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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Coastal_native on October 20, 2012, 09:07:02 PM

Title: Coastal's little Coastal BT
Post by: Coastal_native on October 20, 2012, 09:07:02 PM: I couldn't pass up this little swamp buck. Young deer, but sporting some decent head gear. I originally intented on walking in to this area with my self climber tree stand but after getting hung up in the brush over and over, and listening to it clank around on by back, I said piss on it and left it on my trail. I'm glad I did because it wasn't much further before I walked out in to the first opening and saw a little spike buck. I decided to let that little guy walk and it ended up paying off. After another 75 yds I came up on this guy. There must have been some brush obstructing my shooting lane because my first shot went right through the base of his ear. He took about two hops and stopped right in the wide open...mistake...boom.

It was definitely one of those days that started off miserable. Everything was telling me not to go hunting...but as usual I didn't listen. I was excited that it was raining, but by the time I started walking in it cleared up and there was nothing but blue sky and a dead calm. I was at least fortunate enough to have the wind in my favor.

I didn't see any does near by, but this buck was certainly taking his agression out on every little cedar tree in the area. When it comes to BT's I'm typically not very picky, but this one was a little bitter sweet because I killed him not 50 yds from where I've been finding monster shed antlers the last few years. Some day I'll out smart the big guy. The pack out was only about 900 yds, but about 500yds of it was through some really nasty cedar slash, reprod, and crab apple. I ended up quartering and skinning it and just made two trips out of it...two long, miserable, soaking wet trips, but man was it worth it.
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Post by: tbotts on October 20, 2012, 09:12:03 PM: nice deer. I would not have passed on him either
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Post by: bobcat on October 20, 2012, 09:12:56 PM: Great buck!
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Post by: Turner89 on October 20, 2012, 09:15:54 PM: Nice Buck Coastal :tup: Good story also. It's cool when day starts out a bit off, and ends with a nice BT.
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Post by: PlateauNDN on October 20, 2012, 09:42:08 PM: Nice buck coastal, congrats.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 20, 2012, 09:59:47 PM: Nice swamp buck :tup:
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Post by: 3dsheetmetal on October 20, 2012, 10:49:39 PM: Congrats coastal real nice blacktail :tup:
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Post by: X-Force on October 20, 2012, 10:59:43 PM: Dandy Buck!
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Post by: RUTNBULL1 on October 20, 2012, 11:02:09 PM: Nice buck Coastal, congrats!!
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Post by: TeacherMan on October 21, 2012, 12:50:35 AM: Very nice BT!!!!!!
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Post by: pips4bucks on October 21, 2012, 01:05:27 AM: Nice blackie!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 21, 2012, 01:12:44 AM: That's a great looking blacktail buck! Congrats!
Title: Coastal's little Coastal BT
Post by: Austrian Hunter on October 21, 2012, 01:30:03 AM: Nice BT!
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Post by: csaaphill on October 21, 2012, 01:38:32 AM: Nice Blacktail
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Post by: Bean Counter on October 21, 2012, 01:43:05 AM: good work! :cue:
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on October 21, 2012, 04:54:37 AM: Nice buck! Id like to see some more pics
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 21, 2012, 06:57:53 AM: Glad to see some Blacktail hittin the dirt now ...Congrats :tup:
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Post by: HairTrigger on October 21, 2012, 08:27:55 AM: How come I can see in the picture a shadow of your truck :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Nice buck bud :tup:
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 21, 2012, 09:36:12 AM: Thats a beauty!! congrats! :tup:
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Post by: Special T on October 21, 2012, 10:09:42 AM: Nice buck. :tup: Are you going to do any Indian art painting on the skull like that elk you did? I thought that project turned out really cool. Keep us updated...
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Post by: awallfishnhunt on October 21, 2012, 10:26:22 AM: thats pretty small i think you should have held out for i little better buck ;)
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Post by: SemperFidelis97 on October 21, 2012, 10:30:50 AM: Beautiful blacktail you don't see too many that big running around.
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on October 21, 2012, 11:41:57 AM: Great Blackie!!!
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Post by: hoytem on October 21, 2012, 01:11:51 PM: Sweet blackie!!! Plateau I didn't know you were Cameron Hanes :dunno:
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Post by: ellensburgpo on October 21, 2012, 01:14:01 PM: Quote from: hoytem on October 21, 2012, 01:11:51 PM
Sweet blackie!!! Plateau I didn't know you were Cameron Hanes :dunno:

I noticed that too. I was just going to let him keep living in his dream world...
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Post by: Coastal_native on October 21, 2012, 06:32:32 PM: Quote from: deerhunter_98520 on October 21, 2012, 04:54:37 AM
Nice buck! Id like to see some more pics

If I showed you any more pics you would see that it's only a forky on the other side :chuckle:

Thanks for letting me share everyone.
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Post by: elkboy on October 21, 2012, 06:36:50 PM: Nice buck! Any legal blacktail is a trophy in my book, and that one really is a keeper! Looked like a good bit of venison, too, on his bones. Nice write-up, too!
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Post by: PlateauNDN on October 21, 2012, 06:45:00 PM: More pics! More pics! More pics! I'd like to see more? Those of us not able to get out much like to drool over nice critters. And hoyt and e-burgpro, I put it up because of his new shirt and didn't want to post it without giving him credit. And I tried to pack out a buck whole like him but only made it up and down one hill before I said forget it and boned him out to finish out the rest of the trip!LOL. Maybe next year! :chuckle:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 21, 2012, 06:50:14 PM: Very nice swamp buck!!! :tup: :drool:
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Post by: christopheri on October 21, 2012, 07:03:58 PM: Super buck! Way to go man! :tup:
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Post by: JBar on October 21, 2012, 07:04:48 PM: Dandy buck coastal! With the others need more pics
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Post by: buck man on October 21, 2012, 07:15:45 PM: Great buck coastal. I may have to give up my whitetails one season and hunt me a BT. :tup: