estimated age was 9 because the teeth were at the gumline.later,pcal

[400out]

  pcal!! Thanks for sharing 

[Skyvalhunter]

Welcome aboard!!

[boneaddict]

Great first post PCAL and nice bucks.   Welcome

[Ridgerunner]

Thanks for sharing look forward to more stories from you, those are good bucks for this state.

[bparcher804]

Better late than never.  My 2012 late archery buck.  Spent first week in stand w not a lot of big buck sightings but in the back of my mind I knew I had some decent bucks cruising around my house as well and ended up taking this guy on my property behind my house.

[SkookumHntr]

Great bucks pcal! The tires on the deer cart look like they seen better days! lol