Mature blacktail down, ‘the broke nose droptine’

[RB]

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WOW! That is an amazing Blacktail! Congrats! 

[PastorJoel]

Very cool deer!   

[MADMAX]

Nice deer right there !
I’d shoot that in a heartbeat

[skagitsteel]

Very nice... better than any critter killed in Washington this year... there’s a reason big blacktail ain’t killed by the rich guys every year.... simply because no one can guide them...😂

At least not on public land! Very true it’s the one animal money can’t buy

[steeleywhopper]

Heck yea that’s a nice buck!

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

That's a horse of a Blackie! 

[Bigshooter]

Awesome Awesome Awesome Blacktail!

[Dan-o]

WOW.

AMAZING BUCK.

[spin05]

that body is huge!!!!

[HillHound]

Nothing better than a narly old revert buck. My brother has gotten a couple like that over the years but I have never been that lucky.
Congrats

[skagitsteel]

The packout is always an adventure when your 4 hours or more from the truck.  I usually hunt with my goats, however, I didn't have them with me this day as I was planning on carefully hunting the bedding areas and cliffs, sometimes the goats kick rocks loose or break twigs and make a little extra noise in this particular terrain and I was mainly 'scouting' so I left them home for the day.  In most hunting scenarios the goats actually put the animals at ease, I've been able to work my way through 'land mines' of feeding does and even had them walk right up to the goats totally unafraid to check them out before.  After boning out the buck I took a portion of the meat and the cape (I packed the cape in the first load because it doesn't fit in a goat pannier) and headed for the truck.  It took about 6 hours for me to get back to the truck.  Day two I was up at 3 AM, loaded up the goats and headed out to retrieve the rest of the meat.  I had a pulled muscle in my hip so I was definitely struggling on day 2.  I carried a light day pack and the goats easily carried the rest of the buck out. Day two was about 11 hours round trip and the goats had a lot more energy left than I did by the time we returned to the truck that evening. My two adult goats weigh 213 ibs & 268 Ib.  The biggest can carry about 75 lbs max load, 60-65 ibs for a really long trek.   

[OutHouse]

Awesome hunt, awesome buck!

[7mmfan]

That's great. The goats add a whole different level of cool to the experience. Great work, and awesome buck.

[cb1989]

Great deer. Old bucks are where it's at, especially blacktails. Earlier posts are right, a mature BT on public land is one animal you rarely see taken by people who haven't put in the work. Epitome of deer hunting, IMO.

Love that last pic, goats looking at you like "c'mon man, you tired? lets do it again!"

[skagitsteel]

Great deer. Old bucks are where it's at, especially blacktails. Earlier posts are right, a mature BT on public land is one animal you rarely see taken by people who haven't put in the work. Epitome of deer hunting, IMO.

Love that last pic, goats looking at you like "c'mon man, you tired? lets do it again!"

They were definitely ready for more!