My buddy saw this in Goldendale Thursday

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I shot a decent nontypical blacktail a few years back. It was just a little east of north bend.

[Kazekurt]

I shot a decent nontypical blacktail a few years back. It was just a little east of north bend.

I remember that buck, link!! He's got to be pushing WR status for Blacktail😄. All joking aside, the pictures of the mount of that buck looked awesome! 

[JDHasty]

I shot a decent nontypical blacktail a few years back. It was just a little east of north bend.

I remember that buck, link!! He's got to be pushing WR status for Blacktail😄. All joking aside, the pictures of the mount of that buck looked awesome!

Did you have him validated by a certified Tillamook blacktail sniffer?   

We better knock this off or the next thing we know it will say right there on page 19 of the 2016 Big Game Regulations:  That scent of the Pacific Ocean spray or Downtown Portland must remain attached to the carcass of all animals claiming coastal or Columbian blacktail status while it is being transported and must remain with the wildlife during the period of retention of the edible parts.

[Wanttohuntmore]

Is it the same sort of sniff test for cats?  Smells like.........lynx? 

[eastfork]

I checked out *censored* Web page.......there's a picture of a buck on there that was not one of their clients. in fact I believe this individual has no idea they are using his picture.  such scum bags......



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[Reidus]

I checked out *censored* Web page.......there's a picture of a buck on there that was not one of their clients. in fact I believe this individual has no idea they are using his picture.  such scum bags......

 
I also noticed this same thing.


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[JDHasty]

After giving this a fair degree of thought: 

I had really no opinion on Burnworth's character leading up to the point that I got curious enough to go to the *censored* website and to also do a bit of independent research by contacting friends and acquaintances who could get me up to speed.

The fact that Burnworth freely chose to hitch his horse to that wagon tells me a lot about the man's character, or should I day apparent lack thereof.  One is known by the company one keeps and association with this Twisted Horn outfit is not anything I would want to be known for.

Their reputation, from everyone who had an informed opinion, is "slimy."  At least that is the word that kept coming up and when I did Internet searches it looks to me as though they did not get that reputation without working on it. 

Burnworth refers to Twisted Horn as though he is personally acquainted and irrespecteve of whether he has a relationship with them that has been long term or not he has an interest in checking them out BEFORE going out and hitching his horse to their wagon.  It took me sending a few emails and doing a few minutes of searching on the Internet to determine that I would not want to sully my reputation through any association with Twisted Horn. 

But then again, if I were a celebrity television archery hunting show star..... I would not want to be filmed shooting elk on a high fence operation either.  The reason I got sucked into this thread is because I recognized the name Burnworth (I don't have a television) from reading much the same kind of discussion on his selective presentation of the truth on ArcheryTalk.com (I believe that is were I read it) a few years back.  I went back and did a search of the internet and that discussion has been scrubbed.   


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[JDHasty]

"A record-setting rare breed of small deer he claimed to have taken turned out to be another type of deer altogether."  This is where stuff like this leads and it is important to rat out those who are engaging in it.   

That quote was from an article it took me a while to relocate, but the facts have stayed with me for years.  Here is the article:   http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_9857832

[ballstothewaal]

As a kid who grew up watching his show, I used to really look up to him. As mentioned before, it is a nice deer, but the fact that he adamantly claims it to be a true columbia blacktail is to purposefully deceive his viewers. Same thing with his "roosevelt" he shot out of Graham. I watched clips of the elk hunt and they set up the camera so it looks like they are hunting somewhere other than somebody's backyard. It is all to deceive the viewers which is wrong on all levels.

[JDHasty]

Sometimes I wonder if there is some underlying character flaw or emotional issue that causes these hunting show celebrities to seemingly self destruct.   We sure have seen a fair amount of it lately. 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

What got under my skin was how he said all the things that the deer "was not" before claiming it as something it also was not, a COLUMBIA Blacktail, from the coast...

[JDHasty]

What got under my skin was how he said all the things that the deer "was not" before claiming it as something it also was not, a COLUMBIA Blacktail, from the coast...

That and he doubles-down when called out. 

But the real clincher regarding his veracity being suspect and opening his character to question is seeing him, with my own two eyes and listening to him with my own ears, as he tries to conflate and deflect and morph this issue into some sort of attack on his "method of hunting."   No one even brought that topic to the table except Burnworth in the video he posted to his Facebook page.

  Watch the video he posted on the 7th of December to his facebook page and tell me that this is not what is going on in that video clip.   

[Jonathan_S]

What got under my skin was how he said all the things that the deer "was not" before claiming it as something it also was not, a COLUMBIA Blacktail, from the coast...

That and he doubles-down when called out

Wonder if he's considered a run for the Presidency?

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Sometimes I wonder if there is some underlying character flaw or emotional issue that causes these hunting show celebrities to seemingly self destruct.   We sure have seen a fair amount of it lately.

That's what Fame and Money will get a person.........

[JDHasty]

Sometimes I wonder if there is some underlying character flaw or emotional issue that causes these hunting show celebrities to seemingly self destruct.   We sure have seen a fair amount of it lately.

That's what Fame and Money will a person.........

Kinda' sad, isn't it.