Old gnarly Blacktail down Adventure (updated with Video)

[Dan-o]

I shot a Blacktail just a little bigger than that once.   

But then I woke up.   

While awake, i've never even seen a blacktail that size

[mtn.goat]

I just commented on your DANDY buck in the big blacktail thread..... Absolute Blacktail of a lifetime!  Passing on good to great bucks is the most rewarding thing a big blacktail hunter can do IMHO.  Good on you and helluva' tracking job!  You earned it!

[skagitsteel]

I just commented on your DANDY buck in the big blacktail thread..... Absolute Blacktail of a lifetime!  Passing on good to great bucks is the most rewarding thing a big blacktail hunter can do IMHO.  Good on you and helluva' tracking job!  You earned it!

Thanks! I have a whole new respect for an old buck like that.  The things he did to elude me were mind boggling, he knew exactly what was going on, sidehilled below me Back and forth to see where I was coming from, 90 degree turns in brush patches that I couldn't see tracks in, running through occupied deer beds to create confusion. When the thermal shifted and he was not strong enough to go uphill and stay ahead of my scent I have to wonder if he knew he was finished.

[MountainTracker]

Wow!! Such an amazing BT. Congratulations

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[big wood]

Beautiful buck of a lifetime

[fishnfur]

OK - I'll ask. I might have missed it, but did you get a green score on that monster?

[skagitsteel]

OK - I'll ask. I might have missed it, but did you get a green score on that monster?

Not getting it officially scored as its not important to me and would not make
Book after deductions. Based on my inexperience I got 136 1/4" gross the first try. Watched some you tube videos on how exactly to measure tine length, etc... and gave it another try double checking all measurements and got 140 1/8". Take that with a grain of salt because it's not my area of expertise, but I'm prob not too far off.

The only score I care about is mass and this buck had just a hair under 32" of mass!  So if someone asks me 32" is what I'm going with 

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Skagit, I'd take that buck any day over any of those tiny California bucks that look like mule deer racks and make the book. 

Your buck is what a big old blacktail should look like.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Skagit, I'd take that buck any day over any of those tiny California bucks that look like mule deer racks and make the book. 

Your buck is what a big old blacktail should look like.

 

Those Cali deer should be checked genetically against our blacktails up here, I think they would find their more mule deer then blacktail. 

[saylean]

Pig, Skagitsteel. Awesome work. Devils club is sure fun.

[kodiak 907]

OK - I'll ask. I might have missed it, but did you get a green score on that monster?

Not getting it officially scored as its not important to me and would not make
Book after deductions. Based on my inexperience I got 136 1/4" gross the first try. Watched some you tube videos on how exactly to measure tine length, etc... and gave it another try double checking all measurements and got 140 1/8". Take that with a grain of salt because it's not my area of expertise, but I'm prob not too far off.

The only score I care about is mass and this buck had just a hair under 32" of mass!  So if someone asks me 32" is what I'm going with 

Did you score it as typical or non-typical?  I’m guessing non-typical with a gross of 140.  Personal opinion is that deer should get credit for every inch they grow.

[skagitsteel]

OK - I'll ask. I might have missed it, but did you get a green score on that monster?

Not getting it officially scored as its not important to me and would not make
Book after deductions. Based on my inexperience I got 136 1/4" gross the first try. Watched some you tube videos on how exactly to measure tine length, etc... and gave it another try double checking all measurements and got 140 1/8". Take that with a grain of salt because it's not my area of expertise, but I'm prob not too far off.

The only score I care about is mass and this buck had just a hair under 32" of mass!  So if someone asks me 32" is what I'm going with 

Did you score it as typical or non-typical?  I’m guessing non-typical with a gross of 140.  Personal opinion is that deer should get credit for every inch they grow.

You are correct and I agree he grew em let it count, perosnally score is not a big deal to me.  If I had a long tined 140-150 buck in his prime standing next to a 120-130 Old heavy buck, I'd shoot the old and heavy every time.  I passed two higher scoring 4x4's standing next to my last years 3x3 because he was heavier antlered, bigger bodied and atleast looked older from my vantage point.  My personal favorite Blacktail (all about the mass!!) that I've seen in person was shot by a 'good friends'  daughter, had some beer can bases and grossed around 128.  Mass, frame and a big body to go with it are my favorites!

[JDHasty]

OK - I'll ask. I might have missed it, but did you get a green score on that monster?

Not getting it officially scored as its not important to me and would not make
Book after deductions. Based on my inexperience I got 136 1/4" gross the first try. Watched some you tube videos on how exactly to measure tine length, etc... and gave it another try double checking all measurements and got 140 1/8". Take that with a grain of salt because it's not my area of expertise, but I'm prob not too far off.

The only score I care about is mass and this buck had just a hair under 32" of mass!  So if someone asks me 32" is what I'm going with 

Good call.  I know a couple guys who have a pile of big BT racks and won't let anyone near them with a tape measure.  I was at one of their home and heard him tell another guy this.  "I enjoy them for what they are, and don't get caught up in which one is a quarter inch larger than any other.  You are welcome to look, but if you want to measure any of them then it's time for me to vamoose you."   

[JakeLand]

Mass is where it's at !!!!! And big ol roman nose !

[skagitsteel]

updated with some video highlights