2025 deer, let's see em!

[JakeLand]

Great blacktail Ryan !!

[redi]

Dandy buck congrats

[jason stevens]

That is the biggest blacktail/ mules I've ever seen. Curious where it was harvested. I've seen some giant 2 points out of darlington that were mulies that got lost. Great buck an im happy for you!!

[JDArms1240]

Holy jeez!  Now THAT is a nice blackie!!!!

[jamesfromseattle]

That is a silly size for a blacktail to be.

[2MANY]

There's one thing I know about this goat man and the places he hunts.
He earns em.
Congrats.

[highside74]

There's one thing I know about this goat man and the places he hunts.
He earns em.
Congrats.

Judging by his avatar pic and this 2025 pic, he hunts steep, true old growth timber country. Not much under story in either picture just big, thick tall trees.

[Buckhunter28]

25 WA blacktail

Congrats Ryan, that is a beast of a blacktail! The old, gnarly nontypical you killed in 2017 ignited a different level of blacktail addiction in me, I’ll spend my whole life looking for bucks of the caliber that you’re hammering year after year! That’s going to be a tough one to beat congrats

[skagitsteel]

25 WA blacktail

Congrats Ryan, that is a beast of a blacktail! The old, gnarly nontypical you killed in 2017 ignited a different level of blacktail addiction in me, I’ll spend my whole life looking for bucks of the caliber that you’re hammering year after year! That’s going to be a tough one to beat congrats

The 2017 buck I wouldn't trade for all the others combined! I love the old ones most

[skagitsteel]

There's one thing I know about this goat man and the places he hunts.
He earns em.
Congrats.

Judging by his avatar pic and this 2025 pic, he hunts steep, true old growth timber country. Not much under story in either picture just big, thick tall trees.

There's one thing I know about this goat man and the places he hunts.
He earns em.
Congrats.

Judging by his avatar pic and this 2025 pic, he hunts steep, true old growth timber country. Not much under story in either picture just big, thick tall trees.

 Very observant! I have questioned my sanity many times getting into that country in bad weather and deep snow. Crampons are a staple item in pack and often an ice axe and ski goggles. I cut tracks and tracked a couple bucks this year in snow as deep as 3'. Special weather combo sometimes gets them to bed up in more open timber without understory and that same combo has resulted in almost half the blacktail I've ever killed. 6 of my last 7 were in their beds when I found them.

[ljsommer]

25 WA blacktail

That is stunning, thank you for sharing! I'd love to hear the story if you're willing to share!

[Twispriver]

 
Exactly

[freezerfull]

25 WA blacktail

Phenomenal frame on this blacktail, congrats! What are your thoughts on his age? Pics can be deceiving but that face makes me think he’s not to his prime yet.

@skagitsteel

[danger]

Wow great buck, dream Blacktail!

[skagitsteel]

25 WA blacktail

Phenomenal frame on this blacktail, congrats! What are your thoughts on his age? Pics can be deceiving but that face makes me think he’s not to his prime yet.

@skagitsteel

I'm nearly 100% certain he's 4.5, so I'd say in his first prime year based on previous bucks I've watched grow.