Blacktail Trophy Tactics by Boyd Iverson

[Blacktail Sniper]

Anyone looking for a copy, there is one on ebay from Goodwillbks for $6.99 with free shipping...

[couesbitten]

Great book, anyone that hunts blacktails should read and own a copy.

[northwesthunter84]

Just picked up a copy on Amazon.  Same price and it was a great book.  One that I will keep for years.

[grundy53]

Great book, anyone that hunts blacktails should read and own a copy.

sent from my typewriter

[savagehunter]

Hey thanks sniper been looking for a inexpensive copy for a while just bought that awsome love this site

[Blacktail Sniper]

 

[HoofsandWings]

Make sure you do not settle for anything less that a personalized message signed by Boyd.

[JRA86]

This book is a great read and full of insight for even the most seasoned blacktail hunter. I have many hunting traditions and reading this book on the eve of every dear season is one of my favorites 

[bobcat]

It's a good book, but to follow Boyd's methods, you pretty much have to scout year around, and to hunt his way you need a LOT of patience. More patience than I have.

[deerhunter_98520]

Scouting quite a bit only helps your success...and having patience is a key to my success....reading this book has helped me score on some nice bucks...I have combined his style with mine and its worked for me...here's 2 bucks in the following 2 years after reading the book from the same spot....his tips do help...and remember you can't shoot a big buck if you shoot a small one opening day 

[Bullkllr]

It's a good book, but to follow Boyd's methods, you pretty much have to scout year around, and to hunt his way you need a LOT of patience. More patience than I have.

That's pretty much what I found, also.

Scouting quite a bit only helps your success...and having patience is a key to my success....reading this book has helped me score on some nice bucks...I have combined his style with mine and its worked for me...here's 2 bucks in the following 2 years after reading the book from the same spot....his tips do help...and remember you can't shoot a big buck if you shoot a small one opening day 

You broke Boyd's rule #1 and hunted near a clearcut
The book is full of great information from the expert. Great bucks btw.

[bobcat]

Bullkllr, exactly what I was going to say. Boyd says to NEVER hunt clearcuts. 

[deerhunter_98520]

With that being said I've killed lot of bucks near/in cuts.....also i hunt older clear cuts with lots of cover...they can be just as productive as big timber...you can still hunt those also...but like I said I've taken his style and combined it with mine and it works for me 

[deerhunter_98520]

Also I have still hunted big timber using the same tactics as boyd does and walked up on a huge 20-23"  5x4 blacktail with no clear cuts for at least 3/4 of a mile and an elk tag in my pocket  so his way does work but like bobcat said you need the patience for that style of hunting

[HoofsandWings]

It's a good book, but to follow Boyd's methods, you pretty much have to scout year around, and to hunt his way you need a LOT of patience. More patience than I have.

The way I see it is you have to live in the middle of the area you going to hunt and you don't have a life.
I am a meat hunter, so I shoot the first legal deer I see. Once home, I toss the antlers into the trash.

[Harbor_hunter]

"It takes patience to kill"  is something my hunting partner told me a long time ago, and that is very true when talking blacktails!  Great book to check out and nice bucks 98520.

[grundy53]

It's a good book, but to follow Boyd's methods, you pretty much have to scout year around, and to hunt his way you need a LOT of patience. More patience than I have.

Not to sound too cliche but.... if it was easy everyone would be doing it... (regularly killing big blacktails) 

[grundy53]

It's a good book, but to follow Boyd's methods, you pretty much have to scout year around, and to hunt his way you need a LOT of patience. More patience than I have.

Not to sound too cliche but.... if it was easy everyone would be doing it... (regularly killing big blacktails) 

By the way I don't kill big blacktails. Like you, I lack patience.

[bobcat]

It's a good book, but to follow Boyd's methods, you pretty much have to scout year around, and to hunt his way you need a LOT of patience. More patience than I have.

Not to sound too cliche but.... if it was easy everyone would be doing it... (regularly killing big blacktails) 

Exactly. Which is why I said, it takes more patience than I have. Of course I could probably muster up a bit more patience for these blacktails if the population wasn't just one tenth (my guesstimate) of what it used to be. I'm hunting mule deer this year.   

[grundy53]

It's a good book, but to follow Boyd's methods, you pretty much have to scout year around, and to hunt his way you need a LOT of patience. More patience than I have.

Not to sound too cliche but.... if it was easy everyone would be doing it... (regularly killing big blacktails) 

Exactly. Which is why I said, it takes more patience than I have. Of course I could probably muster up a bit more patience for these blacktails if the population wasn't just one tenth (my guesstimate) of what it used to be. I'm hunting mule deer this year.   

I agree on your population guesstimate. Unfortunately I have the sickness and must pursue these Vile creatures. However I'm fortunate enough to hunt all three sub-species every year so that takes some of the sting away when I get skunked chasing big blacktails... 

[bobcat]

Well, it's likely that I will be hunting blacktails in the late muzzleloader season. I hope not! But if I don't get lucky I may still have an un-punched deer tag when that season comes around. Guess I better get busy and figure out where I want to put up a tree stand.

[grundy53]

Well, it's likely that I will be hunting blacktails in the late muzzleloader season. I hope not! But if I don't get lucky I may still have an un-punched deer tag when that season comes around. Guess I better get busy and figure out where I want to put up a tree stand.

The late season is when I like to hunt them. It's Just not the same chasing those vermin when it's sunny and warm . I save the nice weather for mulies. Then of Course I chase the whitetails in Idaho at the end of November in the snow... but those schizophrenic deer are a different story...

[MountainWalk]

Never read the Iverson book, but I can vouch for cameron hanes blacktail book.

[MattySuto]

Anyone looking for a copy, there is one on ebay from Goodwillbks for $6.99 with free shipping...

do you know if its available through Itunes??

[irishevox]

amazon.  $3.00 used.

[Blacktail Sniper]

 


Looks like there are two being offered @ $3.00 plus $3.99 shipping, then they start going up from there.

[savagehunter]

There are a few copies on amazon for a buck less

[pope]

I'm going after blacktails mostly because I hunt close to home, because I can't take time off. I love a challenge, but it's getting to be ridiculous. My only shot in 5 years at a really nice buck was exactly where Boyd and everybody else said I shouldn't be looking. I was on my way home from a morning hunt, about 10:30 in the morning and saw a doe, then a second doe in the middle of a huge clear cut. This was on a cold, sunny morning on the first day of late buck. That's when the monster stood up. I'll never forget it and still have dreams about him. I was up wind and couldn't close the gap. He was one of two guys I had been seeing on scouting trips, easy to find in the spring and summer. I only find peace in the knowledge that his genetics have been spread all over.....but I haven't seen him or what may be his brother since.

[AKBowman]

I would say the vast majority of large Blacktail bucks are killed in clear cuts in this state. Nice to be able to hunt the rut during rifle season.

[HoofsandWings]

I guess I have to put up my trail cam in the front yard. The big bucks almost come up to the front porch.
In a couple of months, I should have some good shots.

[Special T]

I'm going after blacktails mostly because I hunt close to home, because I can't take time off. I love a challenge, but it's getting to be ridiculous. My only shot in 5 years at a really nice buck was exactly where Boyd and everybody else said I shouldn't be looking. I was on my way home from a morning hunt, about 10:30 in the morning and saw a doe, then a second doe in the middle of a huge clear cut. This was on a cold, sunny morning on the first day of late buck. That's when the monster stood up. I'll never forget it and still have dreams about him. I was up wind and couldn't close the gap. He was one of two guys I had been seeing on scouting trips, easy to find in the spring and summer. I only find peace in the knowledge that his genetics have been spread all over.....but I haven't seen him or what may be his brother since.

When its cold ive seen many deer sunning themselves. While Boyd isnt aways right he sure has put me on more deer since i read his book. 

[pope]

"Total agree AK, I will venture to say that the majority of mature blacktails are living in areas where you can't clear cut/ log."

Sundance, you mean you can't clear cut/log because it's private/protected land, too steep or what? I've been looking around an area that has very little mature forest but a mixture of older and newer cuts, reprod, and some areas of mixed evergreen/deciduous trees but not at all large. I'm seeing plenty of deer including bucks I'd be thrilled to take, and plenty sign that large bucks are remaining in the area through hunting season. I just haven't figured out where they're feeding after they abandon the dried-up clear cuts. And I've scouted my arse off (which isn't a problem because I think the homework is just as fun as hunting season).

Special T, I know Boyd is correct and I read that book like the Bible (actually much more). Nevertheless, not until the end of rifle season and also late buck am I seeing bucks and the appearances seem pretty random, not in the spots where I've decided to hang a stand.

[pope]

Thanks for your observations, guys. One more question. Do you generally agree with the idea that deer bed down (for the day) ABOVE their night-time feed areas?

[Special T]

Yes

[deerhunter_98520]

One more thing to consider with clearcut hunting....the clear cuts I hunt don't have roads all around them...if your going to hunt clear cuts find one that has lots of cover in and around them....big timber, dog hair around 3/4 of it preferably in the bottom of a canyon with one access road from above....the bucks need to feel secure and won't with people regularly driving through the middle of it....and once you find this spot scout scout scout....this time of the year the bucks are out alot feeding in the middle of the day....great time to see what's around the area...here is one I'm after...this is from last year and I had one chance at him on opener last year and blew it trying to get my dad on him...remember when hunting scouting clear cuts don't stand on the top of the cut glassing...get down and over the edge to hide your sillouhette and be still glassing...use a stick or monopod to rest your binos on and glass....you will see more animals

[ghostshell]

great book....

[billythekidrock]

One more thing to consider with clearcut hunting....the clear cuts I hunt don't have roads all around them...if your going to hunt clear cuts find one that has lots of cover in and around them....big timber, dog hair around 3/4 of it preferably in the bottom of a canyon with one access road from above....the bucks need to feel secure and won't with people regularly driving through the middle of it....and once you find this spot scout scout scout....this time of the year the bucks are out alot feeding in the middle of the day....great time to see what's around the area...here is one I'm after...this is from last year and I had one chance at him on opener last year and blew it trying to get my dad on him...remember when hunting scouting clear cuts don't stand on the top of the cut glassing...get down and over the edge to hide your sillouhette and be still glassing...use a stick or monopod to rest your binos on and glass....you will see more animals

This is a huge one.
I see people do it all the time prior to the season and they don't realize that every interaction with humans puts the animals one step closer to being nocturnal.

The one that really bothers me is when people try to see how close they can get a day or two before the season. Scout, spot and back out.