Region 3 - Blacktail or Muley Buck?

[ACE]

Have a photo of a Black-tailed doe at Duffy Lake, and another photo of a 5x5 in velvet in the old burn north of Manning Park.
Leave the tail on !
Yours is a Mule deer.

[twoSevenO]

I say mulie. Besides ... its outside the BT boundary anyways.

And that is one hell of a buck. Congrats. Post more pics of that rack when you can. Good mass. Deep forks. That is a shooter for sure.

Good for you. Congrats!

[Wild one]

While possible, I sincerely doubt this buck is a hybrid.



Jelly pointed out the tell-tail.
Between that, antler and body size, I find myself congratulating you on a rather fine Mule Deer.

Cheers,
Nog

Brown tail with a black tip on this buck and no white rump that does not match MD

Mule deer white tail black tip white rump. Black tail black/dark brown tail no white rump. The buck in ? Is not a perfect match for either

Parts of 3-13 does produce hybrid MD/BT part of this MU was actually dominated by BT but has been pretty much bred out over the years. My grandpa/Dad used to hunt this MU often and watched it transition.

[Wild one]

Have a photo of a Black-tailed doe at Duffy Lake, and another photo of a 5x5 in velvet in the old burn north of Manning Park.
Leave the tail on !
Yours is a Mule deer.

3-16 is another area that has hybrids that was more BT in the past

[Rieber]

I don't see any holes in the buck. Can you show us the front of the car please.

We have blacktail like that here in Abbotsford but nothing with that headgear. Wild.

When looking at the last picture; to me it looks like a very stubby, black-tipped white tail - which is like the blacktail we have here. I think his momma was adventurous.

[~T-BONE~]

great deer for your zone ! Definitely would be a cross breed. Either way it’s an awesome buck

[walks with deer]

actually i have seen bigger racked bucks than that in abbotsford and mission...
its a blacktail with some muleys genes...any way you shake it nice animal. and yes 3-16 has all 3 types

[twoSevenO]

actually i have seen bigger racked bucks than that in abbotsford and mission...

As in on the walls of peoples homes that were shot far from abbotsford and mission? Ok. Makes sense now.

[Roots]

I don't see any holes in the buck.

[caddisguy]

Blacktail antlers usually point inward. Wish we had a better shot of the rear, as that does look like an odd looking tail for a muley from what I can see. I'll join the it-could-be-a-hybrid camp.

EDIT: Just noticed the last pic... lol rack does point a little inward like a BT. That's funny.

Nice deer, whatever the heck it is