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Title: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: Turner89 on January 22, 2012, 03:00:40 PM: My first was a sitka blacktail. In washington I shot a mule deer.
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Post by: turkey buster on January 22, 2012, 03:01:51 PM: my first was a B/T
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Post by: NWBREW on January 22, 2012, 03:02:33 PM: My first was a blacktail........many, many years ago. :chuckle: Second was a muley and third was whitetail.
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Post by: link on January 22, 2012, 03:03:03 PM: My first was a little spike cross.
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Post by: et89 on January 22, 2012, 03:17:42 PM: my first deer was a 2by2 blactail
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Post by: HornHoarder on January 22, 2012, 03:20:13 PM: Out of 12 votes I was the first whitetail. :dunno:
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Post by: et89 on January 22, 2012, 03:22:47 PM: cross with what? :dunno:
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Post by: grundy53 on January 22, 2012, 03:24:06 PM: Blacktail.
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on January 22, 2012, 03:24:16 PM: Muley!
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Post by: washingtonmuley on January 22, 2012, 03:26:43 PM: Muley
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Post by: TeacherMan on January 22, 2012, 03:53:48 PM: Big fat muley doe! I was 9 years old it was in the Sinlahekan. Later that season I shot a fat cow elk in the Little Naches :IBCOOL: 243 on the doe and 300 savage on the elk. Both took 4 shots :chuckle:
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Post by: hugheshunter on January 22, 2012, 03:54:37 PM: muley is the only species i have killed
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Post by: wsucowboy on January 22, 2012, 03:58:28 PM: Little 3x4 mule deer, I was 17 at the time.
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Post by: lonewolf on January 22, 2012, 04:26:40 PM: Well Turner89 i would have to say Black Tail. It was up Beckler rd, not sure if your familar with that area. Windy, warm October night, on our way home from Mule deer hunting. Anyways spike BT.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on January 22, 2012, 04:33:03 PM: It was a big fat blacktail doe ..... :tup:
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Post by: Turner89 on January 22, 2012, 04:34:48 PM: Quote from: lonewolf on January 22, 2012, 04:26:40 PM
Well Turner89 i would have to say Black Tail. It was up Beckler rd, not sure if your familar with that area. Windy, warm October night, on our way home from Mule deer hunting. Anyways spike BT.
:yike:
Ahhh..... OK loverofwolf Thanks for posting :tup:
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Post by: lonewolf on January 22, 2012, 04:51:35 PM: Lets not get excited et89 i mean turner89. :sry: Just like to hunt alone
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Post by: pianoman9701 on January 22, 2012, 04:52:39 PM: blackie
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Post by: Turner89 on January 22, 2012, 04:58:03 PM: Quote from: lonewolf on January 22, 2012, 04:51:35 PM
Lets not get excited et89 i mean turner89. :sry: Just like to hunt alone
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Elk329 on January 22, 2012, 04:58:14 PM: Spike Mule in 66
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Post by: PolarBear on January 22, 2012, 05:01:10 PM: 3 point Blackie buck
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Post by: 1bugman on January 22, 2012, 05:01:48 PM: Back in the 90's. Littler 2 point Muley. Right where Suncadia Lodge sits today.
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Post by: h20hunter on January 22, 2012, 05:07:35 PM: Whitetail doe.....tasty.
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Post by: rb2506 on January 22, 2012, 05:21:47 PM: Little 3x3 with eyegaurds, whitey from northport
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Post by: passing-thru on January 22, 2012, 05:22:36 PM: 1983. BT doe with and old bear recurve that I bought at yard sale for $10. Had 4 arrows of different size and length. Just had mom at home and decided I was going to teach self to hunt. I've learned a thing or two since then, but is still my fondest memory in field. Took Mr and 11 yr old brother over hour to dress out. Old guy down the road finally grew tired of watching us struggle and came out to finish.
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Post by: Turner89 on January 22, 2012, 05:28:23 PM: Cool story PT :tup:
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Post by: alecvg on January 22, 2012, 05:43:30 PM: Big old muley doe, all I have killed is muleys. Never tried whitetails, for some reason they don't have any draw to me.
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Post by: saylean on January 22, 2012, 05:45:38 PM: Spike blacktail...

Grandpa always like to sit up on log landings and fix lunch....he'd say, "you never know what you'll see"...so we pulled up in the bronco, parked at the landing.

He got the stove out and began cooking up some dinty moore stew. I went up ontop a log pile with grandpas shotgun and looked over...to see a mighty black tail spike!

I took aim and fired! Grandpa about jumped out of his skin, since his back was turned and he wasnt expecting a shot!
The shot knocked over the buck and I fired again as he rose, ...off he ran! Fired again and grandpa yelled to stop shooting! ;)

We found the spike about 50 yards into the cut....grandpa walked up and took a shot in the leg from the bucks final kick.

Hit it with two buck shot...one in the heart, one in the lungs. He was with me on my first deer, I was with him on his last deer.
RIP Grandpa!
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Post by: runningboard on January 22, 2012, 05:48:15 PM: Quote
Whitetail doe.....tasty.
:yeah: me too
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Cool story PT
I agree
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Post by: Turner89 on January 22, 2012, 05:57:20 PM: Quote from: saylean on January 22, 2012, 05:45:38 PM
Spike blacktail...

Grandpa always like to sit up on log landings and fix lunch....he'd say, "you never know what you'll see"...so we pulled up in the bronco, parked at the landing.

He got the stove out and began cooking up some dinty moore stew. I went up ontop a log pile with grandpas shotgun and looked over...to see a mighty black tail spike!

I took aim and fired! Grandpa about jumped out of his skin, since his back was turned and he wasnt expecting a shot!
The shot knocked over the buck and I fired again as he rose, ...off he ran! Fired again and grandpa yelled to stop shooting! ;)

We found the spike about 50 yards into the cut....grandpa walked up and took a shot in the leg from the bucks final kick.

Hit it with two buck shot...one in the heart, one in the lungs. He was with me on my first deer, I was with him on his last deer.
RIP Grandpa!
:tup:

Good read Saylean
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Post by: D-Rock425 on January 22, 2012, 05:58:56 PM: I was 12 years old when I shot my first deer a little button buck with my bow. I shot that deer with my late uncle Mike. It's a memory of him I'll never forget. It truly is awesome how hunting brings families together and gives you life long memories.
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Post by: Hunterman on January 22, 2012, 05:59:34 PM: 3 point blacktail out on Ft. Lewis TA 25 back in 1975..Now its TA19..Damn thats a long time ago..

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: deerslyr on January 22, 2012, 06:05:06 PM: Spike blacky up in vail when I was 10 years old.
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Post by: inchtowntracking on January 22, 2012, 07:42:02 PM: I have only shot one muley in my life and just happened to be my first deer.
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Post by: the1rod on January 22, 2012, 07:47:51 PM: my first was a spike blacktail. that was 5 years ago, since then i got 3 more blacktail, and just got my first muley this year. now i gotta find a place to get a white tail :tup:
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Post by: jeepguy on January 22, 2012, 08:13:58 PM: my first buck finally came to me in 1980 on grade creek we get there park the jeep then take a nap wake up about 10:00 am find a place to get up that steep ridge finally get to the top where there is some rolling dips i see two doe and a set of horns coming thru the brush the buck stops broadside about 50 yard's and i raise the model 99 300 savage lever action and pow a nice 3x3 with double kicker eve guards.
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Post by: C-Money on January 22, 2012, 09:09:44 PM: My first deer was a Pennsylvania whitetail. My first WA deer was a big mule deer doe. Man, that was a fun hunt!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 22, 2012, 09:11:19 PM: WHERE IS BENCHLEG

:chuckle:
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Post by: splitshot on January 22, 2012, 09:23:51 PM: a small whitetail buck outside cheney in 1955. 15 was a good age to blast one with a 300 savage lever action with a deal on the side that said how many bullets you have in the gun. mike w
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Post by: elkhorn on January 22, 2012, 09:25:50 PM: Mule deer.
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 22, 2012, 09:27:15 PM: My first was a small fork horn Blacktail up Cedar Creek near Oakville,
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Post by: Sneaky on January 22, 2012, 09:30:50 PM: MD Doe - 11 years old - Chiliwist unit
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Post by: passing-thru on January 22, 2012, 10:04:43 PM: Quote from: Turner89 on January 22, 2012, 05:28:23 PM
Cool story PT :tup:
Thanks guys. I had been reading every outdoor life, field and stream, or any other hunting magazine I could get hand on for couple of yrs. Found that yard sale bow and decided I was gonna be the next Fred Bear. Lol
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Post by: ghosthunter on January 22, 2012, 10:21:21 PM: 3x2 blacktail 40 years ago
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Post by: Turner89 on January 22, 2012, 10:26:44 PM: I thought that WT would be putting on a better fight. As easy as they are to hunt! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :sry:
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Post by: buck man on January 22, 2012, 10:38:36 PM: Young mulie doe 31 years ago on badger mountain. :tup:
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Post by: JJB11B on January 22, 2012, 10:54:16 PM: I drank my first Beer the day I killed my first Buck, I hated the taste, I was such a dumb kid. ehh hhhhem...."No Sh!t, there we wuz" I was 13 , Carrying the same rifle my Dad used to shoot his first buck long before I was ever born, It was a Ruger M77 30-06. We had walked from the top of this massive hill down a canyon up and over washed out draws and fingers. It seemed like at least 3 miles (it probably was) Dad and I were walking through a very steep but narrow draw when I noticed a small white patch in the brush not 20yds away and directly across the draw from us. I was convinced it was a deer and dad looked with the binoculars and said "I dont see anything" I looked and noticed the white patch was changing shape. So I said "Im going to go look" I got about 10 feet away from where I had seen it rifle in hand and up pops a little basket rack 4 pt. whitetail. I shouldered the rifle and Bang hit, racked around and BANG hit the engine room. It ran around a bend in the draw heading down hill. I ran around the corner and see him laying down about 50 yds down the draw. I put the crosshairs on his neck and BOOM flop. Rack around and up he goes. put the crosshairs betwixt his shoulder blades and squeezed. He flopped over before he even got to take a step. The only thing I could hear was my Dad Laughing and yelling NICE SHOT JON!. I hit that deer in the lungs 2x in the neck 1x(it would have bled out but I didnt know that) and destroyed 2 vertebrae in his back. the only meat I lost was some in the neck. Dad slung my rifle on his back and coached me through gutting him and then we tied a rope to his antlers and I got to drag my first trophy for another mile to where my Uncle was waiting with the truck. Once we got him loaded I was handed an odd looking soda can from my uncle and he said "welcome to Manhood you earned that one" That was the nastiest tasting soda I have ever had (bud Light) One of the fondest memories from my childhood. Later that day Dad and my Uncle both killed very nice WhiteTails (IMO) What a great day,

My deer is the third from the left. My Dads is the one he was holding. The real nice one is my Uncles and the other small one is a friend of ours who was taking the picture.
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Post by: RadSav on January 22, 2012, 11:57:39 PM: Blacktail. I think I was nine way back when I had to use both hands to cock the old Stevens single shot .410/.22 over under. Grandpa drove the '68 Ford pickup in a ditch so dad and I walked down to a farm outside Pe Ell to get a tractor. On the way back a doe stood still in a clear cut long enough for me to put a slug through her chest.

Grandpa tried to ruin my excitement by saying, "Boy, you should have stayed here with me. I had bucks running all around me and all I had was coffee and a pack of Lucky Strikes to shoot at 'em."

Was years before I figured out he was lying.
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Post by: grunt11B on January 23, 2012, 05:14:01 AM: Blacktail for me, 4x4 w/ eyeguards.... :tup:
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Post by: benhuntin on January 23, 2012, 06:17:30 AM: Sure are alot of coasties on here. :chuckle: Where are the WT.
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Post by: ing on January 23, 2012, 07:32:45 AM: Muley blacktail cross
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Post by: fishngamereaper on January 23, 2012, 07:40:31 AM: 2 pt blackie on the Coyle when I was 12...
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Post by: Huntbear on January 23, 2012, 07:45:31 AM: A little basket rack 3x3 with eye guards, at 15 ft. with the .308 in the christmas trees.
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on January 23, 2012, 08:10:58 AM: 3x4 muley plus eyeguards... just moved here from back east... I called it a 4x5...LOL Up high in the Alta GMU with a muzzie. Thought wow this muley hunting is easy... :bash:
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Post by: muzbuster on January 23, 2012, 10:44:14 AM: My first deer ever was a Muley in Eastern Oregon, came home & got my first Washington deer, a blacktail, the next weekend.
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Post by: doyourtime89 on January 23, 2012, 10:55:00 AM: blacktail back in the day, it was my first bow kill at the time.
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Post by: Whitpirate on January 23, 2012, 10:58:48 AM: Whitetail forkie..... .32 winchester. I think the gun rattled when it shot it was so worn.... but I lucked out and hit a good lung shot. 2 pockets of Shaggy mane mushrooms, and the forkie made a nice meal that night.

Slumber mountain up in PO.
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Post by: Elkaholic daWg on January 23, 2012, 11:10:25 AM: YEARS AGO! Muley Doe on Rocky Ridge (closed now) Road/Jumpoff Ridge area of the Mission unit on the Colockum
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on January 23, 2012, 12:55:21 PM: 3 point BT..... 17 years ago..... I was 11.... 2nd to last day of late modern buck.... Dad and I headed up in the Mashel unit well before daylight.... Hiked in behind a gate toward the top of the mountain about 4 miles..... It was approaching 10 am or so by then and Dad spotted a bedded deer through the old growth about 35 yards..... I took a rest and made sure it was legal.... Dad said it was.... I was too excited to tell.... The 243 barked and I don't ever remember feeling so high in my life while walking up to him and putting my hand's on his chocolate antlers.... We just stared at him for about ten minutes.... Took pics... Ate lunch... Then found out real quick that gutting and carrying a deer that weighed more then me wasn't the cool part.... :chuckle: Will never forget that four mile pack out..... Think we stopped about 30 times....
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Post by: Jason on January 23, 2012, 01:00:05 PM: Forked horn Blacktail in the old 588
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Post by: BuckHunter23 on January 23, 2012, 01:29:13 PM: 4x4 muley with eye guards, two years ago!
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Post by: Biggerhammer on January 23, 2012, 02:32:27 PM: Mulies all the other deer SUCK!!!!!!
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Post by: elksnout on January 23, 2012, 07:55:29 PM: Blacktail Baby !! That's the only deer in Washington, isn't it?? :chuckle:
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Post by: BoomWhop on January 23, 2012, 07:57:00 PM: Whitetail
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Post by: hambone on January 23, 2012, 07:57:46 PM: blues mule deer
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Post by: blacktail luv on January 23, 2012, 08:24:08 PM: 4x4 blackie with eye guards back when I was 10. Still the second highest scoring deer I've shot.
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Post by: strutnrut1984 on January 24, 2012, 12:40:57 PM: my first deer kill was a big doe in pennsylvania in 1977, first washington deer was a 3x2 blacktail
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Post by: kckrawler on January 24, 2012, 01:08:43 PM: My first was a forked horned blacktail with my trusty old Martin bow. I've never seen my mom so pissed as that day since I had to drag it out of the neighbors yard... :tup:
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Post by: toe-jam on January 24, 2012, 01:22:01 PM: Whitetail doe.
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Post by: GoldTip on January 24, 2012, 01:45:13 PM: Whitetail buck, archery 1994. My first year of residency.
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Post by: Turner89 on January 24, 2012, 09:21:42 PM: Quote from: kckrawler on January 24, 2012, 01:08:43 PM
My first was a forked horned blacktail with my trusty old Martin bow. I've never seen my mom so pissed as that day since I had to drag it out of the neighbors yard... :tup:
:tup: :chuckle: :chuckle: Thats funny sheet. I bet your mom likes tellin that story.
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Post by: kckrawler on January 25, 2012, 07:48:38 AM: Quote from: Turner89 on January 24, 2012, 09:21:42 PM
Quote from: kckrawler on January 24, 2012, 01:08:43 PM
My first was a forked horned blacktail with my trusty old Martin bow. I've never seen my mom so pissed as that day since I had to drag it out of the neighbors yard... :tup:
:tup: :chuckle: :chuckle: Thats funny sheet. I bet your mom likes tellin that story.

Yeah man! It's been over 20 years since that day and we still chuckle about it...hell, I even remember the ass whooping that came from it like it was yesterday :chuckle:
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Post by: Dhoey07 on January 25, 2012, 08:18:49 AM: My first was a Forken horn black tail. That's right, a FORKEN horn :stirthepot:
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Post by: walt on January 25, 2012, 12:10:37 PM: Mine was a muley in the Umtanum back in the mid 80's, still remember it like it was yesterday.
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Post by: kglacken on January 25, 2012, 12:16:51 PM: Mine was a Blacktail spike in 2005 when I was in 7th grade. I had sprained my ankle 3 days before so i thought my season was over. On the last day of late buck We saw one deer all day, a spike 200 yards away, in a clearcut. I hobbled out of the truck and to the side of the road. trying to keep pressure off my injured ankle and popped him off hand with my dads old .35 Remmington. My dad wanted me to learn to field dress it myself so he went down into the clearcut and drug it up to me and made me clean it. I will never forget that day!
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Post by: Cuda on January 25, 2012, 12:20:47 PM: Mine was a 4x "basket-rack" palouse whitetail. I grew up in Southern Idaho and with minimal travels, had never really even seen a whitetail. Shot a few more and now I am back to hunting mulies on public land......feels good.
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Post by: steen on January 25, 2012, 08:53:32 PM: Mulie! I live on the west coast but i love hiking the dry hills of eastern Wa
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Post by: Roger on January 25, 2012, 08:56:42 PM: Blacktail doe on doe day back in 1981.
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Post by: WA hunter14 on January 25, 2012, 08:58:31 PM: 2x3 muley monday october 15 2007
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Post by: RB on January 25, 2012, 09:05:04 PM: Button buck Blacktail in 1988 after hunting for 8 years saw some nice Blacktail in previous years but could not get shots off
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Post by: Loneranger on January 28, 2012, 10:50:22 PM: Blacktail, 4 in. spikes. (Monster)
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Post by: blaCKTAIL HUNt on January 30, 2012, 11:32:06 AM: blacktail spike
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Post by: Black Ram on January 30, 2012, 06:22:52 PM: Spike Muley in 93 had to wait a long time for it. Hunted for 6 years before getting him.
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Post by: stickbuck on January 30, 2012, 08:14:58 PM: Blacktail doe with a .54 cal muzzleloader at 10yds when I was 12.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on January 30, 2012, 08:18:27 PM: I shot a BT doe with my .12 gauge when I was 10.
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Post by: marty on January 30, 2012, 08:22:41 PM: 3 point benchleg!
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 30, 2012, 09:44:54 PM: Not surprising that Blacktails are running away with this. Far more people live west of the cascades than east. Most people like to hunt close to home, unless they are on a trophy hunt.

Forgot to post that I took my first with my dad's old 25-35. In fact shot my first two deer with that gun. Wish it was still in the family for my son to use. A friend of dad's found it buried in dirt and gravel at a gravel pit and it was in sad shape. Dad traded him something for it and brought it home and cleaned it up and refinished the stock. Sweet old gun.
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Post by: sebek556 on January 30, 2012, 09:50:57 PM: once again sitka I disagree with you... I hunt close to home and far away from it. The only animals I consider to be trophys are the ones I had to work the hardest for. Some years I feel like chasing mule deer, other years black tail , most years white tail. Does it make me a trophy hunter to try and test myself against all species?
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Post by: grundy53 on January 31, 2012, 05:25:54 AM: Quote from: Sitka_Blacktail on January 30, 2012, 09:44:54 PM
Not surprising that Blacktails are running away with this. Far more people live west of the cascades than east. Most people like to hunt close to home, unless they are on a trophy hunt.

Forgot to post that I took my first with my dad's old 25-35. In fact shot my first two deer with that gun. Wish it was still in the family for my son to use. A friend of dad's found it buried in dirt and gravel at a gravel pit and it was in sad shape. Dad traded him something for it and brought it home and cleaned it up and refinished the stock. Sweet old gun.

I disagree. I think it has more to do with te westside kids not taking time off of school. If your dad goes on an annual trip to eastern washington to chase mulies for a week your probably not going to get to go with him until you graduate high school. There are not many parents that would be willing to let their kid miss a whole week of school just to go deer hunting. Atleast thats how it was for me. So my first deer was a blacktail. When I started to go with my dad to eastern Washington after I graduated I didn't become a trophy hunter by any means. I was just afforded more time for the trip. :twocents:
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on January 31, 2012, 10:44:50 AM: My parents were pretty understanding.... Got the whole deer and elk season off most years.... Man the packets of homework they would send me off with..... :o
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Post by: Glockster on January 31, 2012, 10:49:26 AM: Mine was a muley-black...crossbreed. "Benchleg" i think they call it. Better question is how big was your first deer.....mine was a fork x spike. LOL

Shot him in Unit 360 Oct 14,1985. Back then we had 3 full weeks of general season and any buck was legal. Our current EWA seasons are a sham....
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 31, 2012, 05:31:44 PM: Quote from: grundy53 on January 31, 2012, 05:25:54 AM

I disagree. I think it has more to do with te westside kids not taking time off of school. If your dad goes on an annual trip to eastern washington to chase mulies for a week your probably not going to get to go with him until you graduate high school. There are not many parents that would be willing to let their kid miss a whole week of school just to go deer hunting. Atleast thats how it was for me. So my first deer was a blacktail. When I started to go with my dad to eastern Washington after I graduated I didn't become a trophy hunter by any means. I was just afforded more time for the trip. :twocents:

So you hunted where? Closer to home.

More reasons to hunt close to home (at least when I was a kid)

Hunt with family. We'd all meet up at my uncle's ranch.
Spend less money. (need less equipment) (Also, when I was a kid, you still had a choice of buying a cheaper license that was good for the county you lived in only instead of a statewide license)
Know the local area better.
Short hunts such as after school or work are more feasible.
Easier to find a hunting partner, especially on short notice.
Sleep in your own bed at night.
Title: Re: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: woodswalker on January 31, 2012, 05:46:26 PM: First deer was a blacktail buck, taken out Northwest of Timberlakes. 42 yards with a Winchester 94 in .32 Winchester Special.
Title: Re: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: grundy53 on January 31, 2012, 05:49:24 PM: Quote from: Sitka_Blacktail on January 31, 2012, 05:31:44 PM
Quote from: grundy53 on January 31, 2012, 05:25:54 AM

I disagree. I think it has more to do with the westside kids not taking time off of school. If your dad goes on an annual trip to eastern washington to chase mulies for a week your probably not going to get to go with him until you graduate high school. There are not many parents that would be willing to let their kid miss a whole week of school just to go deer hunting. Atleast thats how it was for me. So my first deer was a blacktail. When I started to go with my dad to eastern Washington after I graduated I didn't become a trophy hunter by any means. I was just afforded more time for the trip. :twocents:

So you hunted where? Closer to home.

More reasons to hunt close to home (at least when I was a kid)

Hunt with family. We'd all meet up at my uncle's ranch.
Spend less money. (need less equipment) (Also, when I was a kid, you still had a choice of buying a cheaper license that was good for the county you lived in only instead of a statewide license)
Know the local area better.
Short hunts such as after school or work are more feasible.
Easier to find a hunting partner, especially on short notice.
Sleep in your own bed at night.

I guess I should clarify. I'm in disagreement about your reference to people wanting to hunt closer to home unless they are trophy hunting. I as well as many people I know make the trip to eastern washington every year to chase mulies or whitetails and we don't consider ourselves trophy hunters by any means. I didn't go on these trips when I was younger because I couldn't get out of school that long. Not because I wasn't a trophy hunter.
Title: Re: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: Deep Forks on January 31, 2012, 06:25:32 PM: 3x3 muley in 1963 with a model 99 303 savage.
Title: Re: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 31, 2012, 06:36:35 PM: Whitetail 1986, NE Wa. Age 14, 30-30 Win. Still haven't shot a bigger WT...
Title: Re: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: mkcj on January 31, 2012, 06:54:05 PM: Mule deer taken above Milk lake off HWY 410 with a 7mm express.
Title: Re: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on January 31, 2012, 07:00:33 PM: My first deer was the majesic, the beautiful, the hardest big game animal to hunt in north america. Of course i speak of the all mighty BLACKTAIL.The king of the forest. Might only be a forky antler buck but a true trophy in my book!!! :chuckle:
Title: Re: What Species deer was your first kill in WASH.
Post by: Arteman on February 02, 2012, 04:39:10 PM: Blacktail spike in the Toutle unit in 91, killed a blacktail every year since but the two years I got Mulies. Still no Whitetail.