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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: seansfire on January 30, 2010, 06:41:03 PM

Title: Where do i find Blacktail ? Other than in the woods!! LOL
Post by: seansfire on January 30, 2010, 06:41:03 PM: I am just wondering what kind of terrain to look in. A few of the areas i hunted last year got logged in the last month or so over in Kitsap county. I am wondering if it would be worth hunting a fresh clearcut or would it be too soon. What do you look for when scouting a potential hunting spot ? Ravines , Creekbeds , Edges of a old clearcut ? Thanks a bunch.
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Post by: washelkhntr on January 30, 2010, 06:42:21 PM: HUNT IT!
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Post by: shoot-em-dead on January 30, 2010, 06:59:54 PM: Going by your title to this thread I thought you were talking about the magazine- you know, the blacktail one that is not talking about deer.

I would spend some time scouting pre season to see what deer are going to like the open. I found that a clearcut 4 or 5 years old or had the new trees up about 5 feet tall was prime for hunting the wetside deer.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on January 30, 2010, 07:08:57 PM: check river bottoms with farm land close by has worked for me in the past
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Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 03, 2010, 06:23:55 AM: The fact is there are up to 150 deer per square mile in the better areas. you dont see them because there smart and the big ones are sneaky as hell.

So anywoods can have abundent Deer. Some areas have bigger genetics. But finding those areas takes a little luck and some scouting time. Big bucks usaully work less than a square mile of core area there whole life.

It sounds like you need to work on what to look for and determine were there necesities are in that area.

For instance, did you know they dont travel the same trail in both directions?

They generally bed on the top 3rd of the hills or ridges with wind at there back.

It can take a big buck 30 minutes to move 30 yards when poking its head out to feed.

They will most likey hold and be still unless you get too close. Rather than busting out.

I sent you a PM on some info you should check out. Once you learn there tactics, you'll walk into any woods with confidence. ;)
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Post by: croix on February 03, 2010, 07:20:49 AM: Scott Haugen was one of the speakers at the sportsman's show in Puyallup recently and I picked up his book. The book talks about 6 different areas for blacktail from coastal to high country. Scott bases a lot on science and includes his experiences. I think it is a very informative book and worth reading.

http://www.scotthaugen.com/books/trophyblacktails.html (http://www.scotthaugen.com/books/trophyblacktails.html)
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Post by: halflife65 on February 04, 2010, 04:16:44 PM: I moose hunted in the Huckleberry Unit (121) a couple of years ago and one of the local guys swore that there were blacktails running all over the place. He'd seen a bunch of bucks, even! You should check north of Spokane. :chuckle:

Sometimes there is just no convincing people when their mind is set on something. My hunting partner wanted to beat the crap out of the guy and I was just laughing.
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Post by: madmack76 on February 04, 2010, 07:20:05 PM: i would look in the city thats where i find the big ones to stare it in envy. lol
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Post by: DaveBTS on February 04, 2010, 07:49:23 PM: Scott's book is very informative when locating deer. (I'm partial to to pages 78-81 though.)

However, Boyd Iverson's book is the Blacktail Bible.
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Post by: madmack76 on February 04, 2010, 07:58:51 PM: the thing i wonder about those book does that have alot to with the wa deer or cali deer iv'e hunted oregon wa cali and the deer act different in every state just curios
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Post by: WonkyWapiti on February 04, 2010, 08:41:11 PM: Two thumbs up to both books listed above. I've read Iversons book and am working on Haugens which I just picked up at the Sportsman's Show last week. I got some great insight into blacktail habitat a couple of seasons ago. I was hunting late archery elk in the snow and followed some blacktail tracks. The friggin tracks went right into the thickest nastiest brush in the area. My partner and I couldn't believe it. I'd have never guessed that they would have been hiding in that stuff. We couldn't figure out how they got into it. I never would have believed it had I not seen the tracks myself leading right into the pucker brush.
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Post by: halflife65 on February 05, 2010, 08:31:22 AM: Quote from: DaveBTS on February 04, 2010, 07:49:23 PM
Scott's book is very informative when locating deer. (I'm partial to to pages 78-81 though.)

However, Boyd Iverson's book is the Blacktail Bible.

Iverson's book is really good. If you get a chance, check that one out.
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Post by: Dansk on April 17, 2010, 12:00:15 PM: Quote from: DaveBTS on February 04, 2010, 07:49:23 PM
Scott's book is very informative when locating deer. (I'm partial to to pages 78-81 though.)

However, Boyd Iverson's book is the Blacktail Bible.
:yeah:
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Post by: garyltbh on May 03, 2010, 12:04:59 AM: 150 bucks per square mile not in washington
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Post by: wildmanoutdoors on May 03, 2010, 05:36:28 AM: Quote from: garyltbh on May 03, 2010, 12:04:59 AM
150 bucks per square mile not in washington

Who said Bucks? Lol