Blacktail bucks

[Chugaglug]

love blacktail! only ever hunted columbias right on the southern Oregon coast. Here's my two coolest bucks, a 5 year old (ODFW aged) giant forky and an ancient (estimated at 11+) goofed up 4x4

 

[Blacktail_Packer]

love blacktail! only ever hunted columbias right on the southern Oregon coast. Here's my two coolest bucks, a 5 year old (ODFW aged) giant forky and an ancient (estimated at 11+) goofed up 4x4

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Any chance you have a side pic of that 4x? Looks like it could have some palmation. And I love the bladed out look of the forkey. Is he trying for a kicker on his right rear?

 

[Chugaglug]

Any chance you have a side pic of that 4x? Looks like it could have some palmation. And I love the bladed out look of the forkey. Is he trying for a kicker on his right rear?

I can grab a pic of the mount, it is crazy palmated and has a huge knob by the right eyeguard. The forky did have a knob there on the back right.

 

[Blacktail_Packer]

Do you guys have a history of nuclear testing there? Or just a couple of freaks?

 

[Chugaglug]

Do you guys have a history of nuclear ☢ testing there? Or just a couple of freaks?

haha! area just doesn't put out a lot of big racked bucks. I think they are much different critters than California blacktail. I think their ears are way smaller, legs shorter and that tail is all black and wide like a whitetail's. Both were killed within hearing/smell of the ocean. The old guy was just ancient and beat up.

 

[stereotruckdriver]

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[Chugaglug]

haha! area just doesn't put out a lot of big racked bucks. I think they are much different critters than California blacktail. I think their ears are way smaller, legs shorter and that tail is all black and wide like a whitetail's. Both were killed within hearing/smell of the ocean. The old guy was just ancient and beat up.

 

[Blacktail_Packer]

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Very unique. Bucks like this make me wish I could see last years rack. I don’t claim to be an expert but I’d guess there was some kind of incident during antler growth, big knob on right side and looks like left side has weird thickness variation in about the same spot...

 

[Chugaglug]

Very unique. Bucks like this make me wish I could see last years rack. I don’t claim to be an expert but I’d guess there was some kind of incident during antler growth, big knob on right side and looks like left side has weird thickness variation in about the same spot...

Yea I agree some sort of injury to the developing antlers. Maybe that combined with having no teeth left put him in a poor antler growth situation

 

[TripleJ]

Here’s one from about 20 years ago. This guy wasn’t very big but he was pretty old his teeth were worn down to nothing. He wasn’t right on the coast but we weren’t that far inland.

 

[Blacktail_Packer]

double throat patch nice

 

[jenstapio]

We don’t have a meat pole thread so I figured I’d toss these up. Our camp cook w/a big 4x4 View attachment 86156
My first Archery buck and biggest forkView attachment 86147
Cooks 4x againView attachment 86148
Found him killed by car 30 yds from my driveway after chasing him for 2 seasonsView attachment 86149
My first big buckView attachment 86150
First buckView attachment 86151
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My dad and one of our partners circa 80 something View attachment 86153
Dads big 3View attachment 86154
Cook another 4View attachment 86155

Awesome bucks! Always great to have old pictures to relive the memories.

 

[BK Ammenwerth]

Heres a couple. The big one on trail cam I never could get. The second he rubbed velvet he was gone every year. He was poached by someone trespassing unfortunately or someone shot him outta a truck at night idk. But he didn’t die if ild age.

 

[Blacktail_Packer]

Heres a couple. The big one on trail cam I never could get. The second he rubbed velvet he was gone every year. He was poached by someone trespassing unfortunately or someone shot him outta a truck at night idk. But he didn’t die if ild age.

Shame that big one looked nasty massive. The other 2 are definitely good representatives of Blacktail too

 

[wesGiddingshunt]

Not the biggest but I was raised a meat hunter. Any time you bag a coastal blacktail no matter the size, you earned it. I need to upload more. Sorry if some of the little ones offend anybody.

Offend? Heck no man. Where I’m from a 3 point black tail is a shooter for anyone, and most guys don’t pass up smaller ones either. Good bucks man.

 

[805Bowhunter]

Offend? Heck no man. Where I’m from a 3 point black tail is a shooter for anyone, and most guys don’t pass up smaller ones either. Good bucks man.

Totally agree with this. I tip my hat to anyone that can harvest a blacktail buck...especially with a bow. They're just different.

 

[Decupparo]

2018 OR Blacktail. Waiting to here from the biologist on the age.View attachment 86266View attachment 86267View attachment 86268

Beauty Buck! Looks like Cascades?

 

[LongWayAround]

Where's the Sitkas?!

I'm making the pilgrimage to Kodiak this November so hopefully we'll have a boat full to add here.

 

[AK Troutbum]

Here's a few Sitka BT's off Kodiak.

 

[TripleJ]

Here’s one my oldest son killed a few years back on a late youth tag in the cascades. Aged by ODFW at 6-1/2.


We both had tags that day, mine was a smoke pole tag. Right before dark I got this guy to complete the double on one of the more fun days I’ve had in the woods.