2024 Blacktail bucks

Taudisio

WKR
Joined
Jan 20, 2023
Messages
1,015
Location
Oregon
Thanks everyone. Truly lucky that I ran into him. Guessing he will go in the 130’s. I’m hoping he makes 135 so I can have my name in B&C. That would be pretty sweet, obviously not necessary.
 
Joined
Aug 23, 2014
Messages
5,382
Location
oregon coast
My self control ran out this morning 😏

Almost shot a big one in the fog this morning but I got stuck in the open and I had no shot… one more step would have got him killed

He was 70ish yds and I would have had to shoot off hand, so I was waiting for him to expose his body

Started out rough with people, and now I’m in a pickle that can only be solved by walking a lot😂
 

Attachments

  • IMG_1493.jpeg
    IMG_1493.jpeg
    277.3 KB · Views: 143

Taudisio

WKR
Joined
Jan 20, 2023
Messages
1,015
Location
Oregon
My self control ran out this morning 😏

Almost shot a big one in the fog this morning but I got stuck in the open and I had no shot… one more step would have got him killed

He was 70ish yds and I would have had to shoot off hand, so I was waiting for him to expose his body

Started out rough with people, and now I’m in a pickle that can only be solved by walking a lot😂
Very nice buck! Is that a RSS 223 shooting 77gr TMKs? Our shot placement looks very close, I’d like to compare notes as I was using a 6x45 shooting 87gr vmax. Was yours quartering? How far did he make it? Good blood trail? Internal damage?
 

NWBLKTAIL

Lil-Rokslider
Joined
Dec 27, 2019
Messages
134
Location
Oregon Coast
My self control ran out this morning 😏

Almost shot a big one in the fog this morning but I got stuck in the open and I had no shot… one more step would have got him killed

He was 70ish yds and I would have had to shoot off hand, so I was waiting for him to expose his body

Started out rough with people, and now I’m in a pickle that can only be solved by walking a lot😂
Good on ya!, my self control would have gone by the wayside with that buck as well. Awesome buck congrats

How do you like that scope? My dad just got that one, mounting it up for him now. I might pick on up as well
 

NWBLKTAIL

Lil-Rokslider
Joined
Dec 27, 2019
Messages
134
Location
Oregon Coast
Thanks everyone. Truly lucky that I ran into him. Guessing he will go in the 130’s. I’m hoping he makes 135 so I can have my name in B&C. That would be pretty sweet, obviously not necessary.
I would just like to find a B&C quality buck that wasn’t living by house and lived in the spots I hunt. That’s rad I’m sure you were pumped when you saw him
 
Joined
Jan 1, 2017
Messages
43
Location
SW Washington
My self control ran out this morning 😏

Almost shot a big one in the fog this morning but I got stuck in the open and I had no shot… one more step would have got him killed

He was 70ish yds and I would have had to shoot off hand, so I was waiting for him to expose his body

Started out rough with people, and now I’m in a pickle that can only be solved by walking a lot😂
How many days are left in the season?
 
Joined
Aug 23, 2014
Messages
5,382
Location
oregon coast
Very nice buck! Is that a RSS 223 shooting 77gr TMKs? Our shot placement looks very close, I’d like to compare notes as I was using a 6x45 shooting 87gr vmax. Was yours quartering? How far did he make it? Good blood trail? Internal damage?
Yep, 77gr tmk, that is the exit in the pic, he was quartered to at 326yds, when I shot, I saw the impact right in the center of the shoulder, racked again and he was instantly doing the drunk walk and tipped over. For sure less than 10 seconds, and there was a good amount of blood from impact to where he died, which was maybe 10yds

Pretty crazy for such a small projectile. Went through the scapula onside and the entrance through the ribs was big enough to see organ soup through (1.5” actual hole) and there was a little bit of jacket around the exit
 
Joined
Aug 23, 2014
Messages
5,382
Location
oregon coast
Good on ya!, my self control would have gone by the wayside with that buck as well. Awesome buck congrats

How do you like that scope? My dad just got that one, mounting it up for him now. I might pick on up as well
If it had a good mil reticle it would be the perfect scope. This is my second year using it and like it, but I like the 3-9 swfa probably better.
 

welkin

Lil-Rokslider
Joined
Nov 19, 2022
Messages
114
Shot at a buck this evening and missed 😑 at least it wasn't a bad hit. Just rushed the shot. He was chasing a doe around.
 
Joined
Aug 23, 2014
Messages
5,382
Location
oregon coast
Dang it! Shooting rutty deer is almost like turkey, they don’t stop and creates an urgency in your head

Get him tomorrow
 

NWBLKTAIL

Lil-Rokslider
Joined
Dec 27, 2019
Messages
134
Location
Oregon Coast
Shot at a buck this evening and missed 😑 at least it wasn't a bad hit. Just rushed the shot. He was chasing a doe around.
It happens man, reading this made me think back on all the bucks I’ve missed in this exact scenario.
At least it was a clean miss, handful of days left keep hunting hard you’ll connect on the next one.
 
Top