Blacktail?

[Curly]

I don't really understand the question.

How do buy a B&C buck?  High fence hunt or what?  Are there guides out there that can guarantee a book BT? 

I could see maybe going on an out of state hunt to a unit where book BT's are likely.  But I'd just be paying for the chance to get one........I'd be paying out of state license fees for the opportunity to hunt.  Whether or not I got a B&C buck would depend on how much time I spend scouting and how lucky I get........(I would not pay for a guide).

[dreamunelk]

Makes no sense.   Do you work for a Timber Company trying to figure out how much they can get for trophy hunting?

To me if you pay for a trophy buck then it is worth exactly what you pay for it.  Do your homework, scout, and hunt hard and it is priceless.  Personalty I am never impressed with a big buck or bull that someone paid big bucks to hunt.  Show me a decent low scoring bull with a story of a hard hunt, learning the hard way, and putting it all together and I am impressed.

[RadSav]

Too bad in Canada we have no option as American citizens.  No guide/No hunt   But I'm not going to feel my Canadian animals are any less worthy of praise and respect just because the government forced me to work with a guide.

[FLIZZ]

If you spend enough time in the woods and have at least some hunting smarts and patience, you'll find a 125" BC Blacktail one day and you can claim all the glory. I would only want a guide for dangerous game.

[Old Man Yager]

I would pay exactly what I pay now, the cost of my license and tags. I'm sure it would be cool to get a record book buck, but I feel like a trophy could be any size, it just depends on the effort you had to put in or who you were with when you got it.  To me, a quality buck involves alot more than what it scores on paper. My first deer was when I was 17, a little 2x3, but I was with Jackmaster, his brother, and 2 other good friends, and it was cool because they were all there with me, and that's something you always remember. Just my 

[RadSav]

The neighbor kid shoots a doe or my attorney shoots a 400 bull on the San Carlos make little difference to me.  If they are enjoying themselves in the sport I'm happy for them! 

Record books are good for nothing more than a measuring system in my mind.  Shoot a book buck DIY or with a guide why in the world would I care?  Not my animal so it's no business of mine.  I've shot book bucks with a guide and I've taken book bucks on my own and I've been pleased with all of them or I wouldn't have taken the shot.  My favorite blacktail buck harvest was a two point that no longer meets book requirements.  If you are happy bowhunting I'm happy for you.  Beyond that I'll worry about myself and let others worry about whatever it is that other people worry about. 

I think your BIL will have a great time.  I hope he shoots straight and gets everything he's hoping for!

[Derailed]

If I had the money for that, I would rather buy my own land to hunt on, where I could establish quality food plots, put up tree stands, blinds, and trail cameras.

If I was going to pay for guided hunts, it would likely be for elk, mule deer, and moose in other states.

 

[Tbar]

Like many have said trophy is in the eye of the beholder. I personally wouldn't pay a dime for a canned hunt. The best known blacktail "guide" (that I know of) specializes in private land hunts that many would consider "yard bucks", not my style. I hunt areas where 125 is always a real possibility, seeing them and killing them don't go hand and hand(torture for me lol).  I would have a tough time paying for any blacktail hunt and it's my second favorite animal (elk). We actually have very good seasons in Washington although I have noticed a marked decline in blacktail numbers over the last decade.

[nocklehead]

Too bad in Canada we have no option as American citizens.  No guide/No hunt   But I'm not going to feel my Canadian animals are any less worthy of praise and respect just because the government forced me to work with a guide.

 

  friggin redcoats

you guys do realize you have inalienable rights as humans on earth?

[Tbar]

The neighbor kid shoots a doe or my attorney shoots a 400 bull on the San Carlos make little difference to me.  If they are enjoying themselves in the sport I'm happy for them! 

Record books are good for nothing more than a measuring system in my mind.  Shoot a book buck DIY or with a guide why in the world would I care?  Not my animal so it's no business of mine.  I've shot book bucks with a guide and I've taken book bucks on my own and I've been pleased with all of them or I wouldn't have taken the shot.  My favorite blacktail buck harvest was a two point that no longer meets book requirements.  If you are happy bowhunting I'm happy for you.  Beyond that I'll worry about myself and let others worry about whatever it is that other people worry about. 

I think your BIL will have a great time.  I hope he shoots straight and gets everything he's hoping for!

Very true radsav, my most prized bt is also a regressed 2 that I chased for 4 years and was once a magnificent 4 point with eyeguards.

[Dhoey07]

Nope

[Southpole]

Maybe the question was worded improperly, but I feel that for the right amount of money a hunter can pay for the opportunity to hunt quality blacktails with a high chance of harvesting a buck that would make either P&Y or B&C book. For example this started with a buck that my brother-in-law with be targeting this early archery season. This buck is somewhere in the 100" range and would be his first deer harvest, and first book buck for P&Y. Another friend and I were discussing how crazy it is that my BIL will most likely harvest a P&Y buck for his first deer harvest and might not even appreciate how special that is. We then drifted the conversation to how many people might only harvest a few book blacktails in their lifetime and some might never even have the chance. So we concluded that there might be some people out there who would be willing to pay for the chance to harvest a quality buck that otherwise might be unattainable to them. With that said I was just curious who out there would be willing to pay for that opportunity, at what cost and  what inch expectation.

With that being said, I will still stick with my original answer of "no, I'm not willing to pay at any cost". Mainly because scoring an animal isn't important to me. I know a lot of guys are really into that, but I'm just happy to get a decent size buck.

[Button Nubbs]

I wouldn't feel a sense of accomplishment. I like doing things myself. Jmho

[Dan-o]

The neighbor kid shoots a doe or my attorney shoots a 400 bull on the San Carlos make little difference to me.  If they are enjoying themselves in the sport I'm happy for them! 

Record books are good for nothing more than a measuring system in my mind.  Shoot a book buck DIY or with a guide why in the world would I care?  Not my animal so it's no business of mine.  I've shot book bucks with a guide and I've taken book bucks on my own and I've been pleased with all of them or I wouldn't have taken the shot.  My favorite blacktail buck harvest was a two point that no longer meets book requirements.  If you are happy bowhunting I'm happy for you.  Beyond that I'll worry about myself and let others worry about whatever it is that other people worry about. 

I think your BIL will have a great time.  I hope he shoots straight and gets everything he's hoping for!

Well said.

I wonder sometimes just how truly self-sufficient any of us really are.....   It's interesting where we draw our lines.

[Kain]

Interesting question.  I would not pay to go shoot a buck but I might pay a guy to teach me how to hunt them more effectively.  If that makes any sense.  Give a man a fish/teach a man to fish. 

I buy books/videos/go to seminars and such.  A private, in the field, tutor would not be out of the question.