Trophy deer poll

[Jonathan_S]

That picture Birddogdad posted gave me Goosebumps! I've put a couple trophy class whites and mules on the wall, but I just can't seem to bag a blackTAIL worthy of the wall...

fixed it for you 

[jackelope]

Put 3 solid typical 150 bc class 4x4's of each subspecies,  and my eyes will always go to the blackie.

Anybody's would, right? I mean a 150" mule deer is a big buck, a 150" whitetail is a big buck, but a 150" blacktail is world class bomber buck and then some.

like this....

Given the terrain and trees, I would've guessed this to be a mule deer. Really impressive Blacktail.  Congrats. 

[boneaddict]

Some day I'll get that trophy muley.  Until then....

[7mmfan]

Quit tootin your horn Bone! 

[tgomez]

Some day I'll get that trophy muley.  Until then....

Ya someday.

[Jonathan_S]

Some day I'll get that trophy muley.  Until then....

Don't give up.   

I want to see you kill a 190" whitetail with the longbow

[Skyvalhunter]

Some day I'll get that trophy muley.  Until then....

Well if you would quit screwing around and get out there that might increase your odds!!

[PA BEN]

I may be the only guy on here but mature whitetails are where its at.

[birddogdad]

I may be the only guy on here but mature whitetails are where its at.

grew up in maine were is was not uncommon to see 200+# does and 300+# bucks field dressed hanging in northern maine moosehead lake area... some real whitetail bruisers.. never harvested a "big" racked white tail, many 10 to 12 points in high school and early navy years back home but nothing I would consider awesome.. guess the gene was more body mass than rack mass there unlike other regions....

I would love to get a big mule now (200+) but those big blackies are tough to pass on, that one I posted is not the biggest I have seen in my area and was taken in 2012, have seen some pushing 160's if they ever show themselves during the daytime for me when I am after deer and not elk, like anything else, more luck and patience to pass on others..... of note, im in a very public hunting area, NOT a ranch or private guided situation, just have to find those honey holes...

[widgeonwacher]

blacktail are the real deer 

Says a guy with a whitetail rack as a avatar.

i shot a pope and young blacktail this year so whats it to ya?

[huntnphool]

blacktail are the real deer 

Says a guy with a whitetail rack as a avatar.

i shot a pope and young blacktail this year so whats it to ya?

 Wow!

[predatorG]

blacktail are the real deer 

Says a guy with a whitetail rack as a avatar.

i shot a pope and young blacktail this year so whats it to ya?

They were just messing around. Your avatar promotes Easton not whitetails.

[predatorG]

Put 3 solid typical 150 bc class 4x4's of each subspecies,  and my eyes will always go to the blackie.

Anybody's would, right? I mean a 150" mule deer is a big buck, a 150" whitetail is a big buck, but a 150" blacktail is world class bomber buck and then some.

like this....

Given the terrain and trees, I would've guessed this to be a mule deer. Really impressive Blacktail.  Congrats.

And the forehead.

I can't figure out why people go so crazy for whitetails. Almost any hunting magazine you read it's all about east coast whitetails. Maybe it's because I've never hunted them but just from pic's and stuff I can't find any reason to even compare them to muleys or BTs. Maybe it's just the rack though. I don't like whitetail racks as much.

[Old Man Yager]

Blacktail all the way. Way less trophy BT Bucks around than a milieu or whitetail. IMHO that makes the BT a better trophy.

[Chad Osterholtz]

Friggin east coast biased... I'm so sick and tired of it, every time I turn to a hunting show, pick up a magazine or look at trophy websites they try to cram white tails down your throat. I record a lot of hunting shows to try and watch them if I have time, the first thing I do is read the description... If it says whitetail... I pass. I've taken a few nice whitetail and a few nice Mule deer, anytime someone new comes in my garage, whether they hunt or not, the first thing they comment on are my mulies on the wall.