First ever kill

[rudedawg1085]

We drove west on highway 12 coming out of goldendale for about 5 miles, and turned off on Garison road which leads you to an old gravel road that will take you up onto state land....from talking to alot of hunters it was primo spot once upon a time, but is starting to die out due to the indians hunting year long...The GMU boarders the indian res

[bowsandhose]

nice buck congrats

[Big Jim Jr]

I vote blacktail too. Looks like his neck is swollen also. Maybe the rut starting a touch early this year. BTW, is that a Remington 770 or 710 your shooting? If so, did you have problems with the bolt hanging up on the mag or shells catching?

[The Weazle]

Nice first buck!  That thing will sure taste good...

[rougheye]

nice job   

[SpearitLake]

You will never forget your first one.........I am sure when your Dad heard the shot it put a smile on his face and excitment in his heart hoping and believing that you connected.

Nice looking animal, but as I looked the animal over it reminded me more of a Blacktail then a Mulie.

[huntnphool]

Well done Rudedawg, you will always remember that one.

[Antlershed]

Nice buck!

Do you guys think the cross is the reason it has eyeguards? I don't know if I have ever seen a 2pt blackie with eyeguards.

[firefighter4607]

Nice first buck. I think you meant Hwy 142 coming out of Goldendale. You were probably in the Black Butte area.
A little info for your guy's debate on mule vs blacktail ..... Grayback unit 388 use to be 588. Which means that they use to say it was Western washington Blacktail. After they changed to 3 point or better in that unit it was now 388 which means it is a Eastern Mule deer unit. Since sooo many people from Klickitat county hunt unit 388 and 382 they came to the concusion to just make all of Eastern Klickitat County Mule deer. As far as the breed of that area it is a Cascade Blacktail and Mule Deer Cross. So that is why you could get some nice mules out of Grayback and also you could get a nice Blacktail out of it. Hope that clears up some things. My  . I grew up in and still hunt in the Goldendale Area.

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

Yes the grayback is a crossbreed unit, that my friends is a blacktail, if not full he has more blackie genes then mulies.. IN love hunting over there, tons of bucks on the private land..... nice buck btw.... Ill try and get a pic of the monster late archery kill last year from that unit... over 150in.. all blacktail

[rasbo]

Good job looks like a black tail

[C-Money]

Big Jim Jr, The rifle looks like a Rem Model 700 ADL to me. They work fine. Nothing like the 710 POS. Great first deer. I too like that area around Goldendale!! It has been very good to me!

[270Shooter]

Nice first buck.

Looks like a blacktail to me but it could be a cross.

I vote rem 700 also

[Big Jim Jr]

Yeah, he PM'd me that it is a 700. The two 770 we have look almost exactly the same except the 770 has a detachable mag. I had to use a dremel to grind down the mag's front lip and polish the ramps to stop shells and the bolt from hanging up. They have been good guns otherwise. Stepdaughter killed a 3 year old doe this year with her's in 7mm mag. Anyway, I am hijacking his nice buck first kill posts. Back to his deer...which was bigger than my first.

[jdb]

I really dig big 2 points! I love the look, nice buck! JB