Blacktail + douglas fir = blacktail

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

 

[Wanttohuntmore]

Nice!  Great pic!

[Tree Killer]

Thanks again guys!

Beautiful situation. 

Must have been a curious bugger to respond to rattling in mid December eh?

I can't say for sure that he responded to the rattling, may have just been going from point A to point B?  But I saw a big buck the night before that was bird dogging a doe right at dark, so there's still unbred doe's out there.  I've rattled in bucks as late as January 6th before...so you never know!

[Jonathan_S]

That's awesome.   

Did I read it right?  You were in a treestand?  I remember trying to shoot my recurve from a treestand...not the easiest 

[pianoman9701]

Great buck and did it the hard way. Congratulations.

[quadrafire]

Nice job Treekiller/blacktail killer

Beautiful field shot

Oh I get the play on words? Blacktail bow + doug fir shaft = blacktail down 

[Tree Killer]

You shooting cedar, ramin or fir? 

Also, I noticed your shafts are footed.  Are you doing those yourself or buying them complete?

I build douglas fir arrows.  Still have some cedar stashed away, but the Surewood douglas fir shafts are far superior to the POC these days. 

I do have a footed arrow in my quiver, but used a solid doug fir arrow on this buck.  I got the shafts from Ted Fry in Hood River, make three for myself each summer.  These were douglas fir footed with wenge.  I just bought a jig to try making my own 4 leg footed shafts, but will have to wait till after the holidays to play with it.

These are the footed arrows I made for myself last summer...



I also made several dozen for a local fella...

[Tree Killer]

That's awesome.   

Did I read it right?  You were in a treestand?  I remember trying to shoot my recurve from a treestand...not the easiest 

Yes, had to wait for the buck to cross from the right behind me to the left...too awkward to shoot to my right. 

[plentycoupe]

Very cool to hear! Congratulations!!shot my first Washington blacktail with my Blacktail Elite VL last year. It was awesome!
What draw weight and length are you shooting?
Great job on the arrows too. They are beautiful

[Tree Killer]

Very cool to hear! Congratulations!!shot my first Washington blacktail with my Blacktail Elite VL last year. It was awesome!
What draw weight and length are you shooting?
Great job on the arrows too. They are beautiful

Thanks plentycoupe!   My Blacktail is 60# at 29"