Oregon Coastal Blacktail

[541hunter]

I was still hunting through timber and was able to stalk into 30 yards on this buck. Everything was going great till the shot broke and I twitched. The shot hit great elevation but was back. After finding my arrow covered in guts, I made the hard decision to pull out. Unfortunately it poured rain all night and when I got back at daylight there was no sign anywhere. Began to contour the area back and forth when I found him. It was a great to relief to find him and he had died. Got him packed out and the meat is just fine. My arrow had nicked the liver.

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[FLAK]

Now that's hunting, Congrats!!! Love that terrain and the buck.

 

[orelkaddict]

Congrats on an awesome buck!!! and congrats on the happy ending! My wife got her first ever Blacktail this year. Any mature blacktail is a hard earned trophy in my book

 

[rooster440]

Great buck!


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[BobbyMac]

What a stud blacktail...you should be very excited with that one...congrats!!!

 

[BobbyMac]

How far had he gone from where you shot him?

 

[ReddingArcher]

Very nice buck!! Congrats on sticking with it and finding him.

 

[541hunter]

Thanks everyone. He went about 210 yards. This is the first time I have ever gut shot something and really struggled with the decision on what to do. Luckily the temps were in the 30’s with a high of maybe 42. Shot occurred at 11 and found him at 9am. All the meat was cool to the touch even around the bone. It has a gamey smell, but no sour or rotten like smell.


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[OFFHNTN]

Awesome buck! Congrats!

 

[elkguide]

Beautiful buck. He'll look great on your wall.

 

[TripleJ]

Great blacktail, congrats!

 

[tttoadman]

nice work!! way to stay with it.

 

[Nuch21]

Congrats on the nice buck!!

 

[YBPS]

That's awsome

 

[Hairhunter]

Super nice Heavy horned Buck!

 

[huntnfolk]

Great buck. Congrats!

 

[BenFrank]

Nice buck! Still struggling to figure out the late archery season. Looks like still hunting the big timber was a good plan.

 

[rickiesrevenge]

Congrats

 

[TimHerald]

beautiful deer

 

[Twitch]

Great buck