Post by: Tree Farmer on October 23, 2020, 11:34:51 AM
I have trail cam pics from this summer and fall of a great 4x4 that I will include. This was the buck I was looking for. The buck I killed I have not seen nor do I have any pics. Because we have so many does I wonder if the rut brought him into this spot from another area. His neck was swollen, he was cruzing with his nose on the ground, and he stunk to high Heaven.
He had to have weighed 230 lbs. It took my 19 year old daughter, her boyfriend any myself about 3 hours to drag him out. By the time we had him hanging in the shop and cleaned up it was well over midnight. It has been a tough year. My 46 year old wife spent 61 days in the ICU at the begging of the year. We almost lost her. COVID and other things haven't helped. Our Lord works in mysterious ways and is always watching over us. I truly believe this was His work and I shed a tear during my prayer of thanks.
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Post by: Lucky1 on October 23, 2020, 01:51:23 PM
He looks like he has some Whitetail genes ...
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Congrats!
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Post by: fishnfur on October 23, 2020, 07:19:32 PM
Very nice! Anyone else think that buck's left antler looks like a whitetail antler?
I think they both look like WT antlers in the last photo. Very cool - looks like he was getting a dropper on the R. Every once in awhile, a BT buck ends up with a rack that looks suspiciously like a WT, especially in the lowlands. Columbian WT's were common in the region from the Columbia River up to Southern Puget Sound in the distant past. Hybridization has been confirmed between the two species previously, so it makes perfect sense that every once in a while, the BT offspring get a rare mix of genes that produces antlers that appear to belong to WTs.
Excellent way to close out the season Tree Farmer. Hopefully this success means you've turned the corner on a rough year and things are now headed in a positive direction. Shoot me a PM sometime if you want to talk trees.
Post by: 7mmfan on October 23, 2020, 07:48:00 PM
In relation to the antlers, blacktail are prone to all kinds of goofy antler configurations. I know a guy that's killed two near Darrington that had similar antler configurations that ones left side. The all off the main beam is consistent with Whitetail, that's what we recognize it as, but it happens in blacktail as well as mule deer. A close friend killed a whopper Mule Deer in sage brush of Yakima County a few years ago that had all antler points of the main beam. It happens.
Post by: pd on October 23, 2020, 10:07:50 PM
Congratulations!
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Post by: fishnfur on October 24, 2020, 04:03:42 PM
Excellent buck, great job!
In relation to the antlers, blacktail are prone to all kinds of goofy antler configurations. I know a guy that's killed two near Darrington that had similar antler configurations that ones left side. The all off the main beam is consistent with Whitetail, that's what we recognize it as, but it happens in blacktail as well as mule deer. A close friend killed a whopper Mule Deer in sage brush of Yakima County a few years ago that had all antler points of the main beam. It happens.
Agreed. Muleys and WT also hybridize occasionally. The antler configuration could show up many generations after the original cross-breeding. I don't think I've ever seen a WT with forking like a muley though.... Hmmmmm
Regardless,,,, great success on that stellar buck! Congratulations again.