2018 blacktail

[kodiak 907]

2018

[Timberstalker]

Beast!
I’m assuming you rattled him in?

[kodiak 907]

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[blackveltbowhunter]

Awesome buck!

[kodiak 907]

Beast!
I’m assuming you rattled him in?

Ya. Happened pretty fast. 12 yard frontal shot. Great day in the woods.

[High Climber]

Great buck man, congrats! Would love to hear the story on this one. Quality tag? Rattled in?

[kodiak 907]

General season. Scent drag and one rattling sequence. He was gonna run me over, came in looking for a confrontation.

[High Climber]

General season. Scent drag and one rattling sequence. He was gonna run me over, came in looking for a confrontation.

Very cool, sounds like a fun way to hunt! Congrats again

[JakeLand]

Great buck !!

[kodiak 907]

Great buck !!

Thanks dude, glad to have him👍🏼.

[JimmyHoffa]

Man that's a nice one.  And a great way to get him.

[WapitiTalk1]

Dandy BT!  Congrats on gray buck.

[Deerdad44]

Sweet! Great job man. Got me fired up for next week when I can get back out in the deer woods.

[fishnfur]

Doe in estrus urine on the rag?

[bowhunterforever]

Dandy

[kodiak 907]

Doe in estrus urine on the rag?

Yep.

[Skyvalhunter]

Nice Buck, I would be smiling cheek to cheek not frowning.

[kodiak 907]

Nice Buck, I would be smiling cheek to cheek not frowning.

I was trying to get the darn TimerCam app on my phone to work 😆. I was hunting solo and getting a couple decent pics is difficult.

Believe me, I was pretty jacked up.

[The scout]

That’s a solid buck good work. Did you shoot him from a ground blind? Just curious since you are dressed in all black

[kodiak 907]

That’s a solid buck good work. Did you shoot him from a ground blind? Just curious since you are dressed in all black

No blind. Just stripped down to get ready for the haul outta that hole.

[fishnfur]

US Navy/combat - BUD/S??
Thank you for your service.  Congrats again.

[Skyvalhunter]

Nice Buck, I would be smiling cheek to cheek not frowning.

I was trying to get the darn TimerCam app on my phone to work 😆. I was hunting solo and getting a couple decent pics is difficult.

Believe me, I was pretty jacked up.

Well you harvested a fine animal keep up the good work!!

[westside bull]

Nothing better than a big blacktail very nice.

[Spuddieselwwu]

Dandy buck!

[wt]

Nice buck!

[Lapua338]

What a great buck! 4 point blacktails are very hard to come by, id keep hunting that gene pool. Nice work man

[kodiak 907]

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[3nails]

 Looks great!

[kodiak 907]

I’ve done my last few bucks. It takes about a week with the simmering/de-greasing and whitening. They come out pretty good.

[High Climber]

I’ve done my last few bucks. It takes about a week with the simmering/de-greasing and whitening. They come out pretty good.

I agree it looks great! What’s your process if you don’t mind sharing

[kodiak 907]

- skin and flesh.
- simmer with dawn/borax powder mixture.
- remove all cooked muscle/brain and other materials.
- de-grease with dawn changing water every day for three days.
- apply volume 40 whitening paste with paint brush. Do not get any on antler bases.
- let dry. Then brush a light coat of Elmer’s glue over the entire skull. Helps with the whitening and keeps all of the fragile areas together.

[hawks33]

Finally got it done on the 16th after spending countless hours sitting and walking. Walked into a clearcut and this guy stood up next to me at 50 yards.

[High Climber]

- skin and flesh.
- simmer with dawn/borax powder mixture.
- remove all cooked muscle/brain and other materials.
- de-grease with dawn changing water every day for three days.
- apply volume 40 whitening paste with paint brush. Do not get any on antler bases.
- let dry. Then brush a light coat of Elmer’s glue over the entire skull. Helps with the whitening and keeps all of the fragile areas together.

Thanks I’ll give that a try sometime. How long do you simmer for?

[kodiak 907]

4 hours