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Title: Hello, and my 08 buck
Post by: dpete on February 08, 2009, 12:36:44 PM: Hi ive been lurking and reading for a while now but my computer was such a POS I didnt really enjoy being on it, also i couldnt post pics. Now I have a new PCso here goes..My 08 season started packed in up high in the Teanaway. I spent a whole week in a wall tent with no luck. My two partners scored decent bucks but I came out empty handed. My plan b was to hunt the late west side hunt so I chose an area to hike behind a closed gate. When I got to the gate in the morning there was only one truck there. I parked took my last drink of coffee and started putting on my pack as I stepped out of my truck in the darkness I looked up and saw a shooting star O.k. I believe in a little luck so I felt pretty good. I spoke with the other hunter asking him where he was headed, he wasnt going as far as me so I decided to go ahead of him. As I hiked in it was slowly getting light. I started glassing about every 20 steps or so. As I approached the clearcut I was heading to I slowed down and crept into the cut glassing about every 5 steps. I saw another hunter on a mtn bike riding the road along the cut. He glassed down in at one point and then left. I decided to continue along the road past where Id seen the other hunter. As I crept along a buck jumped out of the clearcut to my left taking 3 big hops across the road and dissapearing into the other side which was thick reprod. I froze for a few minutes and continued on. As I rounded the bend I came to a spot in the road where two bucks had a massive fight, the road was torn up with hoof prints and antler scrapes. I stopped right there and pulled out the doe urine putting some on a cotton ball and setting it in the branch of a small alder. There was a skid road to my left I decided to slowly creep down. I got about 30 yds down the road and glassed a buck on the hillside to my right when I pulled up my rifle and looked through my scope he was gone. About a half a minute later here comes a doe trucking through the clearcut..I knew what was coming next. As quick as I saw the doe there he was ears out head down nose sticking straight out after the doe. I quickly pulled up and shot as he was moving steadily. Back in the scope all I saw were hooves in the air, I was only about 60 yds away so my 7mm upended him. 162 grain hornadys if you care to know. As I approached him he stunk bad from ruttin, he had battle scars including a small puncture in the nose from fighting. Victory is short when your by yourself and 2 miles from your truck so I quickly got started. Another hunter came by and snapped these photos for me otherwise I would have none. I quarteered him and headed out with two qtrs and the head. Along the way I met a timber company employee working on the road as luck would have it he let me drive in to get the rest of the deer. At the butcher he weighed 130# not bad. -DSP-
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Post by: rougheye on February 08, 2009, 12:40:07 PM: Thats a Dandy :tup:
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Post by: huntnphool on February 08, 2009, 12:41:17 PM: :hello: Welcome to the site. Awesome blacktail, love the mass on it. Great write up too :tup:
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Post by: boneaddict on February 08, 2009, 12:43:50 PM: WELCOME! GREAT first post. Love that mass!
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Post by: MuleySniper on February 08, 2009, 12:46:30 PM: Welcome to the site. Great buck! :tup:
MS
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on February 08, 2009, 01:03:33 PM: Howdy! Congrats on a Beautiful Blacky.
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Post by: dpete on February 08, 2009, 01:04:27 PM: Thanks guys, love this site what a wealth of info and topics.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 08, 2009, 01:13:59 PM: Nice buck, congrats and way to stay with it!!! Welcome to the site
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Post by: boneaddict on February 08, 2009, 01:45:28 PM: Quote
Thanks guys, love this site what a wealth of info and topics.
or BS and controversy. Just depends how u look at it. LOL J/K
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Post by: lazydrifter on February 08, 2009, 02:08:53 PM: Welcome from another new member. Very nice buck. This is a great site. And it seems to be getting better all the time.
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Post by: Houndhunter on February 08, 2009, 02:14:42 PM: cool lookin buck
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Post by: cascademountainhunter on February 08, 2009, 02:33:05 PM: welcome and nice buck
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Post by: Jackjr on February 08, 2009, 03:17:25 PM: nice buck
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Post by: jmkuhlman on February 08, 2009, 03:40:44 PM: Congrats, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: beave on February 08, 2009, 03:46:38 PM: great looking buck.
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Post by: wackmaster on February 08, 2009, 04:03:32 PM: sweet
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Post by: agchawk on February 08, 2009, 05:13:17 PM: CONGRATS! Now that's a very nice Blackie!
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Post by: Birdguy on February 08, 2009, 05:24:00 PM: Welcome. Great buck. Bet it made the lack of success on the dry side almost worth it.
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Post by: markts on February 08, 2009, 05:29:12 PM: Thick buck congrats. Markts
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Post by: blacktail luv on February 08, 2009, 06:03:33 PM: You didn't want a muley anyway, congrats on a beauty of a blackie, and welcome.
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Post by: RPM on February 08, 2009, 08:36:32 PM: great story, nice buck
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Post by: coastalghost on February 08, 2009, 08:55:09 PM: Great blackie...gettin er mounted?
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Post by: M_ray on February 08, 2009, 09:01:28 PM: :hello: Welcome! that's a nice buck ... congrats!
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Post by: Skinner on February 08, 2009, 11:39:39 PM: Nice BT! Welcome
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on February 09, 2009, 07:51:06 AM: Welcome! Great write up and buck!
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Post by: Gobble on February 09, 2009, 07:59:19 AM: Nice Blackie, great mass ;)
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Post by: elkaholic_74 on February 09, 2009, 08:05:21 AM: Welcome to the site and congrats on that blacktail, beats a muley any day in my opinion.
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Post by: fc2038 on February 09, 2009, 11:09:47 AM: Nice lookin buck! Thanks for the story
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Post by: dpete on February 09, 2009, 02:59:07 PM: Quote from: coastalghost on February 08, 2009, 08:55:09 PM
Great blackie...gettin er mounted?
Nope, amongst the adrenalin I didnt even think of caping it out. I like skulls better anyway.
Title: Re: Hello, and my 08 buck
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 09, 2009, 05:17:32 PM: Welcome. Great buck! :EAT:
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on February 09, 2009, 08:05:49 PM: Nice unique buck in a tough year, congrats.
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Post by: TeacherMan on February 09, 2009, 08:10:09 PM: I would love to shoot a blacktail of that quality...
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Post by: Slider on February 09, 2009, 08:32:42 PM: Nice Buck!!!
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Post by: bowsandhose on February 10, 2009, 01:30:12 PM: :hello: congrats on a nice buck
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Post by: sportsman002001 on February 10, 2009, 01:38:57 PM: great looking buck. Good job