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Title: Alpine Buck
Post by: wilsongideon on June 10, 2012, 10:11:39 AM: alot of snow still up high but I couldnt wait to get hiking saw this young buck around 4600 ft. just at snow line....question Blacktail or Mulie?
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Post by: 400out on June 10, 2012, 10:12:52 AM: :tup:
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Post by: hunterofelk on June 10, 2012, 10:27:51 AM: Blacktail. Great pics.
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Post by: brocka on June 10, 2012, 11:10:50 AM: Very nice.
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Post by: jrebel on June 10, 2012, 02:42:16 PM: blacktail for sure. He will be a stud blackie this year. :tup:
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Post by: Timberstalker on June 10, 2012, 06:35:39 PM: just marking to see responses.
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Post by: singleshot12 on June 10, 2012, 06:41:58 PM: Definitely a mulie x blackie cross
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Post by: Houndhunter on June 10, 2012, 06:52:27 PM: Blacktail :twocents:
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Post by: wraithen on June 10, 2012, 06:53:37 PM: Benchleg. You can tell by the tongue.
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Post by: wilsongideon on June 10, 2012, 09:44:25 PM: yeah i thought the tongue was the give away to :chuckle: I have never hunted blacktail before, He was definitly where I thougt it likely to see either one.
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Post by: Houndhunter on June 10, 2012, 09:49:43 PM: Quote from: wraithen on June 10, 2012, 06:53:37 PM
Benchleg. You can tell by the tongue.

What's the difference in a blacktail and a mulies tongue? I've never heard that was a way to tell them apart.
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Post by: fillthefreezer on June 10, 2012, 09:49:59 PM: was it solid snow line or shade snow? men wknd we hit snow solid around 3800, just trying to figure out how much its gone up..

oh and on topic, clearly a coues deer...
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Post by: wilsongideon on June 10, 2012, 10:14:44 PM: I was in patchy snow around 4000 feet...then the trail turned and headed along the north side and that was all solid up to where it broke back out on the ridge on the south west side it was back to patches I turned around after I seen the buck figured I had pushed my luck...no fun hiking snow
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Post by: wraithen on June 10, 2012, 10:18:05 PM: Quote from: Houndhunter on June 10, 2012, 09:49:43 PM
Quote from: wraithen on June 10, 2012, 06:53:37 PM
Benchleg. You can tell by the tongue.

What's the difference in a blacktail and a mulies tongue? I've never heard that was a way to tell them apart.

Mulies tongues are pinkish. Blacktails are pinkish. That tongue is pinkish so it must be a combo of both. :chuckle: :hello:
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Post by: Houndhunter on June 10, 2012, 10:47:17 PM: Well that makes sense :chuckle:
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Post by: BowBender87 on June 12, 2012, 12:40:10 PM: Benchleg..just look at the tail...
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Post by: wraithen on June 12, 2012, 05:44:53 PM: Quote from: BowBender87 on June 12, 2012, 12:40:10 PM
Benchleg..just look at the tail...

Is that the same as my tongue comment?
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 14, 2012, 08:24:10 AM: Benchleg :twocents:
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Post by: BowBender87 on June 14, 2012, 06:34:13 PM: Quote from: wraithen on June 12, 2012, 05:44:53 PM
Quote from: BowBender87 on June 12, 2012, 12:40:10 PM
Benchleg..just look at the tail...

Is that the same as my tongue comment?

:chuckle: no...i really meant that is a benchleg tail..
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 15, 2012, 05:41:09 AM: Benchleg
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Post by: link on June 19, 2012, 09:01:18 PM: Cross. It has too much white showing to be a blacktail.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 19, 2012, 10:11:23 PM: Quote from: link on June 19, 2012, 09:01:18 PM
Cross. It has too much white showing to be a blacktail.

(...that's what a Benchleg is... :tup: )
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Post by: link on June 20, 2012, 07:40:21 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on June 19, 2012, 10:11:23 PM
Quote from: link on June 19, 2012, 09:01:18 PM
Cross. It has too much white showing to be a blacktail.

(...that's what a Benchleg is... :tup: )
No kiddin?
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Post by: Moose-head on June 25, 2012, 05:45:25 PM: Benchleg is a cross. I think that they are classified as that to keep them from skewing blacktail scoring numbers with the mulie genetics. The tail dosen't look ropelike enough to be a mulie to me.
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Post by: lewy on June 25, 2012, 06:13:40 PM: Bench buck, cool pics! The buck I killed in the alpine this year had the exact same tail, wish I would have taken a pic of his back end, i'd post it.
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Post by: Hunterman on June 25, 2012, 06:32:12 PM: Cool looking blacktail..He's going to be something this year :tup:

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 25, 2012, 07:14:50 PM: Quote from: Moose-head on June 25, 2012, 05:45:25 PM
Benchleg is a cross. I think that they are classified as that to keep them from skewing blacktail scoring numbers with the mulie genetics.

That's how it was explained to me by a guy from Fish and Game...
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on June 26, 2012, 11:29:20 PM: That's a benchleg.... The tail and face structure are dead give aways....

And if you measure the brush in front of him then his legs it's more than obvious!!!!