2025 Blacktail Bucks

[roosiebull]

Bears are really tough, something about how that dark fur soaks up light, the way they move, and how they always seem to be in such thick cover that I never get a full look at them. At least, the couple that I've gotten so far.

I set myself up, I saw a tank of a bear in there that morning (archery elk hunting) and saw some fresh elk sign so decided to come back and just observe for the evening knowing if I saw elk, I likely wouldn’t have a play that evening

Soon as I sat down and set my tripod up I glassed a bear way in the top where I had seen the big one that morning and it was feeding my way, so I decided to haul ass home (lived like 3 miles down the road) and switch my bow for a rifle and try to kill that bear

Got back and was running low on light, glass up the bear around 300yds and quickly set up my rifle to shoot (without glassing again) and as soon as I got a clear shot I took it, and it came plowing down the hill and jumped over a spur road and that was when I first thought, that didn’t look like the same bear I was right, it wasn’t. I didn’t even second guess it until then, just assumed it was the same one, since that morning was the first time I’d seen one there. Pretty funny all in all, because I’m usually very good about that with bears, but I let my guard down and paid the price of a dink, haha. Sow sized boar

 

[Blacktail_]

Anyone else feel like a ton of studs were taken last year and this year has been a down year? I could be wrong but where I am it seemed last year there were a ton of 3 or 4 points being taken and this year, many guys are happy to take a forky after seeing a lot of nothing.

 

[KGLee357]

Anyone else feel like a ton of studs were taken last year and this year has been a down year? I could be wrong but where I am it seemed last year there were a ton of 3 or 4 points being taken and this year, many guys are happy to take a forky after seeing a lot of nothing.

Actually I would say it has been the opposite in our area. Lots of big bucks taken this year.

 

[Blacktail_]

Actually I would say it has been the opposite in our area. Lots of big bucks taken this year.

Nice!

 

[coast range]

Found this old revert buck last night. 6.5 prc first animal shot with an eldm. Did the trick at 100 yards

 

[Blueman75]

Finally connected this morning. Seeing a few bucks moving around the last two days.

 

[Diced]

Anyone else feel like a ton of studs were taken last year and this year has been a down year? I could be wrong but where I am it seemed last year there were a ton of 3 or 4 points being taken and this year, many guys are happy to take a forky after seeing a lot of nothing.

I've been hunting the mid cascades here in OR and I've definitely seen way fewer bucks compared to last year. I do think last year was unusually good though.

 

[roosiebull]

Found this old revert buck last night. 6.5 prc first animal shot with an eldm. Did the trick at 100 yards

Nice buck man! I love heavy horned bucks. I was wondering if you had a buck killed yet

 

[longrangelead]

motivation? just because?

SW WA yard buck...

 

[coast range]

Nice buck man! I love heavy horned bucks. I was wondering if you had a buck killed yet

Didn’t have many days to hunt this year. Work getting in the way of my fun and heading back east to go hunt whitetail a with my old man.

 

[coast range]

Daughter had one evening to hunt the whole season. Between being a senior at U of O and work there wasn’t much time. Her hunted lasted less than 5 minutes.

 

[RilePrecise]

Finally got the cobwebs shook off and got this guy down yesterday morning in the valley

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

Anyone else feel like a ton of studs were taken last year and this year has been a down year? I could be wrong but where I am it seemed last year there were a ton of 3 or 4 points being taken and this year, many guys are happy to take a forky after seeing a lot of nothing.

I have definitely seen a lot fewer bucks this year compared to last and cannot find anything with some age at least in my area mid coast.

But I’ve also had way less time to spend out looking this year compared to last so maybe a connection there

Edit: I have seen a ton of deer in general this year
Also 2 logging operations going on out where I spend my time searching so maybe didnt help typical daytime movements

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

motivation? just because?

SW WA yard buck...
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We have some impressive bucks in our neighborhood

 

[longrangelead]

We have some impressive bucks in our neighborhood

my buddy used to do tree removal in the Portland/Vancouver area. The pics he'd send of town bucks were nuts!
Tough life laying around growing bone and dodging Subarus!

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

my buddy used to do tree removal in the Portland/Vancouver area. The pics he'd send of town bucks were nuts!
Tough life laying around growing bone and dodging Subarus!

Yeah I’m out on mid coast and in our particular neighborhood and around the lake we have had some droppers

Only thing that chases these things around are kids on bikes and old ladies walking their dogs.

 

[roosiebull]

my buddy used to do tree removal in the Portland/Vancouver area. The pics he'd send of town bucks were nuts!
Tough life laying around growing bone and dodging Subarus!

Subarus aren’t all they be dodging in PDX, they might look like they have the good life, but I assume they would rather have been born in the most heavily hunted clear cut in the state than being stuck in Portland

 

[Or.hunter]

Found this old revert buck last night. 6.5 prc first animal shot with an eldm. Did the trick at 100 yards

Great buck!


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[Or.hunter]

This guy was laying in my field just waiting for some does to come in. They’re definitely starting to feel there oats.


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[Smokey Bear]

Subarus aren’t all they be dodging in PDX, they might look like they have the good life, but I assume they would rather have been born in the most heavily hunted clear cut in the state than being stuck in Portland

This is a resident buck at my wife’s work in Portland.