What did the biggest blacktail score??

[Harold]

I herd he was in the 180s and came out stormking area back in the 60s or something. Anyone know anything about him or any other monster blackys??

[link]

Its like 182 and from lewis county. Not sure of the date, but that sounds about right.

[bobcat]

I think it was 1953 and it came out of the Lincoln Creek area, west of Centralia.

[kglacken]

I think it was 1953 and it came out of the Lincoln Creek area, west of Centralia.

[7mag.]

There were 2 of them out of the same general area a couple of years apart, 1953 sounds right. They both scored around 183". Neither one of them had been scored until a few years ago.

[kglacken]

Biggest Typical Columbian Blacktails of all time-
1. 184 2/8 shot in 1935 Cowlitz County WA
2. 183 5/8 shot in 1954 Clark County WA
3. 182 2/8 shot in 1953 Lewis County WA

Biggest Non-Typical Columbian Blacktails of all time-
1. 213 7/8 shot in 1997 Clackamas County OR
2. 213 3/8 shot in 1979 Jackson County OR
3. 208 1/8 shot in 1962 Polk County OR

[Roperfive88]

Go to    http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgrecords/WorldRecordsDetail.asp?area=bgRecords&type=MULE%20DEER
Boone and Crockett shows all the North American world records on their site.

[coachcw]

good link

[deerslyr]

Biggest Typical Columbian Blacktails of all time-
1. 184 2/8 shot in 1935 Cowlitz County WA
2. 183 5/8 shot in 1954 Clark County WA
3. 182 2/8 shot in 1953 Lewis County WA

Makes yuh wonder what happened to the big blacky genetics of SW WA.

[kglacken]

Biggest Typical Columbian Blacktails of all time-
1. 184 2/8 shot in 1935 Cowlitz County WA
2. 183 5/8 shot in 1954 Clark County WA
3. 182 2/8 shot in 1953 Lewis County WA

Makes yuh wonder what happened to the big blacky genetics of SW WA.

Exactly!

[deerslyr]

Seriously I cant even think of one 160" buck thats come out of WA since ive been alive. There may have been or two but nothing that comes remotely close to the top 3. Was there some sort of crazy wild fire that happened in the 50s that caused amazing horn growth? Trying to come up with some sort of reasoning for it.

[Harold]

Thanks for the replies guys, and yeah me neither jon ive been thinkin really hard about it and the only huge blackie ive seen came outta morton and it back in the late 70s, way before our time...

[Jonathan_S]

I encourage people to look at the buck in the Boone and Crockett files, MASSIVE   

[mtn.goat]

The game dept. did some transplanting of mule deer into SW WA in at least two of the counties listed, in the early fifties.  My hunting partners' uncle helped with transport and release.  One of his buddies killed at least one in the top 10 WA blacktails, that he had scored at least.

[RadSav]

Biggest Typical Columbian Blacktails of all time-
1. 184 2/8 shot in 1935 Cowlitz County WA
2. 183 5/8 shot in 1954 Clark County WA
3. 182 2/8 shot in 1953 Lewis County WA

Makes yuh wonder what happened to the big blacky genetics of SW WA.

The Yacolt Burn in the end totaled more than 500,000 acres of burnt forest in 1902 and the Dole Valley fire added another near 200,000 in 1929.  That should have made western deer forage awful dang good for growing big bucks.  With added regulation and techniques for fighting wildfires the last "Great Wildfire" in western Washington was in 1952.  It's my belief that this had a great deal to do with so many monster blacktails being harvested prior to 1960 and very few since.