Big Blacktails!!!!

[Lady Grouse hunter]

Seen the Way bigger Out here In East King Co..  Sorry no pics, just too dark for my Carmera... He was at least 14 off the 4 forker's

[Dan-o]

Thanks to all those actually posting pics

Some sweet bucks. 

 

[Axle]

Awesome bucks! 

[Twispriver]

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[Fatherof5]

 

[OutHouse]

These are all great blacktails.

Question:  With so much forage on the westside why are their antlers generally smaller than mule deer? Genetics? Is that food not that great? Thanks

[nwwanderer]

Whitetail are the oldest, timeline speaking, by far.  Blacktail are next in line and most people that study such things say mule deer are a hybrid of ancient whitetail and blacktail.  A fair amount of time, most say 10,000 years or so, and you have a different species, muledeer.  The antler difference is a species thing not an environmental or food result.

[Birdguy]

Some true BEASTS there!! My goodness, so great to see these guys. Thanks for posting them!

[JimmyHoffa]

These are all great blacktails.

Question:  With so much forage on the westside why are their antlers generally smaller than mule deer? Genetics? Is that food not that great? Thanks

I would guess that huge antlers on the westside would've snagged in brush and limbs more, slowing them down for predators.

[tritt007]

From my back porch

[tritt007]

Another one

[Fatherof5]

 

[Trigger05-11]

This was last year near my house in Woodland. He made it through the year. He is #1 on my hit list.

[LongBomb]

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[Skyvalhunter]

some shooters there