Blacktail - Here we go!

[teanawayslayer]

Peak rut now!

[fishnfur]

Great capture.  Compromising situation.

[WapitiTalk1]

That's a tough image to follow teanawayslayer  .

Took today off from the old salt mine to see if I could bring a buck home for dinner this last day (Halloween Buck) of the early season.  Well, I did just that.  Saw three bucks and took the last one I saw, the first two being button bucks, not too far past 9ish AM.  2 1/2 miles back in my area on a gated road is where I really start hunting... that's where I see most of the sign, and, most of the deer.  Shot this guy right around 3 miles back in; he was sniffing around just inside the timber on the edge of a clear cut.  Took the little Browning AB3 .243 for a walk today as it has never seen any hunting action.  It did well and put a well placed 95 grain Nosler BT well, right in the boiler room of the BT buck... see what I did there  (distance was right around 150 yards).  He hunched, ran back into the timber, and made it about 50 yards before expiring.  I took two trips to pack the meat out as I am not quite the beast mode packer I used to be  . All in all, a good day in the deer woods..... RJ

   

[SeaRun1]

That’s a great Blacktail WT1.  Congratulations!

SR1

[Turner89]

Great job wapiti

[teanawayslayer]

Great buck!

[Ridge Hunter]

Great buck and a great day to be in the deer woods!

[WapitiTalk1]

Thanks guys. Really wanted to hold out for something bigger (maybe in late season) but he gave me no choice.

[7mmfan]

Great buck R. Nothing like a big blacktail!

[WapitiTalk1]

Great buck R. Nothing like a big blacktail!

Thanks R. Still learning the area; next year it’s on 

[pd]

Buck down 

And, what?  You need help packing or something?

[fishnfur]

Great score Wapiti.  Great job humping that meat out of there too. I wouldn't walk for a week after packing it 12 miles, half of it loaded.  Great end to the season!  Congratulations.

[blackveltbowhunter]

Congratz Stud buck!