Blacktail Deer Hunting Odds

[KILLA]

I would trade all of the early season Blacktail days, for a single day of late buck. Late season is the ticket.

Trailcams can be a good tool, but they don't give as much as an advantage as you would think. As far as trailcams go, here is what I get out of them:

1. Encouragement for the days I don't see a single deer -- When I start to question if Blacktails have become extinct.
2. They tell me the times that the deer are moving.

Blacktail are nocturnal by nature. Being persistent and hunting every morning/evening is the single most important thing you can do.

[fishnfur]

And they can be hard to see in low light.  Absolutely have to glass 'em up. 

Here's a pic of the second buck hanging out with the one I shot.  (There may have been a third there too?)   This one is waiting for his buddy to get up out of the grass 20 minutes after first light.  I had to wait several minutes after locating them before taking a shot.  With no scope on the muzzleloader, I couldn't see them at all without magnification.

I forgot about this pic.  Optic2 messaged me with the correct location of the buck.  Was he simple to find or did you all just scratch your heads and move on?

[duckmen1]

5 seconds and i spotted it. I wont give it away but a clue is i saw part of the animal and not the whole thing.

[Curly]

Blacktails are just a pain in the __.  They will make you 

Easy to get discouraged hunting them.  Damn things are nocturnal until the rut (last week of October).  So, don't get down on yourself if you aren't notching your tag every year.