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Heard of the blacktail coach?
« on: May 30, 2025, 08:37:57 PM »
Just wonder if anyone has heard of these guys or has personal experience with them? Sounds like they have been at a few of the shows this past year, I tried searching on here and didn’t see any other post discussing them.

https://theblacktailcoach.com/

 Heard there podcast today and was intrigued as it is so hard to find anything on Blacktail hunting outside of the classics that are now out of print.

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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2025, 08:40:48 PM »
He’s been at Puyallup and Portland sport shows last few years sat through seminar he’s got a good pitch and info but it’s not cheap

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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2025, 07:29:38 AM »
He’s a nice guy, I’ve talked to him at several shows. I haven’t attended his seminar/class, but I’ve heard good things about it. I know that there is an emphasis on using bait for cataloging deer and conditioning does, I’ll be curious how they adapt the material with the new bait/scent bans. If you’re struggling with success for blacktail it wouldn’t be a bad course to consider.

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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2025, 08:38:40 AM »
Alex Chaney turned me on to the blacktail coach. I haven't attended any courses but I've listened to all the podcasts and there is lots of information in them. Alex is on 3 episodes about turkey hunting and one about the buck he killed last season. Alex is a friend of mine and a very good hunter and says the blacktail coach is pretty legit so I take his word for it.

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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 08:05:23 AM »
I took his class a few years ago and he was really knowledgeable. His experience in hunting the big bucks shows. To be fair he put on a seminar free for military veterans so I didn’t pay for it. If I was hunting west side more I would of paid for it for sure. If you just want to put meat on the table his approach may not be the best way to do that. However, if your after big bucks it’s the best approach. You’ll still have to put in time of course. They don’t get big by being stupid and from what I remember the real big boys may only come out during shooting hours 5 days a year during the peak rut.

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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 08:46:57 PM »
This sort of thing bums me out. The hunting industry needs less people trying to profit off of our public natural resources, not more. Making hunting a success based game with $$ signs associated with the haves and have nots is a sure way to ruin what we have.

Wish he would have found a different way to get the information out if that’s his goal. Otherwise his goal is $$$.


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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #6 on: Today at 04:27:10 PM »
Yes, I attended one of his seminars this spring and I have listened to all of the podcasts.  He has a system that works for him and is happy to share that system with others, of course there is a money factor there.  You can get the gist of the system if you listen to the podcast but it is based on using scents and they used to use bait before it was banned.  I haven't tried to use his system at all but I thought it was interesting information.  Full transparency, the seminar I attended was free to me as a veteran, so I didn't pay for the seminar.

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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #7 on: Today at 05:27:54 PM »
I went to seminar here in my area
Free for Vets
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Re: Heard of the blacktail coach?
« Reply #8 on: Today at 06:18:26 PM »
Thanks for the info, they seem like good guys. Do they send you home with materials from the class, or do you have to write everything down so you don’t forget something? My memory and attention span are not what they used to be :chuckle:.

I am definitely willing to pay if it helps me become a better hunter faster, had to figure out this hunting thing on my own. I have finally started to find the BT in my spot, but only locating does and 1.5 YO bucks. Until the rut is in action, then the bigger boys show up for week and are gone again. These guys are making it sound like they have a specific habitat they target and most people over look. I don’t know, I think it is nice to hear people passionate about BT and trying to build up a community within their course alumni.

 


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