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Offline Skyvalhunter

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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #60 on: June 20, 2016, 01:31:36 PM »
Very Nice animals. I recognize that area
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #61 on: June 20, 2016, 03:00:02 PM »
Some darn descent bucks on here
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #62 on: June 20, 2016, 03:18:56 PM »
Some dandy bucks :drool:
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #63 on: June 21, 2016, 12:05:02 AM »
Yes, some really nice bucks, but at the same time, it amazes me how many mature forked horn bucks there are out there.  These photos give credence to the philosophy that if you want a trophy rack, you need to hunt areas with proven genetics to grow big racks. 

I'm pretty sure I would pop off a shot at any of the bucks listed above and end my season happy;  but at the same time, if I wanted a 4X4, I might never see one if I'm hunting where these last few bucks above lived and grew to maturity as a  gnarly old two points.  They don't look regressive, they seem to be offspring of parental bucks that didn't need big racks to be successful in mating.
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #64 on: June 21, 2016, 06:12:51 PM »

2013 buck.  4.5 yr old forkie.  Hiked in past gate aways and dropped him in the middle of the day.  Glad the local Forrester was around to load him in his truck and haul him out before it got too hot.

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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #65 on: June 21, 2016, 08:20:48 PM »
Dead and alive. All different bucks
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #66 on: June 21, 2016, 09:00:03 PM »
Quote from: fishnfur on June 21, 2016, 12:05:02 AM
Yes, some really nice bucks, but at the same time, it amazes me how many mature forked horn bucks there are out there.  These photos give credence to the philosophy that if you want a trophy rack, you need to hunt areas with proven genetics to grow big racks. 

I'm pretty sure I would pop off a shot at any of the bucks listed above and end my season happy;  but at the same time, if I wanted a 4X4, I might never see one if I'm hunting where these last few bucks above lived and grew to maturity as a  gnarly old two points.  They don't look regressive, they seem to be offspring of parental bucks that didn't need big racks to be successful in mating.

True, some areas grow 4's, some don't... I like the areas that grow 4's with eyeguards... some areas got em, some don't....
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #67 on: June 21, 2016, 09:06:52 PM »
One of my blacktails from about 6 years ago.
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #68 on: June 21, 2016, 09:14:56 PM »
Quote from: bowpredator on June 21, 2016, 09:06:52 PM
One of my blacktails from about 6 years ago.

 Dream buck ! My favorite on this thread  :drool:
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #69 on: June 21, 2016, 09:23:07 PM »
That's some crazy genetics going on with that buck.  He's definitely got a bit of everything going on in that rack.   Does that qualify as a double main beam?  Love those long eye guards/brow tines. 

Really nice bucks AKBowman.  Love that mahogany color!
« Last Edit: June 21, 2016, 10:33:22 PM by fishnfur »
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #70 on: June 22, 2016, 07:53:40 AM »
Yea, it was scored as a double main beam. Scored right at 122 no typical. Here is another freak I got a couple years before this one.
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #71 on: June 22, 2016, 08:17:18 PM »
Western blacktail scored 148 4/8th and number 37 recordbook washington state modern firearm. I'm sure he will stay my biggest.
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #72 on: June 22, 2016, 08:25:36 PM »
Here's another
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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #73 on: June 22, 2016, 08:31:32 PM »
Nice buck!

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Re: Blacktail madness
« Reply #74 on: June 22, 2016, 08:33:50 PM »
Quote from: grundy53 on June 22, 2016, 08:31:32 PM
Nice buck!

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