Well this season for Blacktails has left me empty handed.. Been out lots pre, early and late season only to turn up nothing worthy of the wall!! Biggest bein a 3x3 with brow tines but still a young buck! Lots of you might ask why didn't you take him? The answer is that between Steady and I we still have meat from the year before after our very succesful season! All wasn't a waste as I found some awesome new hidey holes and some real late wintering area. This area was trampled and browsed clean like they had been corraled, it was insane! The best part about this area was the rub I found! It has to be the biggest BT rub I've ever found! The ground at the base proved to me that it was indeed a BT as you could see his tracks where he was diggin in.Unfortunatly when the snow level retreated so did the the bulk of the deer. Even though I didn't get one I was rewarded with some sign of a biggun that should hopefully be around for a new season!
At the top of this pic. you can see where the tines scratched at 6 ft. nose level for me!
Heres looking downhill at the same rub!