Post by: longrangekiller on June 27, 2012, 10:19:16 PM
Post by: Mudman on June 27, 2012, 10:28:03 PM
Post by: DoubleJ on June 27, 2012, 10:42:01 PM
Post by: longrangekiller on June 27, 2012, 10:44:39 PM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on June 27, 2012, 10:50:38 PM
Post by: blacktail luv on June 27, 2012, 10:51:47 PM
Post by: RB on June 27, 2012, 11:02:53 PM
Post by: Turner89 on June 27, 2012, 11:07:25 PM
I hate blacktail. *censored*edd things make me sick:chuckle: :chuckle: Thats funny! I dont care if I ever shoot another WT or MD.
Post by: Kola16 on June 27, 2012, 11:21:34 PM
Post by: huntnnw on June 27, 2012, 11:59:00 PM
i like muleys ive seen so many dang white tail die on tv i dont ever wanna hunt em again i can bet right now on the outdoor channel theres a guy sitting in a tree stand waiting to shoot a little white tail lol
Come hunt a NE WA whitey in the mountains..its harder than hunting a muley they dont come out in the open
Post by: RoyBoy on June 28, 2012, 01:29:39 AM
I hate blacktail. *censored*edd things make me sick:chuckle: :chuckle: Thats funny! I dont care if I ever shoot another WT or MD.
:yeah: haha me either
Post by: RoyBoy on June 28, 2012, 01:31:13 AM
REAL men hunt blacktails! :tup:
:chuckle: :chuckle: i couldnt of said it better myself BT luv :tup:
i love the nasty weather,thick brush, and ruggid terrain.
Post by: datman on June 28, 2012, 04:12:19 AM
Post by: RG on June 28, 2012, 04:26:42 AM
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on June 28, 2012, 05:13:46 AM
Post by: 3nails on June 28, 2012, 05:18:16 AM
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on June 28, 2012, 05:27:15 AM
Blacktail. Most beautiful and most challenging.
Chuck Adams once said “the Coues Whitetail is the hardest North American big game animal to take with a bow”.
Just sticking up for my whitetail. :chuckle:
Post by: grundy53 on June 28, 2012, 05:27:21 AM
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on June 28, 2012, 07:22:04 AM
Blacktail. Most beautiful and most challenging.
Chuck Adams once said “the Coues Whitetail is the hardest North American big game animal to take with a bow”.
Just sticking up for my whitetail. :chuckle:
:chuckle: Ever try hunting jackrabbits with a bow. :chuckle: Besides im sure Adams was comparing coues to CALI blacktails. Thin necked ugly sob's :chuckle:
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on June 28, 2012, 07:23:12 AM
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on June 28, 2012, 07:39:45 AM
Blacktail. Most beautiful and most challenging.
Chuck Adams once said “the Coues Whitetail is the hardest North American big game animal to take with a bow”.
Just sticking up for my whitetail. :chuckle:
:chuckle: Ever try hunting jackrabbits with a bow. :chuckle: Besides im sure Adams was comparing coues to CALI blacktails. Thin necked ugly sob's :chuckle:
But it looks like over the last decade Northern CA is the place you want to be if you are looking for big bucks:
Here is Boone and Crocketts 2000-2010
CA: 194
OR: 94
WA: 30
BC: 12
I am too hooked on whitetial but I can only imagine how tough those blacktail are to hunt. I do have a couple friends in Oregon that are regularly successful bowhunting big blacktail. They mainly use treestand and surprisingly use many of the same tactics I use with whitetail.
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on June 28, 2012, 07:45:04 AM
Post by: DoubleJ on June 28, 2012, 08:30:10 AM
I hate blacktail. *censored*edd things make me sick:chuckle: :chuckle: Thats funny! I dont care if I ever shoot another WT or MD.
I like hunting them, until I actually have to hunt them. I see 23042042390 of them everyday. That is until Sept-Jan. They are gone. I hate them. My freezer is WAY too empty to worry about trophy hunting or challenging myself. When I have enough meat to make it a year without scoring, then I'll try a year of finding a special animal. This year again will not be that year.
Post by: Rainier10 on June 28, 2012, 08:36:53 AM
Post by: Huntbear on June 28, 2012, 09:07:38 AM
Muledeer are the hardest to eat if they are feeding on sage... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
That said, this state is the ONLY state you can hunt all 3... If they try and restrict that... I will find another state. Since this state just screws ya with a dried up old corn cob shoved right where the sun does not shine..
Post by: fly4fish on June 28, 2012, 09:45:37 AM
I would choose Mule Deer. I like tall, wide racks.
Post by: Miles on June 28, 2012, 09:47:41 AM
Whitetail all the way. I would rather kill a 200 inch typical whitetail than a 400 inch bull elk. :tup:
You're sick in the head. :chuckle:
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on June 28, 2012, 09:55:13 AM
Whitetail all the way. I would rather kill a 200 inch typical whitetail than a 400 inch bull elk. :tup:
You're sick in the head. :chuckle:
Perhaps. :chuckle: I'm really hooked on those whitetail.
Post by: Huntbear on June 28, 2012, 09:55:40 AM
I believe you can hunt all three in Oregon as well.
I would choose Mule Deer. I like tall, wide racks.
Yes, you can hunt the Columbia Whitetails I believe..
However, Oregon does not have any Native Big bodied whitetails like we have in Washington state...
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on June 28, 2012, 09:58:22 AM
I believe you can hunt all three in Oregon as well.
I would choose Mule Deer. I like tall, wide racks.
Yes, you can hunt the Columbia Whitetails I believe..
However, Oregon does not have any Native Big bodied whitetails like we have in Washington state...
They have some in the NE corner you can hunt (not the columbian variety)
Post by: Huntbear on June 28, 2012, 09:59:59 AM
I believe you can hunt all three in Oregon as well.
I would choose Mule Deer. I like tall, wide racks.
Yes, you can hunt the Columbia Whitetails I believe..
However, Oregon does not have any Native Big bodied whitetails like we have in Washington state...
They have some in the NE corner you can hunt (not the columbian variety)
Damn Washington deer crossing that imaginary line... they need to be shot on sight. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: buckfvr on June 28, 2012, 10:07:13 AM
Multi deer tag this year, so september will be all about mule deer( or a high country whitetail stud buck ), have to be a very good buck, october will be mule to start, whitetail last week of general season, and of course late modern will be whitetail....I have spots I will still use a bow during modern, but I also have a couple open spots that will require lobbin lead. Late archery will be whities near home again......I will as usual, eat my tag rather than shoot a young buck. Too many mature deer around to cash in your tag on a youngster. :twocents:
Post by: ing on June 28, 2012, 10:07:46 AM
Post by: Bigshooter on June 28, 2012, 10:24:41 AM
Post by: dvolmer on June 28, 2012, 01:50:48 PM
Actually I probably would like to hunt them if I had grown up chasing them but I just have never hunted them and the few I have seen seemed a little bit scrawny. Wheat fed deer i am sure taste much better than they do and the best deer you will ever eat is a young wheat fed Whitetail doe.
Post by: Button Nubbs on June 28, 2012, 04:53:16 PM
Post by: bankwalker on June 28, 2012, 06:22:21 PM
Post by: Button Nubbs on June 28, 2012, 06:32:10 PM
Chuck Norris would hunt blacktails.....so the choice is obvious :chuckle:
chuck norris would not hunt blacktails, he would make them extinct....
Post by: bankwalker on June 28, 2012, 06:44:35 PM
Chuck Norris would hunt blacktails.....so the choice is obvious :chuckle:
chuck norris would not hunt blacktails, he would make them extinct....
In that case the choice would be obvious....I'd be hunting muledeer or whitetail
Post by: 3nails on June 28, 2012, 06:45:39 PM
Desert Mule deer are the best. whitetails can be a blast. But hunting in the rain for scrawny little deer with small racks is not for me, so You can have all of the west side Black tails as far as I am concerned. I have shot over 30 mule and whitetail deer. When I go over to the Oregon coast to go crabbing once a year I see those little malnutritioned deer and wonder why anybody would chase them around. Now I do have to admit that I am very biased and have never hunted a day for Blacktail and I am opening myself up for all kind of abuse by all you west side fellas but I am used to being abused. Ha ha.I've taken 50+ deer (wt, bt & md) and the two biggest bodied deer I have killed have been blacktails. One was 300 +/- and the other 280 +/- . So much for scrawny! :chuckle: And I've got pics to prove it. :tup:
Actually I probably would like to hunt them if I had grown up chasing them but I just have never hunted them and the few I have seen seemed a little bit scrawny. Wheat fed deer i am sure taste much better than they do and the best deer you will ever eat is a young wheat fed Whitetail doe.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 28, 2012, 06:59:25 PM
Post by: huntandjeep on June 28, 2012, 07:38:27 PM
Post by: Hunterman on June 28, 2012, 08:00:02 PM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on June 28, 2012, 08:23:57 PM
I'm with the group that has killed all 3 species of deer. I'm not even going to go into the count to date ( some would call BS, and then it would get real ugly :bdid: ) Mule deer are fun, right mighty pretty country, whitetails are a joke, easiest deer to pattern, now a blacktail will make you look like a fool more time than not.. He IS the hardest of the deer to hunt..Thick brush, nasty weather, ruff roads, everything you need for deer :tup:
Hunterman(Tony)
:chuckle: Tell you what. I will show you where a 170+ whitetail lives. Tell you everything I know about him and then you can get after it. Commit to killing only him and at the end of the season tell me how easy he was to pattern when you are left with nothing but your tag. :chuckle:
Post by: buckfvr on June 28, 2012, 08:28:57 PM
That being said....yes, blacktail can be very difficult, and the weather is often miserable. Ive been the wetest hunting blacktail, and by far the coldest, hunting whitetail. Any mature buck has his survival skills honed to a fine edge....very, very difficult to win.
Post by: Kola16 on June 28, 2012, 08:39:52 PM
Post by: Mark B on June 28, 2012, 08:48:19 PM
Post by: Turner89 on June 28, 2012, 09:36:57 PM
Whitetail all the way. I would rather kill a 200 inch typical whitetail than a 400 inch bull elk. :tup:I feel the same way about BT. ( 160'' would work, to be a little more realistic with BT)
Post by: Turner89 on June 28, 2012, 09:43:13 PM
Post by: Ingwe on June 28, 2012, 09:57:08 PM
Post by: RoyBoy on June 29, 2012, 12:46:12 AM
Blacktail. I like hunting thick brush and big timber on the west side.
hell yeah :chuckle:
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on June 29, 2012, 03:34:00 AM
I actually prefer it that way. The quality of Washington's Whitetail herd is actually better becuase of it.
Post by: 3nails on June 29, 2012, 06:22:56 AM
It looks like Mule Deer are KingYup, same goes for the blacktail. :tup:
I actually prefer it that way. The quality of Washington's Whitetail herd is actually better becuase of it.
Post by: jackmaster on June 29, 2012, 07:00:14 AM
Post by: grundy53 on June 29, 2012, 07:32:25 AM
i would actually hang it up if i couldnt hunt blacktail anymore, hunting blackies in their true domain is a sickness that you cant hide from.. it calls to you at all times, sneaky little bastages, but i cant help it, hi, my name is brandon and i am a blacktail addict....
:yeah: and I've killed all three. This is how I would describe my passion for blacktails.
Post by: grundy53 on June 29, 2012, 07:39:59 AM
Post by: Fish4Fun on June 29, 2012, 07:52:07 AM
Post by: PolarBear on June 29, 2012, 08:23:33 AM
Post by: autodink13 on June 29, 2012, 08:30:44 AM
Post by: dvolmer on June 29, 2012, 09:53:05 AM
Post by: buckhorn2 on June 29, 2012, 10:10:06 AM
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Post by: johnr060 on June 29, 2012, 01:01:55 PM
Post by: hambone on June 29, 2012, 08:23:30 PM
Post by: WAcoueshunter on June 29, 2012, 09:33:38 PM
Blacktail. Most beautiful and most challenging.
Chuck Adams once said “the Coues Whitetail is the hardest North American big game animal to take with a bow”.
Just sticking up for my whitetail. :chuckle:
Coues whitetail are not exactly the same as your whitetail, particularly with a bow. ;)
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 29, 2012, 09:47:17 PM
Post by: jeremie on June 29, 2012, 10:18:04 PM
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Post by: Houndhunter on June 29, 2012, 11:55:40 PM
Post by: PolarBear on June 30, 2012, 12:09:49 AM
Post by: Houndhunter on June 30, 2012, 09:21:48 AM
Can't wait to shoot a whitetail over those giant piles of bait you were telling me about..
Post by: PolarBear on June 30, 2012, 12:32:53 PM
Post by: throttlejocky20 on June 30, 2012, 02:20:38 PM
:yeah:I hate blacktail. *censored*edd things make me sick:chuckle: :chuckle: Thats funny! I dont care if I ever shoot another WT or MD.
Post by: RG on June 30, 2012, 08:02:13 PM
Post by: brokehunter on June 30, 2012, 09:58:27 PM
Post by: Kowsrule30 on July 01, 2012, 02:01:05 PM
Post by: Ripper on July 05, 2012, 06:06:09 PM
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Post by: sticky on July 06, 2012, 06:52:59 AM
I'd like to see some Outdoor Channel celebrity try his luck on a WA blacktail. "Uh, where's the foodplot?" Get T-bone up in an alder and see how far it will bend.
Post by: grundy53 on July 06, 2012, 07:00:28 AM
Blacktail here. I've only hunted Whitey one season while going to college and have never hunted muleys, but would like to someday.
I'd like to see some Outdoor Channel celebrity try his luck on a WA blacktail. "Uh, where's the foodplot?" Get T-bone up in an alder and see how far it will bend.
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: jaymark6655 on July 06, 2012, 07:57:47 AM
I've shot all 3 also, and I chose Mulies. I do not like hunting in the rain all the time! I like the country that mule deer live in the best. White tails would be a close second since I was raised in Indiana hunting them. Nothing eats better than a corn fed whitetail! :tup:
I had to chose Whitetail, since I am moving to Indiana. Have never shot a blacktail, so guess that will have to wait.
Post by: mrmoskillz on July 06, 2012, 08:37:26 AM
I hate blacktail. *censored*edd things make me sick
:chuckle: :chuckle:I know how you feel lol this post made my day hahaha
Post by: coastie hunter on July 08, 2012, 08:41:45 AM
Post by: zackmioli on July 09, 2012, 02:01:41 AM
Post by: cue772 on July 09, 2012, 02:14:17 PM
Time to move on... however DoubleJ has me second guessing.
Post by: throttlejocky20 on July 12, 2012, 03:20:13 PM