Cascade Blacktail

[DOUBLELUNG]

It's been about 12,000 years since the last Ice Age ended the separation of blacktails and mule deer.  They share genes across the entire range.  A blacktail from Forks has mule deer genes.  A mule deer in Nebraska could very well have blacktail genes.  It makes sense to draw a line down the spine of the last glacier to separate the two, but fact is they have been re-merging for thousands of generations.

[littlebuf]

Who cares what it is. It is a dandy buck for sure, but come on, get over it!

i think if you look at the first post from Dman this is the whole purpose of the thread. the fact that tracker wanted to throw his dog in the race was completely up to him

[mdbuck5x5]

Oh yeah I forgot you're the expert my bad!   It's been fun chatting with you.

[bobcat]

I wouldn't call it bashing. People are just telling him what kind of deer he shot. He probably appreciates knowing it was actually a mule deer and not a blacktail. It apparently was just lost and migrated the wrong way.

[Kain]

Who cares what it is. It is a dandy buck for sure, but come on, get over it!

It sounds like everyone here cares what it is.    If no one cares, why is there a different name for the two sub-species.  Everone can agree that they are very closely related but there is a difference and that is the point of this thread.  It had nothing to do with any specific buck until Tracker brought it up but his buck is a prime example of why there is conflict on the subject.  A muley buck (or mostly muley buck) crosses a line doesnt make it a BT.  There has to be a line though.

[PolarBear]

I wouldn't call it bashing. People are just telling him what kind of deer he shot. He probably appreciates knowing it was actually a mule deer and not a blacktail. It apparently was just lost and migrated the wrong way.

[littlebuf]

Oh yeah I forgot you're the expert my bad!   It's been fun chatting with you.

 

[PolarBear]

I just hope that it was open for mule deer so he doesn't get in trouble!

[G.R.K]

Oh yeah I forgot you're the expert my bad!   It's been fun chatting with you.

 

Team Geico is very vocal tonight,LAFFIN

[M_ray]

I don't really care it's his he can call it what he likes as it hangs on his wall ... Nice buck!!!

[littlebuf]

I just hope that it was open for mule deer so he doesn't get in trouble!

your gettung some pretty good ones in tonight polar 

[G.R.K]

I just hope that it was open for mule deer so he doesn't get in trouble!

I hope Littlebuff had benchleg tag for his buck  No mulies in Kapowsin   

[littlebuf]

i cut the tail off and burned it but that doesnt mean im trying to pass it off as anything else i swear i always do that to my mule....er....black tail deer

[G.R.K]

Golf clap 

[G.R.K]

Bench buck from Kapowsin