Dman tags out, best blacktail ever

[jackelope]

nobody's trying to take away from the buck. it's a great blacktail buck, flat out. we flipped you some shat about the 3 point thing, all joking around. i come from upstate new york. there are huge bodied whitetails in the north country there that rarely reach 250. 250-300 pound deer come from saskatchewan, not western wa.
i always thought blacktail deer were little-bodied...the whitetail i killed in '05 was big. i had problems moving him by myself. i would have hit him at 200lbs on the hoof.
i'm kind of a big dude and can hold my own when it comes to lugging around dead deer.
that being said...and no disrespect to anybody, the only thing moving around a 200lb dead deer without much trouble is a quarterhorse.

[Dman]

Dman, I wouldn't be upset it's just that I have never laid eyes on a blacktail buck that weighed over 225 lbs. I know that there are plenty of critters that break the statistical norms in one way or another but that's how I feel about the weight. It's not an attack... As I previously mentioned I thought it was a nice buck and being a person who has not filled their tag I am also jealous as well.

 


 Well, now you've seen a half dozen more... Keep in mind these are (hanging) weights, add 30% to each. These are Blacktail from the Sauk.
http://www.saukrivertradingpost.com/hall_of_fame.htm

[jackelope]

those guys really like shooting bear cubs too.

[Dman]

 -No offense taken by the way, takes a lot to get me riled. But equally, I would say meaning no offense to anyone that I know some of the folks who posted do not hunt blacktail. Blackies have been my primary quarry since I was a kid and went hunting for them with my old man. If there is one type of hunting I know well, including the size of my quarry, it's blacktail hunting. Most of you don't know me well enough to judge, so I don't take offense. Just the same, I would not pretend to be able to as accurately judge a whitetail, or a mule deer as well as some of you.

[jackelope]

nuff said.

[Ray]

Well, now you've seen a half dozen more... Keep in mind these are (hanging) weights, add 30% to each. These are Blacktail from the Sauk.
http://www.saukrivertradingpost.com/hall_of_fame.htm

I didn't see half a dozen there but it's just like I said. Animals break the statistics all the time. I still don't believe it until someone puts it on the scale. I am sticking to my word. Whether you say that I am not credible enough to have a say I am not offended by that. Accurate scales clear up all of these things... just like a measurer would on some antlers.

The images here are not of a 225+ lb blacktail on a scale. That's not a challenge but just how it really is. In fact .. had you told me you weighed it I would have taken your word on the weight.. As I have mentioned before... the weight and the horns are nothing compared to the excitement and gratification behind the adventure.

I am not really much of a self talker any more as I once was when I was younger but when I did claim something I would try to be sure.

[boneaddict]

OK, well apparantly I'm inexperienced.  Thats fine.  I feel no need to get in a ###### measuring contest.   My biggest goal of this whole conversation is to make sure those that aren't aware of the facts, become aware of them.  It also gives credit to their animals.  Believe what you want, thats whats important anyway.  I was trying to let you know thatyou were "walking around with your fly open", .  You scored a great trophy, why take away from it with banter.  By teh way, I know what a trophy Blacktail looks like.




ps  Huntwas last sentence is DAMN good advice.

[Dman]

 Kind of tough to weigh a boned out deer, even if I had a scale, which I don't, and had the time to do it, which I didn't. Please take this post down, I've asked once already and don't feel it's constructive to have it up anymore.

 Thanks

[jackelope]

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