2011 Bucks...post them here!!!

[singleshot12]

Well this is the first year in about 30 I didn't purchase a tag and hunt deer, but a friend sent me this pic of a nice Blacky harvested in sno.county, thought it was worth sharing.

[lipripper]

that looks like a nice old "forky"--great buck

[Pathfinder101]

2011 buck as he lay.  Haven't gotten around to doing a thread on the hunt yet.

[hirshey]

Congrats Pathfinder! That's an excellent animal!

[pianoman9701]

Nice neck shot. They sure drop fast when you hit 'em there.

[Pathfinder101]

Thanks Y'all.

Holy cow, I just went back and read through this entire thread.  Is it just me, or are mule deer starting to make a comeback in Washington State?  I don't think I have ever seen this many big mulies posted on this site in a single season (and we haven't even hit the late tags yet).

 

Good year....?

[patton1]

Already posted once in Deer Hunting, but here's my 10 year old son's buck shot during modern with a muzzleloader.  His 2nd and best buck so far.

[nw_huntress]

I took a spike last year (my first year hunting) and this year I got this toad.

I hunted every evening but two since opening day. This guy came in Thursday night and I got one shot off at him with my 20 ga & missed.  I was as determined as ever to get one if not him so I went back out last night but I took the 12 ga instead. At almost the exact same time as the night before he came back right through the same opening into my field. I let him line himself up with one of my shooting lanes, put the cross hairs on his side and let the 00 buck magnum load fly. He started to run so I stood up and took 2 more shots at him on the fly with out having my eye anywhere near the scope. He ran up an access road cut through a blackberry thicket and stopped just within my sight but out of range. He circled and stood there then dropped out of sight. My husband came and helped me down (he'd been duck hunting nearby but was out by my truck since shooting time was almost over) and we went to look for him.

Let this next part be a word of caution about giving your deer enough time to expire before tracking. We came up on him and he jumped up and ran, I literally chased him gun in hand. I came around a blind corner and found him laying in the middle of the trail, thinking he was surely dead this time I let out a holler and much to my surprise  he jumped up and ran again. I would have taken another shot but the gun safety was on, so I thought. More chasing ensued (Please keep in mind that I hunt in a very high pressure, very small public area surrounded by private inaccessible property. He was headed towards being wasted if he had gotten another 75 yards) again I caught up to him laying down and leveled the gun at him, this time he jumped up and charged me. Gun still didn't fire so I swept the barrel at his antlers to ward him off. One good whack and he turned and ran again. I jacked the stuck shell out and loaded in another one and off I went. Caught up to him again and it was obvious he wasn't getting up again so I put that last round in him to end his suffering. 

[OSCAR1987]

Awesome Toad of a deer. This was a high-pressure area that I helped her drag this behemoth from. Walking in I saw 3 rigs parked within 100yds of her "spot" and the area next door lets just say that it is a "secure" zone that would need a lot of red tape to get access to even for a recovery and would take days. She chased him down and finished him within yards of getting into this zone. 

Awesome, thanks honey for letting me be a part of your adventure. You guys can be jealous of my wife,

 just don't let her chase you with a 12 Gauge!       

[pianoman9701]

Already posted once in Deer Hunting, but here's my 10 year old son's buck shot during modern with a muzzleloader.  His 2nd and best buck so far.

Not too proud, are you dad?    There's a lot to be proud of there.

[pianoman9701]

Cool story, Huntress, and a nice deer. I've lost a deer that would've died within 30 yards of where i shot him had I not bumped him too early. He ended up with an extra hole and someone else's tag on him. Lesson learned. WAIT! You did well.

[dawnsnow]

Thanks Y'all.

Holy cow, I just went back and read through this entire thread.  Is it just me, or are mule deer starting to make a comeback in Washington State?  I don't think I have ever seen this many big mulies posted on this site in a single season (and we haven't even hit the late tags yet).

 

Good year....?

I work at a meat processing/slaughter plant and I agree.  We are getting a ton of muleys in and most of them are HUGE bodied beasts and they all have a TON of fat on them too!  The buck I shot this year we figured would have been 200 pounds field dressed.  When I processed him I was surprised at how thick the fat layer really was!  By far he is the tastiest deer I have ever eaten!  It's nice to see them so healthy!  Looking at everyone's bucks posted on the forum, it's not just in our area but all over the state!  Let's hope it's not just a good year, I would love to see this every season! 

[wingsandwilds]

Lil' Marchworth Blackie

[throttlejocky20]

damn nice buck

[archery288]

Great buck wingsandwilds!!