My buddy saw this in Goldendale Thursday

[JDHasty]

So is this not a good time to post pics of my booner Montana Columbia Blacktail?

Wait just a minute, couple questions you have to answer first:

Was it taken within a two hour flight from Portland?

Did it pass the smell test?

Kidding aside - dandy buck

[Kazekurt]

I will not lie, I went to Montana with the intention of hunting mule deer; but after realizing that a high-speed Jet could  get to that area in under two hours; especially if I directly parachuted from the plane; I decide to focus my attention on Blacktail.  (Now, before we get another long poaching thread going, I did in fact wait 24 hours after parachuting from the plane.) i then spotted this nice mule.... Err Blacktail buck and immediately recognized him as world class and began pursuit!  I then took time to call the local sheriff, Mfwp, WDFW, and the better business bureau to confirm the unit boundaries and that Blacktail  were legal in this unit.  After getting the Greenlight from all four of these agencies, and permission from my wife,  I decided to take the buck.  I made an amazing Texas heart shot and the buck toppled over within the boundaries of the neighboring unit.  Since I didn't have the regs on me, I imediately called my wife's, uncle's, cousin Vinnie to see if it was legal for me to cross over and retrieve my buck.  (Vinny took two law classes at a junior college and stayed twice at a holiday inn express so I knew I could take his advice on the legal ramifications to the bank). Conclusion to follow

[Kazekurt]

Anyway, I got to the buck, administered the smell test and it was clear that he was a Blacktail which was confirmed by the fact that there was black actually present on his tail.  After putting on my orange and taking time to take pictures and post them on Facebook,  I figured it might be a good idea to try and gut the buck.  Unfortunately, I couldn't get youtube to load to show me how, so I flagged down a young lady in a Prius and she helped me through the process. 

[JDHasty]

Now don't any of you rapscallions go off half cocked and get this thread pulled. 

On another note:

I decided to take a look that the Twisted Horn website

Come join us on our private ranch of almost 10,000 acres for WORLD CLASS Trophy Quality Roosevelt Elk, Blacktail Deer, Black Bear (Color Phase), and a 2 Tom bag limit for Turkeys.

Our private property is located in the heart of Mt. Adams wilderness and consists of lush farm grounds mixed in with timber and creek systems, rolling mountains and giant green flats to keep our elk numbers high.

We are the only outfitter in Washington State that offers WORLD CLASS ROOSEVELT ELK AND BLACKTAIL DEER ON PRIVATE GROUND. Come hunt with the best!!!

WOW!!!!!  And then they have the gonads to prominently place this statement at the top of their "Deer" page: All species listed are recognized by Boone & Crockett and Pope & Young

However what they omit is that their private property is not located within the boundary descriptions published by either Boone & Crockett or Pope & Young. 

[JDHasty]

Anyway, I got to the buck, administered the smell test and it was clear that he was a Blacktail which was confirmed by the fact that there was black actually present on his tail.  After putting on my orange and taking time to take pictures and post them on Facebook,  I figured it might be a good idea to try and gut the buck.  Unfortunately, I couldn't get youtube to load to show me how, so I flagged down a young lady in a Prius and she helped me through the process.

Got any profile pictures handy.  That may be a genuine Tillamook deer sniffer your sportin' in the photo, but without a profile view I am not so sure that Boone & Crockett is going to certify

[Kazekurt]

At this point she asked me if I had a muley tag for that unit and I told her that I didn't need one because this was a Blacktail.  She disagreed with my assessment, but after telling her that I looked into the bucks eyes, and could tell that all his life he wanted to be a Blacktail, and in fact identified best with blacktails, she started to come around.  Well, that, handing her a couple c notes, and googling the exact airtime to Portland.  At this point,  I realized I had actually used my deer tag on a llama the week before, so I  asked The young lady if I could borrow her tag.  After handing her a couple more C notes she graciously decided to help me out.

[Kazekurt]

At this point I came to a startling realization!  Since I parachuted into the unit, I didn't actually have a rig to get me And my trophy BT out of there!  Fortunately, I still had plenty of cash in my wallet so I gave the young lady a couple more notes and she drug the buck to the Prius and loaded it up on top.  She wanted to take it straight to a meat processor but I objected saying it was very important that we get it to the Boone and Crockett office immediately to have it scored. 

[boneaddict]

I don't know about deep sea fishing, but you better at least have your chest waders on when around this guy.   Stuff is getting oftly deep.....

[Kazekurt]

Unfortunately, on the way to the B&C office we hit a check station and can you believe the officer had the audacity to question the legality of my trophy.  He took a look at my drivers license, saw it was from Western Washington😄 and said he was going to have to go up the chain for advice.  Fortunately, big tex was unavailable so he settled for deputy chief cenci.  He gave the deputy chief a brief synopsis of our harvest story and clarified to him that no shellfish were involved.  At this point the deputy chief became very angry with the young officer stating, "How many times do I have to tell you,   Nobody gives a Sh... About deer and elk."  So, the young officer at the check station apologized to us for the inconvenience and sent us on our way.  When we got to the office of the B&C official scorer, he told me my buck did not meet the minimum standards for mule deer.  I am mediately protested, and mandated that he administer the smell test.  Unfortunately, all he could smell was all the doe estrus pee I had splashed on before the hunt so the results were inconclusive. 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Still confused why Vinnie got pulled into this mess?

[Kazekurt]

Anyway, I won't Thread jack any longer.  Happy holidays y'all!

[Kazekurt]

Still confused why Vinnie got pulled into this mess?

Well, because I needed legal advice and he took two law classes at a junior college of course!

[JDHasty]

"When we got to the office of the B&C official scorer, he told me my buck did not meet the minimum standards for mule deer.  I am mediately protested, and mandated that he administer the smell test.  Unfortunately, all he could smell was all the doe estrus pee I had splashed on before the hunt so the results were inconclusive."


Well there goes your chance at immortality.  I checked w/Boone & Crockett headquarters and the determining factor in coastal Columbian blacktail deer is:  If the smell don't fit... you ain't got sh



 

[270Shooter]

That was the funniest thing I've read all week lol

[Kazekurt]

"When we got to the office of the B&C official scorer, he told me my buck did not meet the minimum standards for mule deer.  I am mediately protested, and mandated that he administer the smell test.  Unfortunately, all he could smell was all the doe estrus pee I had splashed on before the hunt so the results were inconclusive."


Well there goes your chance at immortality.  I checked w/Boone & Crockett headquarters and the determining factor in coastal Columbian blacktail deer is:  If the smell don't fit... you ain't got sh

Lol!!!  Yes, it was very frustrating that he would not Acknowledge that my buck was a blacktail!  Even after offering to send him one of the backstraps from my llama he would not relent.  On a sidenote,  I'm a little surprised that I have not gotten the, "pics or it didn't happen" post yet.