Post by: Jeremy S on March 02, 2010, 05:38:29 PM
-frogger
Post by: DoubleJ on March 02, 2010, 10:06:41 PM
Post by: chester on March 03, 2010, 01:55:19 AM
1.Get up early (I shot my buck this year about 5min into shooting light)
2.Dont be too picky...(Ive got friends that kill big ones every year. If it forks im killing it)
3.Dont be too proud...(If Ive spent all day running around in timber just to have one run across the road into a clearcut. I'll probably kill it. Thats the deers mistake. Not mine)
4.Chase everyone you see(two examples...Helping a friend as i had already tagged out. Spotted a doe. went after it. and he ended up putting a shot on a Big 3pt that was in the brush behind her. A friend this year was chasing a spike around only to have a 3pt step out in front of it. if he would have passed it over as just a spike he wouldnt have killed his biggest buck yet.)
5.Spend as much time as you can(It should be dark when you go into the woods and dark when you come out)
6.Blacktails spend alot of time in the same area(If you spot a buck and want to find it again dont give up on a spot til you have physically kicked every bush in the area)
Post by: chester on March 03, 2010, 02:03:23 AM
8. If you have limited time hunt the last 3days of early modern(I swear the peak rut is oct 31 every year)
9. Its good to be lucky and lucky to be good.
10. I use bear and grouse season to scout for deer. Deer season to scout for elk.Elk season to scout for late buck.Then if all that fails go hunt ducks.
11. And if you find a honey hole...Tell everyone including your mother its on the other side of the county, if not the state.
This is just what Ive learned hunting coastal blacktails. Im in no way an expert. But I havent had to eat my tag for awhile either. so take it for what its worth.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 03, 2010, 05:18:30 AM
Post by: ELKBURGER on March 03, 2010, 07:04:29 PM
Post by: Alan K on March 03, 2010, 07:19:24 PM
Post by: AKBowman on March 03, 2010, 08:16:01 PM
You've started by reading one of the best books $ can buy. Boyd really knows his $hit. One of the most important things to know is this...you line in the state of WA. One of the Mecca's of Blacktails in the whole country, dont let anyone tell you different. This states holds more and bigger bucks BT's than anywhere on the west.
The comment about the peak of the rut hitting on Oct 31st! Well...he's damn right on!! If you could pick four days to be in the woods it should be the 3 leading up to the 31st and the 31st. The bucks get dumb and sex leads to mistakes not normally made by these "gray ghosts". Hell big bucks dont normally even walk on deer trails during the rut let alone show themselves during any daylight hours, they will walk an inabscure trail down wind of the main trail and scent check the trail every few hundred feet to check for activity. There too damn smart and to go in to their living rooms and expect to out fox one of these bad asses when their on their "A" game is the hardest thing to do in North America.
So...hunt during the rut or pre-rut preferrably.
Get the the nastiest, thickest, steepest areas you can find and sit and wait. I guarantee if you know there are deer in the vacinity the deer will be there...you just have to believe, and then they will materialize out of thin air. Its crazy.
And I think my best advice would be to get off the ground and hunt from a tree stand. Even if you are gun hunting. If you want to "hunt" a buck or have half a chance at a decent sized BT get your ass up in a stand and have patience.
Good luck! We'll be waiting for the pics and story!
Post by: bobcat on March 03, 2010, 08:22:31 PM
I've been reading Boyd Iverson and I'm finally going to try tree stand hunting this year. And with a muzzleloader. It may not be the right decision as I will not get to hunt the rut. But I'm just hoping to get to do some hunting close to home in uncrowded woods.
Post by: Romulus on March 04, 2010, 09:05:10 AM
Post by: SW Blacktail on March 04, 2010, 09:10:59 AM
Post by: BLR 243 on March 04, 2010, 09:18:08 AM
Post by: Sneaky on March 04, 2010, 09:21:40 AM
If your stillhunting don't walk vertical bend over @ the waist and look , look ,look. and when u get done looking look some more. and if u spot a deer and u think its alone think and look again theres always another deer someware close by (400 yds) Ware wool clothing be especially alert around 10 am Blackies are active then. Take a pair of hand prunners with u and cut obsticles out of your way.
This is good advice. If you're gonna be hunting the same spot for a while, you would do well to cut some of the brush out of the way instead of tripping over it and making noise every time you walk by it. Wool will weigh a thousand pounds by the end of a wet BT day, but it will keep you warm even when soaked and is very quiet.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 04, 2010, 09:33:38 AM
Post by: Alan K on March 04, 2010, 02:10:34 PM
:twocents:
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on March 04, 2010, 04:08:20 PM
Post by: Houndhunter on March 04, 2010, 04:35:36 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on March 05, 2010, 11:07:26 PM
Last 4 days of general is KEY. Decent weather is just frosting on that cake.....
+1
Those are my most favorite days to hunt blacktails.
Post by: the1rod on March 06, 2010, 12:00:12 AM
Post by: Jeremy S on March 06, 2010, 07:24:29 AM
Post by: heavy hauler on March 06, 2010, 05:34:05 PM