Prince of Wales Blacktail

[WoolyRunner]

Congrats. What part of the island were you on? I love chasing those Sitkas!

[Fl0und3rz]

Thank you.  Near Hollis, by boat, about 15 minutes from the ferry terminal.

[Ironhead]

Beautiful Buck, I have always loved the color of their stout antlers their blocky build and double throat patches.
  I have killed quite a few when I lived in Juneau and always regretted not getting one mounted. Looks like a good reason to go back.

[Fl0und3rz]

I decided on a euro, mostly because of space restrictions.  I'll probably regret it.  He had a pretty cool little black dot or Marilyn Monroe beauty mark about the size of a dime right below his right gum line.

I think my FiL was disappointed that I wasn't going to shoulder mount it, but I just don't have the space for it.  I'll definitely go back.  I am going to go back likely for the kids spring break and help him finish up the house they are building.

[WoolyRunner]

Awesome. Did you see or hear any wolf or wolf sign? A friend of mine posted a video a few weeks back of wolves howling off the edge of a landing he was on.

[Chesapeake]

There are a few folks making deer calls up there. AKTIS and Drop Shot are a few.

I've tried them down here, they don't seem to have the same effect on Columbia black tails.

That's a nice rutted up forkey. Nice red horns.

[Curly]

Congrats 

[KFhunter]

nice buck, he sure is purdy!




didja shoot from here to here?  if so I'm impressed 

[j_h_nimrod]

That's fantastic, sounds like a great time. You're right about the rubber boots. I frequently wear my Xtratuffs in the field down here like I did up there, and get some odd looks. Long walks on rocky roads are tough, as are steep sidehills, but otherwise, I can't think of a better hunting boot.

For sure!  I know for a fact I have taken more animals in Xtratuffs than any other footwear, mountain goat to bear to deer. They take some conditioning of the foot n ankle, but hard to beat.

[j_h_nimrod]

Good job, Sitka on POW are a great hunt. Numbers and size are down significantly over the last number of years, I know guides no longer offering deer hunts because the population is down so much.  The wolf population is a heavy suspect, though Regs on wolves are being made more liberal this year so there will hopefully be an uptick in the next few years. Back in 1999 the population and health was great with some real nice animals every year. Most of the guys I knew then road hunted and turned up a good number of big forks, 3x3s, and bigger each year. Still some Booners out there but just not as many. Last hunt I guided there was in an epic remote area during the rut and we only turned up 2 decent bucks and harvested none

[Lucky1]

Cool buck. Congrats.

[JimmyHoffa]

Congrats.  Was wondering if Putin was going to give you a vacation.....

[Fl0und3rz]

Thanks, all.  He was estimated to be a 5 year old or so.   He was heavy and stinky, and he had rub remnants you can probably make out in the pic in reply #2.


Me and Vlad are tight.  If you're ever in Moscow, I know a few ladies he could hook you up with if you are into soiling former POTUS' mattresses.


Lot of wolf sign, scat, broken up fawn ribs, etc.  No howling.  No actual sightings or tracks. 


This was the actual shot.  The larger picture was just near the top of the cut before getting into timber, saddles, and muskegs.

[redi]

Nice buck love the double throat patch

[Turner89]

Very nice buck
I shot my first buck on pow in 1989. Back then we got a total of 6 deer tags. 2 of the tags had to be used on islands aside from pow if I remember right.
 There was tons of bears at that time, and I don't know if the wolves were considered abundant, but I would see them every now and then.
 Looking at the pics of the clearcuts, they don't look as full of foliage as I remember them being when I was up there. I wonder if they are spraying pesticides as much as some places down here? I'm pretty confident that's running the deer out of one area I hunt.(timber company)