2024 deer. Let’s see um!

[buglebuster]

My girls completed hunters ed this last year, the oldest 10 proved she was proficient enough with the 243 through practice to deer hunt this fall. My youngest is still in the rimfire stages of shooting but was exited to tag along and accompany her big sis. She still talks about her buck just about every day and is so proud, as am I in her.

That is awesome! Congrats to your daughter, and you too dad.

[OutHouse]

Great job Lewey (and fam) and Ironhead!!

[Karl Blanchard]

Great late additions to the thread folks

[throttlejocky20]

He is a little busted up. Was a hell of a stalk closed to 25 yards. Didnt think there was any chance of closing into archery range. Wasnt sure when the stalk started if i was going to pass or not but almost an hour in and i couldnt be happier with my decision.

[Buckhunter28]

Here’s my 2024 buck, my second one now far enough west to be considered a true blacktail, though all the ones I have taken were far from the cascades! Killed the last weekend of October in some big timber, with thick enough underbrush I couldn’t see him bedded at 32 yards from me with my naked eye. Spotted him with my binos still hunting and glassing every few steps. I’d stopped after a 10 yard push through some brush and sat down on a stump and began glassing beginning from behind me(uphill) panning down below me to the river bottom I was hunting towards. I instantly spotted those bright orange antlers and face looking my way as I got to my downhill side, dropped the binos and grabbed my rifle, and told my wife “there’s a buck plug your ears”. Even after spotting him I couldn’t see him with my naked eye as he was bedded behind some ferns. As I got my rifle up and my crosshairs on his head hoping for a shot, he stood up and gave me a perfect frontal shot. 1 round into him and he dropped right back into his bed without a flinch, perfect heart shot. I got down to him and we said our prayers to God and the buck and talked a lot about the circle of life and how intense the taking of life is, how heavy an experience it is.
To top off the whole experience my wife asked if she could join me on this day for the first time in our 6 years together! She was a trooper all morning and heck of a helper packing him out. The adrenaline rush of blacktail will never wear off for me

[Buckhunter28]

Great deer everyone in here and thanks for all that have shared, I throughly enjoy falling this through the fall and admiring all the beautiful bucks Washington has to offer

[nwhuntinman]

Buck came out of Alberta. Spent my time there the last week in November in the heat of the rut. Passed a lot of bucks that week and still didn't get a giant but a beautiful buck. Love the dark antlers and big bodies up there.

[Beastmonger1987]

Eastern Washington our first mule deer after moving from Florida we killed about 45 minutes apart on afternoon 1