No BS on Black Tails Going Nocturnal

[kball4]

I've seen a lot of bucks back in bachelor groups out during the day time feeding with the cold weather we've been having.

[MADMAX]

They were out this morning
wind was squirrely and half a dozen left the area I was hunting pretty quick after a few swirls.
Did see a dandy 3x tending a doe
I do love archery
2 weeks left

[Butchmeathook]

Yep and we will be out there...Hard and heavy!!!  I feel it this weekend!!!  But if not than oh well, its just being out there that keeps me going!!!  Rain, wind, snow, does not matter to me!!!

[Whitenuckles]

Wait until you see a mature BT buck down on his knees moving behind a screen of ferns.  I have caught them belly crawling past an ambush twice and know two other guys who have as well.

Are you serious?  I've never heard of such a thing.

Saw it last week at 77 yards. And my cap didn't go off. I've seen them crawl like cats on multiple hunts. He isn't BSn you. I wish he was. Those big bucks are very sneaky

[fishnfur]

I think they get that crawl-on-their-bellies mode from living in dense brush every day of their lives.  I'm always amazed at some of the holes their trails disappear into; tunnels I won't even attempt to negotiate.  I saw a doe crossing the highway last year that got down on her belly and crawled under the three-foot-high guard rail that she could have easily just jumped over.  You can only scratch your head and wonder what they know that we completely fail to understand.

[Butchmeathook]

And out in the field the trails, they are just amazing the way they are some are so low and it looks like nothing could fit through, but you know they get in there some how!!  Again I am learning something new, something different about them every time I go out, it is pretty awesome  I love it!!!

[Griiz]

Wait until you see a mature BT buck down on his knees moving behind a screen of ferns.  I have caught them belly crawling past an ambush twice and know two other guys who have as well.

Are you serious?  I've never heard of such a thing.

Saw it last week at 77 yards. And my cap didn't go off. I've seen them crawl like cats on multiple hunts. He isn't BSn you. I wish he was. Those big bucks are very sneaky

When I was a kid, I had a deer walking right at me in tall grass. When I chambered a round in my gun, he tilted his head up and I saw the top of a nice rack. He whirled, and I believe he ran on his elbows so I couldn't see him very well in the tall grass. That wiley buck got away.

[Bullkllr]

Wait until you see a mature BT buck down on his knees moving behind a screen of ferns.  I have caught them belly crawling past an ambush twice and know two other guys who have as well.

Are you serious?  I've never heard of such a thing.

Saw it last week at 77 yards. And my cap didn't go off. I've seen them crawl like cats on multiple hunts. He isn't BSn you. I wish he was. Those big bucks are very sneaky

One year a while back we spooked a buck out of a clearcut. His trail was pretty obvious going into some huntable timber. Followed it about 50 yards and ended up shooting him at about 10 yards as he was crawling through the ferns. Was a smallish one-horned 3 point.

[Skyvalhunter]

What did you shoot the other horn off?

[Bullkllr]

What did you shoot the other horn off?

My buddy shot at him. Claims he couldn't have hit the antler, but I always had a suspicion he might have. Definitely not hit in any other way.

[Butchmeathook]

That is a pretty cool story!!  Thanks for all the help...Now when I go out....I will go slower then the slow I was going already!!! Seems ferns are a good hiding place for some Blackies!!!

[JDHasty]

People who don't hunt blacktails don't understand why a guy would have a 7x40, 7x50 or 8x56 binocular with him while hunting in a place where a hundred yard shot would be a rarity and most shots are ~ 50 yards.  It is because the bigger, smarter ones will try to sneak away rather than run. 

[Special T]

Boyd Iverson  Blacktail Trophy Tactics 2 read his book. I use a 10x50 while still hunting on a chest rig and scan every few steps in good area Archery hunting.

[JDHasty]

Boyd Iverson  Blacktail Trophy Tactics 2 read his book. I use a 10x50 while still hunting on a chest rig and scan every few steps in good area Archery hunting.

I use my 6x32 Vortex Viper (sadly discontinued) or my 8x42 Nikon EDG constantly when blacktail hunting.  I never take the 6x32 up in a stand or into a blind, and use the 8x42 about half the time while still hunting.  I keep them in a Badlands chest binocular case and am using tem constantly.   

[Special T]

My binds are huge but they gather lots of light in the deep dark timber.