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Title: My new back yard buddy!!!
Post by: RIVERRAT on November 03, 2012, 04:45:52 PM
I spend early season looking hard for a decent buck and now this walks on my back property about an hour ago.   Mother nature has a sense of humor!!! 
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on November 03, 2012, 04:52:06 PM
He will Do!!!!  :tup:
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Post by: RifleRidge on November 03, 2012, 04:54:02 PM
 :tup: Keep him around!... Shot him in late season!  :hunter:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on November 03, 2012, 04:54:58 PM
 :archery_smiley:  THWACK!!!   
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Post by: FLIZZ on November 03, 2012, 05:07:45 PM
Tail sticking strait out, I wonder what he's thinking about?....  ;)
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Post by: PolarBear on November 03, 2012, 05:09:52 PM
That happened at my place yesterday.  My youngest daughter got her buck last week, a 2 point up t Vail. Yesterday a big 4 point comes strolling trough our yard trailing some does.  :bash:
Title: Re: My new back yard buddy!!!
Post by: RIVERRAT on November 03, 2012, 05:11:27 PM
I have already started his fresh apple and doe urine regiment.   If I dont get a whitey in a couple weeks, then I will be back to introduce him to mr Matthews. 
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Post by: lemondog on November 03, 2012, 06:01:37 PM
Give him one more year and he will be a slammer!
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 03, 2012, 06:03:52 PM
It would be nice to see if he improves next year....
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 03, 2012, 06:09:28 PM
he didn't even see me at 15 yards
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Post by: RifleRidge on November 03, 2012, 06:12:19 PM
That buck feels safe!  :tup:
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Post by: mkcj on November 03, 2012, 06:20:51 PM
Nice! :tup:
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 04, 2012, 10:35:10 AM
Another back yard buck.....  Why go look for them.  This year they are showing up!!!:bash:
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Post by: RifleRidge on November 04, 2012, 10:37:59 AM
Nice, I would almost leave them alone and keep them around!...

Handsome Buck  :tup:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 10:41:16 AM
Because mother nature has them looking for love  :dunno: :chuckle: This would not be in Glenhaven would it ?
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Post by: Turner89 on November 04, 2012, 10:44:00 AM
The last ones a big boy!
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 10:47:07 AM
Another back yard buck.....  Why go look for them.  This year they are showing up!!!:bash:
That second picture ...I would love to send a 100 gr Wasp about 3 inches above his brisket and then hang him on my wall  :dunno: if I can find room  :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :archery_smiley: :cue:
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Post by: Axle on November 04, 2012, 10:52:12 AM
I had the same thing happen to me yesterday and it was a bigger 4x. At least I did get to see a buck.
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Post by: TheSkyBuster on November 04, 2012, 10:56:58 AM
This would not be in Glenhaven would it ?


The terrain in the background is too flat to be Glenhaven.  :chuckle:
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Post by: addicted2hunting on November 04, 2012, 12:05:40 PM
Because mother nature has them looking for love  :dunno: :chuckle: This would not be in Glenhaven would it ?

Lots of bucks around glenhaven, I live in glenhaven, the buck in my avatar was in glenhaven.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 12:14:08 PM
have you seen any of these ? :dunno:
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Post by: addicted2hunting on November 04, 2012, 12:15:55 PM
oh heavens, is that glenhaven??????
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Post by: addicted2hunting on November 04, 2012, 12:16:50 PM
cant be, looks like pine trees
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Post by: bearhunter99 on November 04, 2012, 12:19:15 PM
Nice backyard bucks.  I've seen some monster pics of bucks in Bellingham in couple of the neighborhoods with greenbelts running through them.  They definitely know where they are safe.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 12:21:23 PM
they leave their little nest in a couple weeks ...have mercy  :dunno: :yike: :yeah: :chuckle:
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Post by: addicted2hunting on November 04, 2012, 12:22:54 PM
they look like muleys
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on November 04, 2012, 12:38:30 PM
Nice BT, either one will do just fine  :tup:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 01:10:50 PM
they look like muleys
No ...can not say they do ... Look at their ears and look closely at the tails ..especially the one in the flower bed ? have any idea where I am ?  :dunno: :chuckle:
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Post by: coastie hunter on November 04, 2012, 01:34:27 PM
 Are you on a island?
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 02:01:24 PM
NO ..But RiverRat is being aweful quite  :dunno: :chuckle:
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 04, 2012, 02:10:39 PM
ahahaha....what am I being quiet about?
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 02:24:09 PM
ahahaha....what am I being quiet about?
I want you to look super close at the bucks I posted in the yard and especially the one laying in the flower bed ...Look at his forks and eye guards and every other detail you can tell me about this buck and look at the one you posted ...the big one you posted !
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 04, 2012, 02:32:09 PM
Ok... I looked.   I see what looks to be some massive mule deer you posted.   I posted two blacktail bucks, one of which was pretty sturdy.   I have a feeling I am missing something pretty obvious though.     Can you give me a  :dunno:hint?
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 02:44:21 PM
No they are not Mulies ..look at the ears and the tail and the faces ..they surely are not mulies ...I am saying the buck in the flower bed looks exactly like the big buck you posted ..same forks and points but still in velvet ....Do you live in Whatcom county ...thats all I want to know  :chuckle:
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 04, 2012, 02:48:29 PM
No I am in Pierce County area.....   I didn't even look at the tails/ears  I was drawn by the racks.  Crazy how similar the horn characteristics can be!
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 04, 2012, 02:54:23 PM
 O.K not the same buck  :tup:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on November 04, 2012, 04:15:06 PM
Big backyard bucks. I am jealous. If I had trophy blacktails cruising my yard I wouldn't be chasing whitetails.
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on November 04, 2012, 04:35:06 PM
we had a 3' tall little bitty fawn here at at 10:30 pm closing day of modern, looked like veil but wife disagreed  :rolleyes: even the 3 yr old asked mommy if he could be for dinner  :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Kioti on November 04, 2012, 04:59:23 PM
I'd drop that sucka in a heart beat.... :drool:
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on November 04, 2012, 06:08:15 PM
ya i was immediately imagining him smothered in BBQ sauce, kinda like the way Yosemite Sam sees bugs bunny  :drool:
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 04, 2012, 06:18:27 PM
I tried to blink "like bewitched" and fast forward to the 21st.   It didnt work!~!!
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Post by: Bigshooter on November 04, 2012, 06:32:25 PM
Bowhunter45, Did you take that pic?  I have seen it posted before and it said the pic was taken in eastern or.
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Post by: browney5er on November 04, 2012, 06:41:08 PM
They look like mulies to me.(just saying)
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Post by: addicted2hunting on November 04, 2012, 07:20:48 PM
Oh ok, yeah I see it. I would say lake whatcom!
Title: My new back yard buddy!!!
Post by: sirmissalot on November 04, 2012, 07:22:42 PM
ahahaha....what am I being quiet about?
I want you to look super close at the bucks I posted in the yard and especially the one laying in the flower bed ...Look at his forks and eye guards and every other detail you can tell me about this buck and look at the one you posted ...the big one you posted !

What are you smokin bowhunter the ears and tails look like muley to me... That buck does have similar characteristics though but they all still look like muley bucks!

The one with the dropper would die. Pet or not he looks old and maybe a little bit miserable he needs put out of misery.
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Post by: highside74 on November 04, 2012, 07:40:06 PM
I'm confused. Are you guy's talking about the deer in velvet looking like mulies are the blacktail looking like mulies? The buck's riverrat posted are 100% blacktail no cross what so ever with mule deer where he lives.

Those other deer in velvet are either northern cali blacktail or mule deer but since I don't know where the pick was taken I'll say mule deer. Clearly you can see a pine tree branch in the picture which helps place them a bit.
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Post by: trophyhunt on November 04, 2012, 08:05:42 PM
This is an interesting subject, so I got to ask. How would you guys feel about killing bucks or bulls in your back yard? 
Title: Re: My new back yard buddy!!!
Post by: RIVERRAT on November 04, 2012, 08:16:02 PM
I started the thread simply to show how evil mother nature is when she doesn't show me a buck while archery season is open but when the season closed, they show up in my back yard.....    As for whether I would shoot one... simply put, YES!   I live out in the country on a small piece of land backed by a timber area.
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Post by: trophyhunt on November 04, 2012, 08:22:27 PM
I'm not trying to be a dick, I also live in a wooded area and have wildlife in the yard at times. I just was curious how most would feel shooting one in the back yard. It seems too easy, I know I could be successful every year in the back yard and one of my goals is to get a big blacktail but I want to get one on public land in the backcountry. Hey, if it's legal and you feel good about it, more power to ya. I just was looking for opinoins.
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Post by: RIVERRAT on November 04, 2012, 08:32:02 PM
oh no,  I didn't take it that way  :).  I like the question....  I would certainly prefer the adventure of a hunt away from home out in the wilderness.  But if I was posed with tag soup and a buck like those showed up and it was in season, I would not hesitate.  :tup:     
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Post by: addicted2hunting on November 05, 2012, 03:30:29 AM
I thought they were mulies, racks are way to wide for blacktail. plus ears are huge and the butts look white. Oh and the pine branch in the pic. If those were blacktails I would crap myself because those would be all washington state record blacktail! just saying.
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on November 05, 2012, 06:24:25 AM
This is an interesting subject, so I got to ask. How would you guys feel about killing bucks or bulls in your back yard?
the same way i feel about eating cheeseburgers in my truck, it can be messy at times but a fat kids gotta eat  :tup:
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Post by: jackmaster on November 05, 2012, 07:03:19 AM
sorry bowhunter45, i have seen a crap load of blackies in my time as that is my lifes passion, and i cant make those turn into blackies for nothin, they are friggin monsters thats for sure, but maybe they could be northern cali blackies but not washington blackies, as for the question about shootn in the backyard, its would be great for a kid or if you just flat wanted meat, but ya dont feel great about it cause i know, i shot my first bull elk in my backyard during the rifle season a few years back, it was great eatn but it didnt feel like i earned him, but mama got a freezer full of burger and i got a ton of fine steaks, riverrat those are sweet blackies that bottom one is a hog for sure.....and yes mother nature just likes to prove a point once in awhile that she is boss and can do what she wants and us poor saps gotta deal with it or she makes us eat tag soup  :chuckle:
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