2025 Blacktail Bucks

[Rogue Bay]

Super cool!

Thank you! I’ve never seen her that excited about anything. It was a great day.

 

[roosiebull]

BeeZone opener was good too me

Everything about that buck is awesome

 

[Ready2Rut]

This was my first season deer hunting and big game hunting overall. Was beyond thrilled to take this ol' boy in Oregon's Cascade mountains. He was west of the Cascade crest, but close enough to the crest that I'm sure he would be called a benchleg and not a pure blacktail. He looks puny compared to the bucks in the muley thread so I'm posting here.

Does anyone want to make a guestimate of what the blacktail/muley ratio on this guy is? Tail looks more like muley to me. I apologize that the photos aren't great; I was solo and knew I had a long night ahead of me butchering him and getting back to camp.