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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: JL64 on October 31, 2024, 10:42:15 AM

Title: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: JL64 on October 31, 2024, 10:42:15 AM: Came across this video today and it’s on display saying this was in “Elk County”, where there is no Elk county in WA. B&C site has this listed as “other location”. Anyone know where this buck came from or the story behind it?
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: hunterednate on October 31, 2024, 10:48:48 AM: Maybe the town of Elk in Spokane County? What a deer.
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: jrebel on October 31, 2024, 11:14:36 AM: Those genetics still exist. Just fewer than there used to be.
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: baldopepper on October 31, 2024, 11:28:10 AM: Not sure where that one came from, but. the largest typical was taken in 1992 about 3 miles up Hunters/Springdale road by James Cartwright on his ranch called the Ponderosa. Don't know him personally, but my nephew does and he's told him there are a couple in that 180-200 range still in the area. Could be, all that area around his place is private property with great deer environment.
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: huntnnw on October 31, 2024, 03:01:59 PM: Almost positive that buck was killed in elk-chattaroy area
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: huntnnw on October 31, 2024, 03:03:01 PM: Quote from: baldopepper on October 31, 2024, 11:28:10 AM
Not sure where that one came from, but. the largest typical was taken in 1992 about 3 miles up Hunters/Springdale road by James Cartwright on his ranch called the Ponderosa. Don't know him personally, but my nephew does and he's told him there are a couple in that 180-200 range still in the area. Could be, all that area around his place is private property with great deer environment.

You could basically say that about that from chewelah to fruit land to Idaho border to south of Spokane
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: erronulvin on November 01, 2024, 07:27:27 AM: Quote from: baldopepper on October 31, 2024, 11:28:10 AM
Not sure where that one came from, but. the largest typical was taken in 1992 about 3 miles up Hunters/Springdale road by James Cartwright on his ranch called the Ponderosa. Don't know him personally, but my nephew does and he's told him there are a couple in that 180-200 range still in the area. Could be, all that area around his place is private property with great deer environment.
so what you are saying is the 40 acres my family bought near there is a good area to hunt lol
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: baldopepper on November 01, 2024, 07:52:57 AM: That area has changed a lot since we bought 25 years ago. Seems every year a new house, trailer, or cabin pops up on ground we used to hunt. Access has gotten harder as all the newer buyers post their property and older locals have become more reluctant to give permission. Whitetail numbers have dropped dramatically , lower elevations are now showing more mule deer than whitetails. Actually don't see as many hunters as we used to, land access and lower deer numbers seem to have discouraged many, but sure see a lot more orv hunters in places that weren't heavily traveled before. Still some good hunting around, but takes more homework to find places to hunt and then actually find animals there.
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: hunter399 on November 01, 2024, 11:55:51 AM: Quote from: baldopepper on October 31, 2024, 11:28:10 AM
Not sure where that one came from, but. the largest typical was taken in 1992 about 3 miles up Hunters/Springdale road by James Cartwright on his ranch called the Ponderosa. Don't know him personally, but my nephew does and he's told him there are a couple in that 180-200 range still in the area. Could be, all that area around his place is private property with great deer environment.

There are a lot of stories about the Cartwright buck.
So many that the Truth is unknown.

Yes ,that's the common story that everyone knows.
Title: Re: State Record non-typical whitetail in 1946
Post by: baldopepper on November 01, 2024, 12:40:39 PM: [quote author=hunter399 guess he's pretty consistent with the story he tells everyone down at the Hunters Tavern, but he's the only one knows if it's the true version or not
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Quote from: baldopepper on October 31, 2024, 11:28:10 AM
Not sure where that one came from, but. the largest typical was taken in 1992 about 3 miles up Hunters/Springdale road by James Cartwright on his ranch called the Ponderosa. Don't know him personally, but my nephew does and he's told him there are a couple in that 180-200 range still in the area. Could be, all that area around his place is private property with great deer environment.

There are a lot of stories about the Cartwright buck.
So many that the Truth is unknown.

Yes ,that's the common story that everyone knows.
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