Author Topic: Yakima River buck (Read 5310 times)

boneaddict · « **on:** November 04, 2009, 07:33:35 PM »

Not a big one but always fun to see. Had the kids with me so he was extra special.

boneaddict · « **Reply #1 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:34:06 PM »

boneaddict · « **Reply #2 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:34:43 PM »

WAPITIHUNTER · « **Reply #3 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:39:38 PM »

Hey bone nice pic's. Was he chasing???

boneaddict · « **Reply #4 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:46:42 PM »

Yep, that was his doe, he could care less about me. She cared, but he didn't.

KillerMiller · « **Reply #5 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:48:21 PM »

Nice Pics!

boneaddict · « **Reply #6 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:56:24 PM »

I sure love the color down there.

tlbradford · « **Reply #7 on:** November 05, 2009, 08:43:03 AM »

I don't know, that sure looks like a blacktail that wandered over the Cascades.

I can't wait to get back after them soon. Thanks for sharing Doug.

WAPITIHUNTER · « **Reply #8 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:02:12 AM »

Hey Bone in all your travels over there what percentage of the deer do you believe have been polluted so to speak by inbreeding between Blacktails and Muley's.

I have personally seen a load of bench bucks around Naches. My wife shot a deer out of Whisling Jacks about 12 years ago that had a black stripe down the tail.

Gobble · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:03:23 AM »

Quote from: tlbradford on November 05, 2009, 08:43:03 AM

I don't know, that sure looks like a blacktail that wandered over the Cascades. I can't wait to get back after them soon. Thanks for sharing Doug.

I agree, Looks like it definately has BT genes

boneaddict · « **Reply #10 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:08:10 AM »

I'd go 85-90% west of the Yakima river. I see very few that resemble pure muleys on that side of the river. The firing center still has a pretty good Muley base it seems. Though I've seen some on the Badger side that have th esame blacktail influence.
There was a buck on here that someone got in the LT that looked pretty muledeer like.

YellowDog · « **Reply #11 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:25:00 AM »

Nice pictures Bone.

Just a reminder to everyone passing through the canyon, keep your eyes open for possible illegal activities. My brother's girlfriend goes to CWU and travels from Selah to E-burg daily. Earlier this week she saw a guy (I think with his kids) with what looked like two dead deer. She called my brother to ask if there was a season. We didn't think there was so she tried to go back and get a plate number and she then called the poaching hotline. They said they were sending someone right away but who knows? He was gone when she went back so it seems someone might have got away...

Almost every year I hear stories which may just be rumors about a good buck getting shot with a rifle right around Thanksgiving up there. Again don't know if its true but it doesn't hurt to keep our eyes open.

M_ray · « **Reply #12 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:45:36 AM »

This one was shot right off the Yak on the west side of the river what do you think? I allways thougt all muley but now you got me thinking???

He has a pretty short nose compared to most muleys but the large ears. I read an article somewhere that the crosses had a black pin strip up the tail from the black tip but this one didn't ... but then I see others that people call crosses that dont have this pin stripe either so who knows???

M_ray · « **Reply #13 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:53:24 AM »

I don't think so ... but here he is next to a pure BT and the measurements on the face were close and even though it is hard to see cause I ask for the ears to be pinned back but if they were out the ears were almost the same width as the one on the left??? So can you allways go by small ears and short face when determaining a BT or BT cross???

And this BT was shot by Black Diamond.

M_ray · « **Reply #14 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:57:24 AM »

Anyhow nice pics Bone ... not trying to Highjack the thread just making conversation on the BT cross theory???

boneaddict · « **Reply #15 on:** November 05, 2009, 02:45:13 PM »

No problem. In the field photo he looks pretty muley to me, the mount on the wall however, he looks more bench. You can almost always tell by the tail the second indicator is ears. Might have just a little. Sometimes that isn't all that bad. These bench bucks tend to put more into mass than tine length, and that doesn't hurt my feelings too much.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2009, 02:57:58 PM »

great pics as always bone.

antlerbolic_bearoids · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2009, 03:08:58 PM »

The majority of the deer around the yakima/nile/weenas/ellensburg area are benchleg bucks. Some more mulie than blacktail, others more blacktail than mulie. My dad and I have two on the wall next to each other that were shot no more than a half mile apart, if that even, and you would never guess that they were shot in the same area.

sirfunkeybut · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2009, 04:27:18 PM »

My friend shot a buck in Yakima with nearly a full strip down the tail. It's the "full" buck pic in my gallery. small pic and you cant see his tail but it's there

Quote from: Gobble on November 05, 2009, 09:03:23 AM

Quote from: tlbradford on November 05, 2009, 08:43:03 AM
I don't know, that sure looks like a blacktail that wandered over the Cascades. I can't wait to get back after them soon. Thanks for sharing Doug.

I agree, Looks like it definately has BT genes

M_ray · « **Reply #19 on:** November 05, 2009, 11:53:45 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on November 05, 2009, 02:45:13 PM

No problem. In the field photo he looks pretty muley to me, the mount on the wall however, he looks more bench. You can almost always tell by the tail the second indicator is ears. Might have just a little. Sometimes that isn't all that bad. These bench bucks tend to put more into mass than tine length, and that doesn't hurt my feelings too much.

Doesn't hurt mine either!

andrew_12gauge · « **Reply #20 on:** November 06, 2009, 01:04:13 AM »

most of the bucks ive seen around the yakima area dont even have a rope tail with black tip they have the blacktail tails to them being more whitetail like with black down the back and white underside, totally different than mule deer tails, these are the deer i always assume to be crosses

countywarrior · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2009, 08:49:25 AM »

here is a little 3 point shot off the yakima this year...i know not the best pic in the world but i just got the cleaning call...lol.... anyhow he is all black tail..... just for kicks he was shot east of yakima and my buddy shot that bruiser out in the LT that was 110 percent Muley......as a crow flies maybe 20 miles away...... go figure... oh yeah one last thing any of you ever seen an albino moose? If not where would be the best place to put up the pics?

Birdguy · « **Reply #22 on:** November 07, 2009, 02:13:21 PM »

Albino moose pics??? Put them on the big game thread or general or ANYWHERE. Great pic and discussion guys.

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