Author Topic: My first blackie (Read 10253 times)

YellowDog · « **on:** October 22, 2007, 08:10:07 AM »

Well, I tagged my first blacktail buck Saturday evening down in the Grayback unit. He is a decent 3pt with eyeguards. One of the eyeguards is split. He was in hot pursuit of a doe. His neck was definately starting to swell.

jackelope · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2007, 08:29:07 AM »

beautiful blacktail.
there sure are some slug blackies hitting the ground this year.

Blacklab · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2007, 08:39:42 AM »

Good one

I'm heading over to that unit wednesday. I hope I have the same fortune you did

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2007, 09:05:55 AM »

Nice Blackie. That is a dandy for your first!

Dman · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2007, 09:45:42 AM »

Very nice. My best from Vail I had mounted in '04 looks very similar. You can be proud, true trophy.

BlackTail · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2007, 09:51:15 AM »

Congrats!! That is a very nice blacktail!

Ridgerunner · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2007, 10:27:04 AM »

Good looking blacktail, beautiful cape on that buck.

boneaddict · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2007, 10:37:00 AM »

Excellent. More success for board members. GREAT JOB.

missinmt · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2007, 12:54:55 PM »

Sweet buck. Thanks for posting.

MuleySniper · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2007, 01:05:36 PM »

Great job!! Thats a real pretty buck.
MS

YellowDog · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2007, 01:59:39 PM »

Wow. Thanks for all of the kind words. I was a little hesitant to mention that I am having him mounted thinking that some might not consider him worthy. I have shot a few muleys but none this symetrical or even this wide. I started to gut him like normal and then realized that he might be a pretty wide buck for a blacktail (about 19 1/4") and his cape is in excellent condition with nice thick hair. That and the split eyeguard made me change my mind and he is now going to be on the wall.

One thing to ask you all. The taxi mentioned that he has a lot of white on his nose. Its not rubbed or anything just a lack of pigment for some reason. He wants to know if I want him mounted and the detail work to reflect what he actually looks like or what he "should" look like. What would you do?

jackelope · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2007, 02:30:31 PM »

what he actually looked like for sure.
why would you change it?

billythekidrock · « **Reply #12 on:** October 22, 2007, 06:19:46 PM »

Great buck...always keep them the same.

YellowDog · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2007, 10:30:48 AM »

Yep, I plan to have him mounted just as he looked when he was roaming the hills. My moment of hesitation stemmed from posts on "that other site" and the comments some people make there about people's trophys. I want to respect the taxidermists work and not have some lame a@@ talk bad about the work my taxi does because my buck's nose and mouth are not going to be all black when its done. I want my mount to be as close to the real thing as possible not what someone thinks he should look like. Anyway, I have the photos to show the lack of pigment and I have confidence that my taxidermist will get it right and the photos will back it up. Again, thanks for the kind words.

swizzler · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2007, 10:39:55 AM »

does your taxidermist not work with many blacktails, I would say by looking at the pics the white nose is normal.

jackelope · « **Reply #15 on:** October 23, 2007, 10:43:45 AM »

i also think he looks like a normal mature deer. nice to see the white in the face, reinforces the fact you killed an old mature buck.

YellowDog · « **Reply #16 on:** October 23, 2007, 12:16:51 PM »

The white the taxidermist was referring to was not in the "face" but rather in the nose and lips. Its not exactly white-white but rather a pinkish-white. If you look at the mount of the non-typical blacktail in the taxidermy section, my buck does not have a solid black nose like that mount. He sort of has white blotches scattered on his nose between his nostrils and upper lip.

I believe my taxidermist does a lot of big game, including black tail bucks. He said he gets a lot of big black tail bucks from the unit I was hunting. He just pointed out that mine had more white (lack of pigment) to his nose than most he sees.

jackelope · « **Reply #17 on:** October 23, 2007, 01:21:26 PM »

huh...interesting.
either way, leave him alone.

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #18 on:** October 23, 2007, 03:39:00 PM »

Personally I wouldn't pay attention to anyone that said that wasn't a trophy. Thats your first Blacktail and a dandy one at that. I've had parents bring in their kids does and spikes to have them mounted. Why wouldn't you leave it like it was coming out of the woods? If I am not requested by the customer to change something on an animal I don't!

cipryan · « **Reply #19 on:** October 23, 2007, 03:48:16 PM »

I would rather have unique than main stream on a mount anyday.

Antlershed · « **Reply #20 on:** October 23, 2007, 03:55:33 PM »

Awesome buck. Definitely leave him the way he is.

billythekidrock · « **Reply #21 on:** October 23, 2007, 05:38:27 PM »

Quote from: YellowDog on October 23, 2007, 10:30:48 AM

I want my mount to be as close to the real thing as possible not what someone thinks he should look like. Anyway, I have the photos to show the lack of pigment and I have confidence that my taxidermist will get it right and the photos will back it up. Again, thanks for the kind words.

Put a 8x10 photo of the buck under the mount when it is done.

jackelope · « **Reply #22 on:** October 23, 2007, 05:44:10 PM »

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Put a 8x10 photo of the buck under the mount when it is done.

make it one of the harvest photo's. that is cool as hell
good idea billy.

bucklucky · « **Reply #23 on:** October 23, 2007, 06:10:11 PM »

I dont paint my noses all black, Dude, Your messing with fire

I use 3 colors on the nose , blends from near white to not quite black. :rolleyes:Geeze, Black is for rookies!Its just the picture that makes it look black. I went back and looked. If I were monting that buck I would personaly take pictures of the nose for my own referance and use it when finishing the mount, Just like i do for any facial features on a buck thats out of the ordinary, roman noses wider heads , heavy heads etc..... Any good taxidermist would.

YellowDog · « **Reply #24 on:** October 24, 2007, 09:42:57 AM »

Hey bucklucky, believe me, I was not in any way trying to talk bad about your work. That is a beautiful mount. I am not a taxidermist and am not qualified to question anyone's work. I was simply asking a question. I am not even saying that you painted the nose all black on that mount. I guess I should have said dark nose instead of black. I'm sure there is a great deal of detail work in that mount. If not, you could just use a frikking magic marker on him. I will have to see if I can get a close up shot of just the nose on my buck and I think you will see what I am talking about. I was simply using the mount to give folks an idea of the large amount of white that is on my bucks nose, not to say anything bad at all about your mount. You said you blend from near white to black and that's what it looks like. My buck really does have a lot of whitish pink blotches on his nose. I don't think blending would be the issue on my buck. Again, your mount looks fantastic and the nose looks good to me.

bucklucky · « **Reply #25 on:** October 24, 2007, 12:42:29 PM »

OOPS, I should have put LOL in there somewhere.

HawkeyeBilt · « **Reply #26 on:** October 24, 2007, 03:15:00 PM »

Got to love them blacktail. Congrades on your first blackie its a beautiful buck.

jae · « **Reply #27 on:** October 24, 2007, 04:35:25 PM »

Very nice Blacktail! Ones like that are hard to come by, It will loook great on the wall. Congatulations!

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