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Title: Nice blacktails (what a day!)
Post by: MuleySniper on October 24, 2014, 06:40:53 PM: This weather has em out and about...
I took these pics yesterday and one today. Photo'd four different bucks today. I should have a good collection here in within the next couple weeks. Some of these bucks Ive been seeing for a few years now.
MS
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 24, 2014, 06:44:58 PM: You should change your name to Blacktail Photographer.

Nice pics. :tup:
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Post by: boneaddict on October 24, 2014, 06:46:00 PM: :yeah: Love them, looking forward to more
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Post by: MuleySniper on October 24, 2014, 06:49:53 PM: Thanks guys. Lived on the wet side my entire life, just within the last few years have I really taken interest in blacktails... Wish I would have paid more attention to hunting them 10 years ago.
MS
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Post by: go4itlab on October 24, 2014, 09:37:43 PM: great picture, keep them coming
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Post by: Peskadot on October 25, 2014, 06:30:00 AM: I like them all, but especially the one where he's standing tall..
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Post by: Watimberghost on October 25, 2014, 11:42:44 AM: Some great bucks!
Title: Re: Nice blacktails (what a day!)
Post by: MuleySniper on October 29, 2014, 05:40:48 PM: Had an awesome opportunity today!! Heres a taste. Editing up some more of the story. Cool my son was with me and got to see the battle...
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 29, 2014, 05:42:57 PM: Sweeeeeet ..do you have video of this ? I would love to see it ...sure everyone else would too :dunno: :chuckle: :tup:
Title: Re: Nice blacktails (what a day!)
Post by: MuleySniper on October 29, 2014, 05:47:29 PM: No but Im going to start packing a little video camera!! I took about 250 pics with my nikon tho. I really really want a 70-200 nikon vr lens now!
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Post by: Cascade on October 29, 2014, 06:01:11 PM: Love that last pic!

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Title: Re: Nice blacktails (what a day!)
Post by: MuleySniper on October 29, 2014, 10:26:18 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl89%2FMuleySniper%2Fdc793aa8-e519-4967-ae79-8df2b9a0ebbc_zps469b0573.jpg&hash=7e846521dcdcf7e198a5e09fc8a0aa4db0c875dc) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/MuleySniper/media/dc793aa8-e519-4967-ae79-8df2b9a0ebbc_zps469b0573.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Nice blacktails (what a day!)
Post by: MuleySniper on October 29, 2014, 10:42:06 PM: This happened pretty quick. I didn't realize til after I had switched my setting to aperture mode instead of shutter priority... Ugh, my 18-200 vr couldn't hang with all the movement. Maybe if I had the "active" switch flicked on the lens they would have been clearer or maybe the lens just isn't fast enough for action shots. Oh well! I noticed too the pics on my computer that are in RAW are much clearer than the decompressed ones I am sharing.

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Post by: scoyoc5 on October 29, 2014, 10:52:22 PM: WOW great pics MS... Thanks for sharing them :tup:
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Post by: RB on October 29, 2014, 10:54:27 PM: WOW Awesome! theses are really great pictures must have been cool to watch theses boys in action :tup:
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Post by: MuleySniper on October 29, 2014, 11:12:44 PM: Thanks it was cool. They were separated by this old fence... They were both all posed up, wheezing and grunting. They paced each other slowly walking side by side along the fence until there was no longer any fence :chuckle:
Went at it for about five minutes. It was a pretty even match but the 4x4 is about the size of a horse and eventually sent the other buck running.
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Post by: Brute on October 29, 2014, 11:58:41 PM: Nice. :tup:
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Post by: RadSav on October 30, 2014, 12:38:03 AM: I want to become your best friend! Friends get hunting privileges, don't they? :chuckle:

Absolutely spectacular. That 4X is a tank!
Title: Re: Nice blacktails (what a day!)
Post by: IBspoiled on October 30, 2014, 03:13:27 AM: wow What a sight :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Post by: Taco280AI on October 30, 2014, 03:31:44 AM: Cool pics. Back around Seaside to Astoria I'd see a bunch of small bucks sparring this time of year, but they were town bucks who'd hang out most of the year.
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Post by: Natures Way on October 30, 2014, 05:40:52 AM: Those are some excellent pictures thanks for sharing.
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Post by: HntnFsh on October 30, 2014, 05:48:45 AM: Absolutely Awesome! Love the pics!
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Post by: Alchase on October 30, 2014, 07:27:12 AM: Quote from: MuleySniper on October 29, 2014, 10:42:06 PM
This happened pretty quick. I didn't realize til after I had switched my setting to aperture mode instead of shutter priority... Ugh, my 18-200 vr couldn't hang with all the movement. Maybe if I had the "active" switch flicked on the lens they would have been clearer or maybe the lens just isn't fast enough for action shots. Oh well! I noticed too the pics on my computer that are in RAW are much clearer than the decompressed ones I am sharing.

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That little bit a blur gives a great feeling of action.
Love the look in their eyes, giving each other "stink eye", LOL

Awesome pics!
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Post by: Band on October 30, 2014, 07:32:30 AM: Wow!! :tup:
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Post by: hollymaster on October 30, 2014, 07:38:37 AM: Awesome! GPS coordinates please. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: huntinluva on October 30, 2014, 09:01:51 AM: Those are great shots, would've be neat to see that battle of the beasts.
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Post by: elkoholic1 on October 30, 2014, 09:06:41 AM: awesome photos love there eyes popping out of there heads in those last photos!!! :tup:
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Post by: MuleySniper on October 30, 2014, 10:46:20 AM: Trust me if I could hunt either of these two bucks my dad and I would be flipping a coin and I wouldn't have filled my tag on a 2x3 yesterday lol. I've lived in my area my entire life and these massive suckers are ghosts all but about 3 weeks each year. I know where two others hang that dwarf these two. I'll put a pic of one from last year, hoping to find them and get some shots.
MS
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Post by: bullchaser on October 30, 2014, 11:00:29 AM: Really good stuff. Thank you.

I love to look a huge Blacktails. Are you selling you photos?
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Post by: SWiley on October 31, 2014, 09:04:03 AM: Wow! Great pics. Would of loved to see it live!
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Post by: MuleySniper on October 31, 2014, 09:41:39 AM: Quote from: bullchaser on October 30, 2014, 11:00:29 AM
Really good stuff. Thank you.

I love to look a huge Blacktails. Are you selling you photos?

Yeah I would sell prints. I have a pretty good collection of Blacktail bucks I've photo'd over the last few years. These here are all this year. I guess if someone is interested just send me a pm

Took pics of two more different bucks yesterday. One real funky spike with weird trash and a cool 3x.
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Post by: gee_unit360 on October 31, 2014, 10:05:51 AM: Cool pics! :tup:
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Post by: MuleySniper on November 01, 2014, 05:19:05 PM: Couple from yesterday
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MS
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Post by: MuleySniper on November 01, 2014, 05:20:02 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl89%2FMuleySniper%2Fa3621885-e939-4430-96c1-f72ff925feed_zpsceda890b.jpg&hash=0baf7e3e318c91f90781733ea9083ecc61ca1767) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/MuleySniper/media/a3621885-e939-4430-96c1-f72ff925feed_zpsceda890b.jpg.html)
MS
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Post by: cedarriver on November 01, 2014, 06:04:47 PM: Great pics! Really love the victor all bristled up. Big deer! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: MuleySniper on November 06, 2014, 06:25:49 PM: They were out today chasin does after the big morning rain. Saw a cool 4x with all kinds of brush stuck in his rack. I could only get a few snaps off on him as he was chasing a doe into the brush. This 3 was pretty cool he was chasing a hot doe too. Still hoping to catch a couple bruisers I know are around. Try again tomorrow.
MS
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on November 06, 2014, 06:39:05 PM: The second pic of them locked up would be awesome on the wall!
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Post by: MuleySniper on November 06, 2014, 06:42:44 PM: Quote from: Fowlweather25 on November 06, 2014, 06:39:05 PM
The second pic of them locked up would be awesome on the wall!

All my prints I ordered should be here tomorrow :) Can't wait.
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on November 06, 2014, 07:09:43 PM: Hook a brother up! Lol
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Post by: MuleySniper on November 17, 2014, 05:59:05 PM: Over the last week since it has been clear and cold with no rain the bucks have disappeared. Ive been out every day looking either first thing in the morning or right before dark. Seen a few smaller bucks out and about. Did see one good buck posted up with three does but he was way out on private and I couldn't get any shots of him. There was a cool 4x with this buck that had obviously been hit by a car. He was all gimped up. Ive seen three good bucks now that all have suffered some sort of non fatal injury. Assuming all hit by cars. Im hoping this high pressure goes away soon and we get some foul weather... Should bring em back out again, there still has to be a hot doe or two running around. I also can't believe all the does with tiny fawns... I really think there are multiple phases to the blacktail rut.
MS
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Post by: go4itlab on November 17, 2014, 10:38:01 PM: Great pictures !!!
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Post by: MuleySniper on November 18, 2014, 04:32:01 PM: My kid spotted this buck today. Cool chunky 3x. He's a young deer with some potential. I like this one in B&W, the doe is barely noticeable in the background.
MS
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Post by: billythekidrock on November 21, 2015, 11:22:54 AM: Nit sure how I missed this thread and I know this thread is a year old, but I need to comment. Great shots of some great bucks. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Shooting Stix on November 21, 2015, 12:02:54 PM: Thank god your a Muleysniper because those are some beautiful blacktail bucks
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Post by: eastfork on November 22, 2015, 05:04:46 PM: some amazing pics.....wow
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Post by: bracer40 on November 22, 2015, 05:14:51 PM: Great pics!