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Offline Smith_22

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Blacktail bucks down
« on: October 27, 2020, 05:23:00 PM »
My dad and I managed to punch our tags this weekend.  Had my buck on camera earlier in the year and he was my target buck.  Found him on Saturday evening, while doing a quick hunt with my family. feeding down a grass road.  He saw us at the same time and jumped in to the brush about 30 yards away from me.  I snuck up to where he left the road and saw him about 20 yards in the brush, was able to get a neck shot and put him down.  Stinky, but not too swollen.  This was the first buck I was able to get with my kids and is a memory I won't forget.  He's also my best buck to date.  My dads buck was on Sunday morning.  We were sitting in a cut watching 6 does feed below us when his buck stepped out of the jack firs and started lip curling and smelling the air.  Same story with his buck, smelly but not too swollen.  It was a great weekend! 
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2020, 05:31:22 PM »
Nice work! Those are some great bucks. Cant believe you bumped him and he hung around, I dont have that luck!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2020, 05:34:12 PM »
That’s a couple of trophy’s right there! Congrats!
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2020, 05:46:23 PM »
Gorgeous bucks! Congrats!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2020, 05:51:24 PM »
Couple a bruisers! Awesome

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2020, 06:11:19 PM »
Dandy bucks, congrats to you both!
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2020, 06:13:11 PM »
Really nice bucks!
Congrats 👍👍

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2020, 06:16:17 PM »
A couple of really nice BTs!  A huge congrats.
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2020, 06:27:36 PM »
Beautiful BT! Congrats

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2020, 06:54:40 PM »
 :tup:  Thats the kind of buck I'm waiting for.  Super nice.  Congrats.
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2020, 07:25:00 PM »
2 studs! That's really impressive!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2020, 07:25:54 PM »
Awesome! Congrats!
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2020, 07:30:59 PM »
Wow, both are great bucks!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2020, 07:43:08 PM »
Nice  :tup:

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2020, 07:44:53 PM »
Nice blacktails and memories.

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2020, 07:50:54 PM »
How far from the trail cam pic did you kill him?

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2020, 08:10:47 PM »
Great bucks! Congrats!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2020, 08:28:10 PM »
Beautiful bucks! I love the crown 5th point on your dads deer. Congrats!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2020, 08:30:22 PM »
He was about 1/4 mile from the camera. There is active logging going on so I think it pushed him out of his core area. 
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2020, 07:19:43 AM »
Great bucks and great memories.  Congrats to you all.

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2020, 07:24:21 AM »
Wow!  Awesome bucks!  Congrats to both of you.  Great harvest.

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2020, 07:30:59 AM »
2! Wow, beautiful and quality Blacktails, congrats!
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2020, 07:34:26 AM »
That's an epic weekend!  Congrats!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2020, 04:38:32 AM »
Congrats smith_22, nice bucks! I was wondering if the logging would have an effect of you, looks like not so much.

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2020, 10:43:58 PM »
Friggin nice bucks man. And great memories. Sometimes it happens like that and its awesome when it does!

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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2020, 07:42:01 AM »
Thanks again for all the comments.  Justy, surprisingly the logging didn't really push the deer around too much.  Have you noticed a difference because of it in your area? 
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Re: Blacktail bucks down
« Reply #26 on: November 01, 2020, 08:20:08 AM »
Smitth-22, there is a property owner between the two pieces of timber land that you and I are hunting that put up a fence this summer and started running cattle, that had an effect, I'm pretty sure the deer used that area as a corridor between the two areas. The bucks you and your dad shot were not on our cameras this year but they were last year and over all we had way less bucks on camera this year. We did see an uptick of buck movement Oct.23 and there are still a couple nice bucks moving in our area. I took this guy Oct. 30 out of a ground blind in a area that we had a lot of does on camera. Again congrats on your bucks, the one you shot was also on my hit list. 

 


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