BIG SW WA Non-Typical Blacktail - Taken by Kevin Armstrong

[backwoods_boy]

I have had an encounter with a large blacktail but nothing like this one.
nice work.

these are pics from separate years on my parents property, all the same buck.
he grew nicely and then some coward poached him out of my parents front yard.
WE CAUGHT HIM!..... 

[huntnphool]

Those are great pics BB, too bad it ended like that though.

[bow4elk]

Poachers are the scum of the earth.  I was over at Bucklucky's place last Sunday when a truck drove by, slowed down, then put a shotgun out the window and touched off a shot, apparently at a pheasant in the ditch.  Morons 

On a positive note, it's neat to see the age progression with that buck.  He clearly is the same buck based on that left front fork as a 3 pt.  Too bad some joker had to put his ego in front of common sense.

[backwoods_boy]

Yeah i hate poachers.......we watched this big ol boy grow up from a fawn....i actually got him to eat out of my hand on a couple of occasions.(shhhh dont tell anyone) lol I never had any intentions of havesting this big boy, plus i was busy trying to keep the local yahh hoos from sneakin around my parents property to take him.  we were really sad when they shot him. he was like a pet and his name was henry.
here are a couple more pics.
REPORT POACHERS!!!!
It will help...
ps. its funny that you saw some guy shootin at pheasants, cause the kid that we caught was also booked in cle elum for poaching pheasants out his window.
what an ass!




this was after the gamie was about to take him away i figured i should get a quick pic to remember him by.

[backwoods_boy]

Sorry i didnt mean to 

[bowsandhose]

  great NT buck. i would have life size that toad

[bucklucky]

Hey Tom, I cought 3 kids doing a drive by right in front of my house again. They shot 2 pheasants jumped out and grabbed one and had the other in his hand. I scared the crap out of them, they dropped one of the birds that was still alive and stalled the 4 runner. Wasnt able to catch them though. I know the rig and see it all the time.

That buck needs to be mounted. I have some big capes I have been saving for those big racks I have collected. I think one of them needs to go on that buck  That thing is a HOG!

[Hornseeker]

Wow...that is a pig and yeah...I'd have life sized him or at least pedestal mounted him like half body with habitat!

That is a rare buck indeed...in 27 years of spending hundreds of days a year in the field in W. Wash I've never seen a buck anywhere near that. I've seen plenty (maybe 20) or so like BB's pic...and bigger...but nothing like that TOAD!

I doubt a Washington buck will ever pass the WR from Lewis county. Does anyone know how far into W. Wash the WR was taken? As big as he is.... I'd have to suspect he may have crossed the divided as a muley/muley hybrid....?

I LOVE it that CA isn't passing up that Lewis county buck!!!

Ernie

[bucklucky]

There is a bigger typical that was scored a few years ago at 183 5/8 net, beating the lewis county buck bt 1 3/8. It was shot in clark county if I remember right in 1954 by Cliff Richter. 

[stlhdr1]

Very nice buck, looks like one I've seen down close to this one river...  It's a dandy!

Keith

[Hornseeker]

Dang....I didn't know that. Sweet!

[Buckoholic]

Awsome Blacktail!!!!!!

[270Shooter]

That is one awsome Blacktail I would love to see one like that someday.

Backwoods, its too bad that buck was poached  . he looks like he could have had a lot of potential to be a real nice one. But he was still a nice buck.

[backwoods_boy]

yeah but justice was served!
the kid is a poor excuse for a human being and will never touch a gun or hunt ever again.  i even think he is serving a little time for his multiple poaching crimes. dont quote me on that but i think so.
 

[280ackley]

I doubt a Washington buck will ever pass the WR from Lewis county. Does anyone know how far into W. Wash the WR was taken? As big as he is.... I'd have to suspect he may have crossed the divided as a muley/muley hybrid....?

The buck you are referring to was taken west of I-5.