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Offline Michelle_Nelson

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What Deer Species?
« on: June 16, 2007, 06:05:03 PM »
If you were able to go on a Trophy Deer hunt anywhere in the United State which Deer Species would you go after?

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2007, 06:15:50 PM »
Massive Muleys anywhere

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2007, 06:29:58 PM »
Wouldn't mind getting a columbian whitetail... I think the herd is somewhere around 200
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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2007, 07:04:25 PM »
I was 6 yards from a columbian 2 years ago one of the coolest things ever.
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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2007, 07:37:47 PM »
Are they protected?  Where do they range?  I've never really heard of a Columbia Whitetail.  I knew their were whitetail in washington.  So their are actually 2 seperate species of whitetail in Washington?  How do you tell them apart?

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2007, 07:43:15 PM »
Basically one species lives in the NE and the other in the SW.




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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2007, 07:53:43 PM »
Muleys of course.

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2007, 08:17:48 PM »
I Love hunting mule deer but I think getting a B&C Blacktail is probably the hardest deer to hunt just because of were and what kind of terrain they live in.

I got one that is close 120" - 125" ( rough score ) but not quite B&C caliber. I Hunt mule deer mostly ( 3 - 5 hour drive ) but I can be in good blacktail hunting in 20 minutes from my house for quick day hunts.

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2007, 10:28:41 PM »
Not even close, I would take a muley any day over any of the other species, although one of my life goals is to do a grand slam of deer, preferrably with bucks that would make the B&C Awards book minimum.

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2007, 09:10:35 AM »


Are they protected?  Where do they range?  I've never really heard of a Columbia Whitetail.  I knew their were whitetail in washington.  So their are actually 2 seperate species of whitetail in Washington?  How do you tell them apart?

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http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=13554
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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2007, 11:27:51 AM »
Not even close, I would take a muley any day over any of the other species, although one of my life goals is to do a grand slam of deer, preferrably with bucks that would make the B&C Awards book minimum.

I had the same Idea of putting something like that in my shop as a display.  I was going to use sheds though.  Still throwing the idea around.

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2007, 08:24:32 AM »
 I spend a good deal of time every year taking photos at JBH refuge of the Columbian whitetail. I'll be gone for a week, but when I get back I'll try to post a couple of decent bucks we've seen. It's not uncommon to see over a dozen bucks in an hour there when the leaves come off in the Fall, but as it's been stated, just eye candy -can't touch the critter's. There are ranger's pretty thick in that area, one time I stopped on what I thought was a remote slough to fish and honest to god a ranger practically stepped out of the trees on my second cast to check my license. We used to see impressive elk on JBH in the past before relocations started, once we saw 16 -4 point or better bulls walking in a single line.

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2007, 09:03:27 AM »
I think a good unit wherever for a big heavy non-typ muley would do the trick.
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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2007, 09:06:15 AM »
BTW...Dman...lets see some pics of those whiteys!!

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Re: What Deer Species?
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2007, 09:55:56 AM »
Because the Columbia Whitetail protected does that mean you can't legaly keep any sheds you find from them? 

 


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