Post by: Buckhole on January 06, 2011, 04:59:54 PM
We missed our first two shots as he made us, but I connected as he cut below us heading for the bottom. Got down to him and saw he didn't have the typical Mule deer tail. Was this a blacktail? What was he doing way up here? Anyways, it has the exact tail of your typical blacktail but he may be a hybrid...I don't know. One side of his antlers has the normal 4X frame plus eyeguard and the other side has points coming from the mainbeam. 28" wide and very heavy horned. Weird, but I'll take it. We dropped our packs and gear and took some pics before boning it out and just about killed ourselves packing it out.
By the way, we did have our orange vests on prior to the pics, but we were getting ready to strip off the raingear to set to work.
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You The Man.......
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Post by: Buckhole on January 06, 2011, 05:34:49 PM
And no, didn't have it scored...the right side is non-typ like a whitetail's rack with tines from the mainbeam. I am curious though.
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Post by: MuleySniper on January 06, 2011, 06:02:39 PM
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I salute you, sir!
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on January 06, 2011, 07:16:28 PM
Very nice buck!! Congrats Looks like it could be a Benchleg but thats a touchy word at times. :chuckle: Still a nice buck and looks like he weighed a fair amount. Love the mass!! Looks more like a blacktail since you were on the west side of the cascades.
Buckhole, wonderful buck! What side of the Cascade Crest? For what it is worth, I know that the District Wildlife Bio. in Snohomish Co. took some samples from bucks like that which came back genetically as BT rather than recent generation mule deer crosses.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on January 07, 2011, 06:25:14 AM
Awesome buck!!! great pictures. And its nice to see some proof to there being blacktail in "muley" country. I have seen some deer that i figured migrated into our area here in the entiat during the winter that were blacktail, or blacktail cross. But had been told that there wasnt any of that over here.I don't have DNA evidence to back it up for the Entiat, but there are quite a few deer on the east side of the Cascades in WA that range anywhere from appearing "all" blacktail, to cross traits. Prevalence decreases from south to north. I killed a deer in Swakane during late archery a few years ago with a brownish coat, small ears, and a tail about half the length for width, and all black on the top surface. It looked just like the blacktails behind my house in Mossyrock when I lived in the Cowlitz valley.
Post by: duramax on January 07, 2011, 06:38:58 AM
:drool:
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Post by: 400out on January 07, 2011, 06:53:16 AM
They might be sneaking off someones land thats raising bc blacktails ;) Buckhoe thats a fine deer glad he didn't get by you and out the canyon bottom :o Congrats and thanks for sharing :hello:Very nice buck!! Congrats Looks like it could be a Benchleg but thats a touchy word at times. :chuckle: Still a nice buck and looks like he weighed a fair amount. Love the mass!! Looks more like a blacktail since you were on the west side of the cascades.
Buckhole, wonderful buck! What side of the Cascade Crest? For what it is worth, I know that the District Wildlife Bio. in Snohomish Co. took some samples from bucks like that which came back genetically as BT rather than recent generation mule deer crosses.
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Post by: Band on January 07, 2011, 08:36:06 AM
...and just about killed ourselves packing it out.I'll bet you did! The questions is will you go back to the same place next year? If you're like me you'll swear it off forever until the season approaches and then you'll decide to make the trek again. And again, and again. ;) Beautiful buck!
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Post by: saylean on January 07, 2011, 09:34:13 AM
Hey Man, great great buck! Looks like really pretty country too.
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LOVE backcountry hunts too!
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 07, 2011, 11:16:35 AM
Five pages and no flame orange police!? LOL!
I noticed that too... seems most of those snipers disappear around the time the waterfowl forums start to heat up... :dunno: Maybe it's just my imagination... :chuckle:
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 07, 2011, 11:18:09 AM
Post by: dscubame on January 07, 2011, 11:31:32 AM
First thing I thought when I read this great write up......I assume if there is no orange it was simply taken off for the pictures but it is to bad a guy has to go out of his way to state it when writting up the story he is so generously sharing.
Hell of a buck, what dreams are made of!!!
Post by: Glockster on January 07, 2011, 01:28:11 PM
Awesome buck, congrats!!
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How much did your packs weigh on the way out and how far of a pack was it?
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Post by: hillbillyhunting on January 07, 2011, 06:55:14 PM
...and just about killed ourselves packing it out.I'll bet you did! The questions is will you go back to the same place next year? If you're like me you'll swear it off forever until the season approaches and then you'll decide to make the trek again. And again, and again. ;) Beautiful buck!
It only takes me about a month to start dreaming about it again! Really nice "cascade bt"... very impressive! Congrats!
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Congrats
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Post by: link on February 08, 2011, 08:14:19 AM
looks like a new state record to me. :rockin: :tup:?? He's a big ole buck, but not that big! :chuckle:Awesome buck. I'd sure be proud of that one.
Post by: jackelope on February 08, 2011, 08:48:13 AM
looks like a new state record to me. :rockin: :tup:
state record what?
Post by: Wenatcheejay on February 08, 2011, 09:01:22 AM
(BTW, I think the SUPER majority here are not looking for orange in pictures. It makes us look fat for the camera.)
I have heard that s o m e moderators here want to start personally inspecting harvest tags prior to pictures being posted and verifying any and ALL secret hunting spots in person, you know, to keep us safe. But, that is just rumor. (j/k) :liar:
Post by: Fullabull on February 08, 2011, 10:19:28 AM
It has to be one of the most beautiful blacktail bucks I have ever seen. You are one fortunate hunter to have found this buck. I sure hope you are getting him scored, he has to go into the record books.
He will be mounted right???
Great job!
Fulla
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