Few benchleg sheds

[muledude]

Havent been able to make it over to my spot much this spring for benchleg sheds but was able to get a few.

[509er]

sweet!

[shoot-em-dead]

nice, I have only made it out twice with no luck.

[washelkhntr]

Damn, so many sheds, so little time. Maybe next year I will be able to follow in all of your footsteps.

Awesome finds!

[gottatree]

Sweet finds!!!!!!!!!!

[wazzuhunter]

Those look like pure blacktail sheds.

[muledude]

Yeah they do look like pure blacktail but they come from around Glenwood. And as Far as I no there Considerd to be the "Casecade Blacktail" or benchlegs in that area??

[fishunt247]

Yeah those deer are still a mule deer/blacktail cross from what I've seen. While most have way more blacktail characteristics, I saw a doe last week in the White Salmon drainage that had so little black on her tail you would have thought she belonged in the desert. I agree though, those horns do look very blacktail.

[buckmaster_wa]

When I think of a blacktail shed I visualize Dark antlers and big eyeguards. What about you guys what characteristics do you see in blacktail antlers?

[wazzuhunter]

Okay, gotcha.  That area is tough, because the benchlegs we have in the Yakima area tend to look a little bit different than those.  The deer in the area where you found those I think tend to show more blacktail characteristics than muley characteristics, whereas, the Yakima area deer show more muley characteristics in my opinion.