2025 Blacktail Bucks

eLightfoot · Friday at 3:26 PM

BeeZone opener was good too me

NWBLKTAIL · Friday at 3:28 PM

eLightfoot said:
BeeZone opener was good too me

That’s an awesome buck

Steve300xcw · Friday at 4:27 PM

Yea I probly woulda shot that one too

I imagine there weren't much tracking needed after the shot

eLightfoot · Friday at 8:42 PM

Steve300xcw said:
Yea I probly woulda shot that one too

I imagine there weren't much tracking needed after the shot

No tracking needed lol. Took 3250fps to the back of the neck from about 18 feet away

NWBLKTAIL · Friday at 10:19 PM

eLightfoot said:
No tracking needed lol. Took 3250fps to the back of the neck from about 18 feet away

What did you hit him with that was zipping along at that pace?

eLightfoot · Friday at 10:23 PM

NWBLKTAIL said:
What did you hit him with that was zipping along at that pace?

22creed

NWBLKTAIL · Friday at 10:28 PM

eLightfoot said:
22creed

Ah yes, that spits them out at Mach Jesus

tall · Friday at 11:17 PM

eLightfoot said:
BeeZone opener was good too me

Did you do the work on the stock yourself?

Rogue Bay · Saturday at 1:09 AM

Twodog said:
Finally filled my D-3 tag on a dandy. Anyone know what’s up with his hooves?
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When deer survive a systematic disease like AHD or EHD, they frequently display abnormal hoof growth. TAHD hasn’t been documented in black-tailed deer, thankfully.

eLightfoot · Saturday at 9:01 AM

tall said:
Did you do the work on the stock yourself?

Yeah

tall · Saturday at 9:45 PM

eLightfoot said:
Yeah

Any details? It’s the first I’ve seen of its kind. What took you down that road? Also, fantastic buck.

eLightfoot · Sunday at 8:45 AM

tall said:
Any details? It’s the first I’ve seen of its kind. What took you down that road? Also, fantastic buck.

E

Thread 'DIY tikka stock build'

Apr 10, 2020

Here is a project I finally finished. Turned a Boyd’s laminate stock into a lightweight wood/composite hybrid on the cheap. Improved ergonomics to my exact liking and weights exactly the same as the plastic factory stock.
Hogged out a bunch of the stock with a router. Reinforced the grip/butt/fore end with carbon arrow shaft. Filled the cavities with a super strong poly urethane foam called Foam it 8 by smoothon. Sanded/shaped the stock. Then coated in a brushable epoxy, made by smoothon. The texture grip is JB weld, dabbed on with a sponge. The paint is duracote

Different stock, same idea

limpet · 2025-10-08T10:13:33-0600

Took this guy opening afternoon on our way to get water and to go for a dip. Spotted him at 850ish yards as he was walking closer then spotted him again at 600 through some thick timber. I dropped down a nasty boulder field to get a clear shot at 375. As soon as I got setup and started to apply trigger pressure he took two steps and stood behind a tree top chewing his cud. I waited a few minutes before deciding to scoot over and get setup again. I used trekking poles as a front rest with my pack under my elbow for rear support. I saw him spin at the shot then he started brisket plowing before flipping belly up with legs kicking in the air in less than 20 yards. 6 power let me see it all through the scope. After that it took me 45 minutes to get to him through alders and navigating cliffs. My girlfriend was sitting on the glassing point above me watching it. I told her to go a different way due to the boulders and unfortunately she wound up in an alder and berry infested avalanche shoot that took an hour to get back out of nice she got into it. It took her almost 2 hours to get 600 yards. When she got to me all she could say was “this better be a big f*cking buck”. We got him all cut up and started our rock climb 1,200 feet back to the ridge. An hour and a half later we were at camp packing that up then back to the truck. In total it was five hours from packs on to the truck. 5:30-10:30 she was a trooper.