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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: paytonma on October 19, 2013, 09:12:17 PM

Title: Best part of the state to hunt blacktails?
Post by: paytonma on October 19, 2013, 09:12:17 PM: just wondering what everyone says never hunted 'em just curious :dunno:
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Post by: madmack76 on October 19, 2013, 09:13:48 PM: mason county
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Post by: TONTO on October 19, 2013, 09:14:26 PM: Ummm......the west side. :dunno:
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Post by: PolarBear on October 19, 2013, 09:14:34 PM: Lewis County if you want bruisers. :twocents:
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Post by: bobcat on October 19, 2013, 09:14:46 PM: I hear it's good around Bellingham. Some big bucks up there. Definitely not Thurston County. I've hunted five full days so far and a couple of evenings after work, and have yet to see a deer.
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Post by: Hunterman on October 19, 2013, 09:16:40 PM: Northwest Trek

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: Tbar on October 19, 2013, 09:19:49 PM: Lewis county, Kitsap for big bucks. Skagit and Whatcom holds good deer too. The area you know best is usually a good bet. :twocents:
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Post by: snowpack on October 19, 2013, 09:29:24 PM: If you go by harvest reports Kitsap county has good success rates and many of them are bigger bucks. Small parcels of land and tough to get access, though.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 19, 2013, 09:34:52 PM: Ocean shores, Bellingham, Tumwater, Olympia, or Vancouver all hold great bucks. Oh, the Cabelas in Lacey as well is worth a look. :chuckle: Seriously tho, For big bucks go high.... wait are we talking Bench bucks, Cascade Bucks, I-5 Bucks, or " True Blacktails" ...cuz everybody knows those only come from Oly Pen. And you could go high for those as well, but if you do don't mention it cuz it may be confused as a cascade Buck. Also try not to post many pictures of the entire deer because more than likely the location of the kill will be identified by the following formula.... Circumference of the neck, divided by number of points squared X overall mass measurement + length of eyguards - estimated body weight + the square root of the percentage of the tail that is black= definitive location of the bucks whereabouts within 15 miles!

IMO... The area you know best is best. Good blacktails are taken every year in every area that has them, with great bucks coming from the same areas just more sporadic.
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Post by: n2thecraft on October 19, 2013, 09:42:10 PM: So far I can only tell you where they ain't. :dunno:
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Post by: paytonma on October 19, 2013, 10:18:54 PM: i have family that has timber to hunt in kitsap and there used to be deer in there but the coyotes pushed everything out :bash: dens everywhere spent the summer trying to thin them out and saw a few deer. thinking about trying the late season there :dunno:
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Post by: X-Force on October 19, 2013, 10:54:41 PM: within a mile of the pct. they just seem to be more mulie like up there :tup:
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Post by: skagitsteel on October 19, 2013, 11:02:04 PM: sudden valley
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Post by: X-Force on October 19, 2013, 11:03:33 PM: Quote from: skagitsteel on October 19, 2013, 11:02:04 PM
sudden valley

that areas better than a deer farm. :chuckle:
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Post by: DoubleJ on October 19, 2013, 11:46:50 PM: Quote from: madmack76 on October 19, 2013, 09:13:48 PM
mason county

Yeah. This is the reason Mason County hunters frequent Kitsap and Grey's Harbor counties.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on October 20, 2013, 06:20:21 AM: There's no bucks in grays harbor don't waste our time :tup:

Try ocean shores :chuckle:
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Post by: mulehunter on October 20, 2013, 06:25:55 AM: Seattle Downtown. :yeah:
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Post by: wingsandwilds on October 20, 2013, 06:33:47 AM: Quote from: mulehunter on October 20, 2013, 06:25:55 AM
Seattle Downtown. :yeah:
The honey hole between Starbucks and Pagliacci's
Title: Re: Best part of the state to hunt blacktails?
Post by: sirmissalot on October 20, 2013, 06:46:01 AM: Anywhere that has more clearcuts and reprod than mature timber. Deer live and feed in reprod, I look for clear cuts that border it. I also tend to see less deer in areas with good concentrations of elk. Lewis county is known for giants but I don't see a lot of deer where I hunt there.

That should be enough information to start on finding your own area
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Post by: n2thecraft on October 20, 2013, 02:27:21 PM: Quote from: X-Force on October 19, 2013, 11:03:33 PM
Quote from: skagitsteel on October 19, 2013, 11:02:04 PM
sudden valley

that areas better than a deer farm. :chuckle:

True,, but ya gotta take 'em with a 9 iron
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Post by: gunrinwa on October 21, 2013, 12:25:53 PM: Redmond Ridge/Bear Creek. I've seen some brutes!
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Post by: kodiak 907 on October 21, 2013, 02:28:35 PM: Sudden Valley. With a Net Gun... :chuckle:
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Post by: coachcw on October 21, 2013, 02:36:21 PM: maple vally
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 21, 2013, 02:36:39 PM: back in the day the coweeman unit was loaded with them! Also the graback units have some nice ones aswell. IE Klickitat area! :yike:
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Post by: X-Force on October 21, 2013, 02:39:50 PM: Quote from: n2thecraft on October 20, 2013, 02:27:21 PM
Quote from: X-Force on October 19, 2013, 11:03:33 PM
Quote from: skagitsteel on October 19, 2013, 11:02:04 PM
sudden valley

that areas better than a deer farm. :chuckle:

True,, but ya gotta take 'em with a 9 iron

crap I knew I was doing something wrong. been using a 2008 ford escape. :chuckle: