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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: bowhntr on October 24, 2013, 06:27:21 AM

Title: Huge Cascade Blacktail Down (pics)- 4x3 with eyeguards
Post by: bowhntr on October 24, 2013, 06:27:21 AM: This past weekend I finally connected on a Big Boy. I've never killed one even close to this size.

I shot him just before last light after a 3 hr sit. 5 or 6 does popped out of the reprod 200 yards below me then this guy came out chasing. I had some serious buck fever on this one. He was shot not far from the B&C blacktail boundary but on the wrong side of the line. Green score is 135 1/8 gross, 126 net.

He was taken in the same clearcut I've seen 5 bears in in this year, including the one I shot in August, so I decided to pack him out solo that night as I didn't want to donate one to the critters. It was a little bit creepy but rewarding. I didn't get back to camp until midnight.

I had a multi-season tag and had passed on many deer earlier in the year including a decent 2x3 blacktail with my bow at 10 yards, which in a normal year, I would have taken without hesitation. Glad I waited.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1219.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd434%2FwillinghRJ%2FIMG_1268.jpg&hash=c2344f7656f3c21ea13736c23556ee9536649440) (http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/willinghRJ/media/IMG_1268.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Huge Cascade Blacktail Down (pics)- 4x3 with eyeguards
Post by: coachcw on October 24, 2013, 06:30:28 AM: that's a keeper congrats .
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Post by: buck man on October 24, 2013, 06:35:15 AM: Great job!! :tup:
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Post by: Toptwo on October 24, 2013, 06:41:10 AM: Very Nice! Congrats!
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Post by: elkh8me on October 24, 2013, 06:44:47 AM: Awesome buck
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Post by: Old Man Yager on October 24, 2013, 06:46:10 AM: NICE BUCK!!!
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Post by: Jayfire83 on October 24, 2013, 06:47:36 AM: Way to be patient, nice buck!!!
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 24, 2013, 06:51:24 AM: Nice rack.............. :tup: Beautiful deer.
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Post by: wildmanoutdoors on October 24, 2013, 06:52:53 AM: Nice Muley/Blackie.
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on October 24, 2013, 07:04:35 AM: Congrsts :tup:
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 24, 2013, 07:04:53 AM: Nice deer...WTG :tup:
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Post by: rtspring on October 24, 2013, 07:06:46 AM: Nice buck.
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Post by: bearhunter99 on October 24, 2013, 07:09:22 AM: Nice blackie!!
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Post by: boneaddict on October 24, 2013, 07:18:23 AM: Perfect example of putting your time in and letting the little ones go. Well done.
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Post by: kodiak 907 on October 24, 2013, 08:13:30 AM: I would hang it up now, that is a MASHER. Start playing golf. :tup:
Title: Re: Huge Cascade Blacktail Down (pics)- 4x3 with eyeguards
Post by: C-Money on October 24, 2013, 08:27:35 AM: Congrats on a superb buck!!! :tup:
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Post by: lipripper on October 24, 2013, 10:35:58 AM: that is a hog !!!
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 24, 2013, 11:11:09 PM: Dandy buck :tup: That's a benchleg right?
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Post by: RB on October 24, 2013, 11:22:03 PM: Nice Buck!
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Post by: Jrod79 on October 25, 2013, 05:35:48 AM: That's awesome, congrats!
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 25, 2013, 05:36:12 AM: Very nice buck I would definitely say benchleg.
Title: Re: Huge Cascade Blacktail Down (pics)- 4x3 with eyeguards
Post by: bowhntr on October 25, 2013, 07:26:50 AM: Not to start a benchleg vs blacktail battle, I was going with the NW Big Game definition when I called him a Cascade Blacktail, because that's where he would fall in their books.

Calling him a benchleg would be fair as well but the deer where I hunt have mostly Blacktail features, this guy was just a whopper. You would have to go many miles east from where I was hunting to find any mule deer.

Either way, I'm still stoked!!!!!
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Post by: kodiak 907 on October 25, 2013, 08:33:22 AM: Who cares where that buck came from!!! He is a giant. Strong Work.
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Post by: PolarBear on October 25, 2013, 08:42:00 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on October 24, 2013, 07:18:23 AM
Perfect example of putting your time in and letting the little ones go. Well done.
:yeah: :tup: :tup:
Title: Re: Huge Cascade Blacktail Down (pics)- 4x3 with eyeguards
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 25, 2013, 08:44:42 AM: :tup: Good lookin buck!
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Post by: TheHunt on October 25, 2013, 08:47:07 AM: Great buck...
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Post by: esteban on October 26, 2013, 09:27:34 AM: Nice job. You put him nite nite.
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Post by: blindpig on October 26, 2013, 08:43:47 PM: Patience paid off, nice azz buck.
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Post by: Turner89 on October 26, 2013, 10:53:21 PM: Way to hunt :tup: Great Blacktail