Whitetail Hunters Post Your Photos

[dana]

Everyone knows I am a muley nut but most don't know I was raised by a whitetail nut. My dad has always held whitetails up in high regard and raised me and my brother in the whitetail hunting heritage. While I might talk the monster mule deer language calling whitetails 'dinky dog rat deer' it has all been tongue in cheek and for fun. I grew up in the tradition that hunting was actually to be fun. After a day's hunt, sitting around the campfire, poking fun and laughing and joking was all part of the allure of 'The Hunt'. I think that internet hunting sites started that way back in the early 2000s but now everything is taken literally and things are way too serious. Lets get back to having fun. Lets post up your whitetails, big, small and inbetween. Lets see new and old. Hanging poles, back of the truck, back of the backpack, tongues hanging out or photos cleaned up, live bucks, dead bucks, it don't matter. Lets see them all. I think I have figured out the posting photo problems on HBC. I use Imgur but it takes 2 devices for me to post. If anyone has problems posting, I believe I or another member could post for you just post up your problem or shoot me a PM. Let's see some BC whitetails!

http://i.imgur.com/oFXzcBJ.jpg

[blacklab]

Great idea.
It would be nice if we could keep it to BC deer.
Nice buck and a great picture.

[dana]

Great idea.
It would be nice if we could keep it to BC deer.
Nice buck and a great picture.

That is a Region 3 buck from back in 2004. Felt like David Thompson as I floated the river with that buck out front.

[Brian011]

I’m not much of a whitetail hunter, this is my first and only whitetail that I’ve ever shot from this past year.

https://i.imgur.com/ES4362K.jpg

[blacklab]

Nice buck!
The only thing wrong with that is it will be tough to beat!
What region? If I might ask?

[BCHunterFSJ]

https://i.imgur.com/kCFAfBk.jpg

[silvertipp]

https://s17.postimg.org/tkezo3wq7/D81311_D6-61_D8-4184-87_C9-_E75_ADFB8_CEF1.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/jackov6uj/)
I dont have any field shots of him

[blacklab]

Gotta like that one. Like the dark antlers. I've only hunted up you way once for late season WT, made a quick trip to help a buddy move, so time was limited.
Called in a stinky old mule deer that I couldn't pass on, ended my hunt.

[buckdynasty]

My best whitetail from too long ago in 2005. I was 12 years old at the time.
https://i.imgur.com/to5ekvD.jpg

[buckdynasty]

My sister's first buck in 2008https://i.imgur.com/lTK4yhr.jpg

[blacklab]

A couple of really nice bucks, like your camo.

[combine pilot]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6791&stc=1

[.264winmag]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6791&stc=1

That's not even fair HA
That's a dandy, congrats!

[blacklab]

Some awful nice bucks in that north country.

[358mag]

Some awful nice bucks in that north country.
Do they have a doe season up in the north county ??

[Canuck2]

https://i.imgur.com/jITriLA.jpg

[.264winmag]

Do they have a doe season up in the north county ??

Sure do. Some real beauty flattops up there to!

[Canuck2]

https://i.imgur.com/2AG4j5V.jpg

Oops, a stray got in there.

[Bear Chaser]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=35057&title=e1b31a7e-1e93-4f38-b170-d7e0f92040ce&cat=500

Sons first whitetail.
We sat for two hours before dawn in a fence line at -23 waiting for light.
This guy came out and the kid made a clean one shot kill.

[fuzzybiscuit]

A blast from the past and still my best Whitetail to date...

https://s9.postimg.org/ri0z8f9cv/E0_E63_BE7-5254-4931-9777-_C9_D79_CE50_E93.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/nyf1im6mz/)

[fuzzybiscuit]

For Bear Chaser. Great first or any Whitetail...

https://s9.postimg.org/6z632tkzj/D027165_E-_BB2_D-4937-8_B83-466_B6_B116_CB3.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[blacklab]

Canuck2 are those southern interior bucks? They're good ones.

[Greenthumbed]

https://i.imgur.com/CucqfmWl.jpg

My first buck!

[Bear Chaser]

Thanks Fuzzy.
Pretty nice buck yourself.

[dana]

Some great bucks and great photos!!! Loving them!!! Keep them coming!!!

Here is a long distance shot of a nice Region 3 buck that lived behind No Hunting signs.

http://i.imgur.com/4YbbWoQ.jpg

[eric]

https://i.imgur.com/pfOR8xH.jpg

[Dash]

Not very impressive compared to everyone else's on here but I couldn't be happier with it. First deer!

https://i.imgur.com/XwT5mjP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QQlOHQ8.jpg

[Husky7mm]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/100_0804.JPGhttp://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/webkit-fake-url://20dd7ca4-287b-4555-b92e-5d728a299b5d/imagejpeg

Heres an oldie from my gallery, I would see one buck like this one or so every year while I lived in the EK, it was sometimes a day or two after the season. If it was during the season it was either going 60 mph or it was standing in plain site mid day while a buck fevered newbie friend or relative was missing it twice...... sigh

On day I will figure out how to post quailty large clear pictures from an iphone again, I have lots of decent ones.

[HarryToolips]

Beauty bucks folks, great thread, and Dash that's a great buck for a first deer!

Here was my first whitetail, my 2nd deer on my 2nd year hunting back from 2010...I was never happier, and they never come tastier...
http://i.imgur.com/WKJLm5b.jpg (https://imgur.com/WKJLm5b)

Whitetail steaks the next night on the campfire....
http://i.imgur.com/QGRGqyL.jpg (https://imgur.com/QGRGqyL)

[HarryToolips]

A few more whitetails I've harvested...

http://i.imgur.com/eREp2rg.jpg (https://imgur.com/eREp2rg)

http://i.imgur.com/kigeNCw.jpg (https://imgur.com/kigeNCw)

[fuzzybiscuit]

For Husky 7mm:


http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/100_0804.JPGhttp://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/webkit-fake-url://20dd7ca4-287b-4555-b92e-5d728a299b5d/imagejpeg

Heres an oldie from my gallery, I would see one buck like this one or so every year while I lived in the EK, it was sometimes a day or two after the season. If it was during the season it was either going 60 mph or it was standing in plain site mid day while a buck fevered newbie friend or relative was missing it twice...... sigh

On day I will figure out how to post quailty large clear pictures from an iphone again, I have lots of decent ones.

https://s9.postimg.org/4e53t8vbz/E5_A7_D352-_D33_F-443_F-_BF4_E-_C9_FC58_AE525_D.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[fuzzybiscuit]

Come one...let’s see the wheel barrow buck 2lips...

[HarryToolips]

http://i.imgur.com/MCGDdvT.jpg (https://imgur.com/MCGDdvT)

Even though this pic is from the front and your first pic Dana is from the deer's back, I see a lot of similarities in this buck to the one you posted in the canoe...sorry no field shots, he's halved cause that's how I carried him out, then when home used wheelbarrow..

http://i.imgur.com/173pFMG.jpg (https://imgur.com/173pFMG)

[HarryToolips]

Same buck as above, Euro mount..

http://i.imgur.com/jG1XbTx.jpg (https://imgur.com/jG1XbTx)

http://i.imgur.com/XauJwpV.jpg (https://imgur.com/XauJwpV)

[fuzzybiscuit]

Bahahaha! Love that one... congrats!

[HarryToolips]

http://i.imgur.com/97DKCdQ.jpg (https://imgur.com/97DKCdQ)

http://i.imgur.com/aEWAnot.jpg (https://imgur.com/aEWAnot)

[dana]

Not very impressive compared to everyone else's on here but I couldn't be happier with it. First deer!

https://i.imgur.com/XwT5mjP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QQlOHQ8.jpg

Great first deer!!! Congrats!!!

[dana]

Great bunch of whitetails there Harry!

[HarryToolips]

And some whitetails I shot last year with the camera:
http://i.imgur.com/DVoWU2F.jpg (https://imgur.com/DVoWU2F)

http://i.imgur.com/3cWJz9j.jpg (https://imgur.com/3cWJz9j)

http://i.imgur.com/xle8WWP.jpg (https://imgur.com/xle8WWP)

[HarryToolips]

http://i.imgur.com/Yfubh6Z.jpg (https://imgur.com/Yfubh6Z)

http://i.imgur.com/IIJYYVG.jpg (https://imgur.com/IIJYYVG)

[HarryToolips]

Great bunch of whitetails there Harry!
Thanks buddy....

[.264winmag]

Not very impressive compared to everyone else's on here but I couldn't be happier with it. First deer!

https://i.imgur.com/XwT5mjP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QQlOHQ8.jpg
That's a beauty any day in my books! Lotsa steaks on his carcass too! Congrats

[HarryToolips]

Bahahaha! Love that one... congrats!
Thanks buddy.....

[dana]

A very fun memorable hunt when my boy was little. A full family adventure. My son helped his grandpa get a muley, helped me get this whitetail and got his first grouse all in the same trip.

http://i.imgur.com/TYvOTNk.jpg

[Stone Sheep Steve]

2017
https://scontent.fyka1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23915637_551490648520821_407421942826167942_n.jpg? oh=b3a0a2fc30f0283072a1371cb1caccba&oe=5B2084FF
https://scontent.fyka1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/24796246_554813908188495_3414725429006487312_n.jpg ?oh=09829c7275198b61e6bac76e2e3bea7c&oe=5AEBE062

And Grandpa. Should be 10 plus years by now.
https://scontent.fyka1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23032838_541327482870471_408871686987371085_n.jpg? oh=085d53b8da86aa2bfba5df9466fd40a4&oe=5B1B4F02

[HarryToolips]

A very fun memorable hunt when my boy was little. A full family adventure. My son helped his grandpa get a muley, helped me get this whitetail and got his first grouse all in the same trip.

http://i.imgur.com/TYvOTNk.jpg
Hell ya hope to do that with my boy in a few years...

[HarryToolips]

Beauty buck there SSS......

[dougan]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/IMG_03052.JPG

[Bear Chaser]

The Wheelbarrow Buck. :cool::cool::cool::cool:
Classic!!

[Dash]

Thanks Harry, dana and 264winmag!

Great pics Harry!!

Loving this thread.. man I can't wait until next season :)

[silvertipp]

A very fun memorable hunt when my boy was little. A full family adventure. My son helped his grandpa get a muley, helped me get this whitetail and got his first grouse all in the same trip.

http://i.imgur.com/TYvOTNk.jpg
This is what it's all about and as they get older it only gets better

[Greenthumbed]

https://i.imgur.com/7VixsnLh.jpg
Meat and Bones!

I love this shot my friend took of my buck on butchering day!

[dana]

This is what it's all about and as they get older it only gets better

Hunting Partners for Life. I am still hunting with my kids now they are both adults. Time flies by but these memories last forever.

[dana]

One of my dad's Okanagan Whitetails.

http://i.imgur.com/Y0AfBhx.jpg

[dana]

One of my brother's bucks. My dad taught us how to work for our deer. An old school backpack Okanagan Whitetail hunt. Go in Light, Come out Heavy!

http://i.imgur.com/mwBgGfb.jpg

[patbrennan]

Dana, great pics and a couple nice bucks!

[BCHunterFSJ]

https://i.imgur.com/bVDLMNC.jpg

One of my best bucks... 2007

[dana]

https://i.imgur.com/bVDLMNC.jpg

One of my best bucks... 2007

What a Beaut!!!

[dana]

Had a member email me these photos of some of his Interior BC bucks. Absolute Dandys!!!

http://i.imgur.com/kapWYcx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JoGwKtR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OauLIgy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jbBXSiw.jpg

[IronNoggin]

Some awfully Fine Whitetails being posted here!! :mrgreen:

I cut my teeth as it were on Whitetails over in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Many many years in that pursuit, and did take a few decent ones.

In the interest of keeping with the thread, I'll only post one of those out of province Ladz.
Despite some rather heavy searching over the course of three years, we never did manage to even see this fellow again, let alone put an arrow or bullet through him:

https://i.imgur.com/cSofCtf.jpg

Was nice to know he was ghosting the area though, and in years subsequent we did take a couple whose racks were eerily similar...

These days I don't bother heading back east after them any more. Sort of switched over to Mulies in that pursuit.

Never did concentrate on looking for any Big Boys in BC, but from the pictures here, it is obvious some do exist!
Now days i hunt whitetails almost exclusively with my bow, and pretty much exclusively for grits.
Not to say I would not target on a Big Boy if I wandered across one, but this is the one species that I greatly prefer to eat.
So pretty much anybody that is legal gets the effort.

Last one I took over in the OK:

https://i.imgur.com/t6Rj1RF.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fn901Bd.jpg

Missed that hunt this past fall due to the eye issues.
I WILL NOT ever miss it again!
Even if that means training myself to shoot backwards (lefty) LOL! ;-)

Cheers,
Nog

[dana]

Another old school before it was cool 'Come Out Heavy' photo from Region 8.

http://i.imgur.com/3ujZy5I.jpg

[rocksteady]

I have shot over 30 wt in my lifespan.. every one of them us s trophy cause of the hunt and the end result (food)...

Would take me forever to post all of the pics...

Each one is a cherished memory

[blacklab]

Every picture of a white tail, big small dead or alive is a good one.
I'm guilty of not taking enough pictures, I rarely take a camera in the bush, and by the time they get to the road they don't look as nice.

[fuzzybiscuit]

I have shot over 30 wt in my lifespan.. every one of them us s trophy cause of the hunt and the end result (food)...

Would take me forever to post all of the pics...

Each one is a cherished memory

Well, thanks for at least thinking about putting in the effort RS....lol.

How about just one, you pick...

[IronNoggin]

... How about just one, you pick...

:D :wink: :mrgreen:

[Sitkaspruce]

Some great bucks every one!!! Nice to see people posting animals the hunted!!

A few from over the years

https://s6.postimg.org/xndvaj44x/hunting_389.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/y059gpmel/)

https://s6.postimg.org/ev206yn69/Kendeer2.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/alxa4sjwt/)

https://s6.postimg.org/jgy4fbgf5/P9150062.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/kvzp41hi5/)

https://s6.postimg.org/8hcx3pxpt/IMGP0728.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6csk2mw31/)

https://s6.postimg.org/yu3bfw8vl/IMG_4094.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/g1rgcbch9/)

Cheers

SS

[.264winmag]

Beauties SS! Peace bucks? I gotta get up there for the rut sometime...

[358mag]

http://oi68.tinypic.com/301ft4w.jpg
Back in the day of Wood,Wool , Leather .
No digital cameras ,trail cams or internet .

[HarryToolips]

Wow great bucks folks, and some absolute hogs.....

[showtimebc]

7x6 from a minus 30 degree temperature day in late November 2013.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/IMG_20131120_173035-2.jpg

[.308SLAYER]

Just a tank of a body nice

[dana]

7x6 from a minus 30 degree temperature day in late November 2013.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/IMG_20131120_173035-2.jpg

Very Nice!!! Gotta love hunting those extreme cold days! Beauty buck congrats!

[dana]

358, love it! Old School Before It Was Cool!

SS, Great photos of great bucks. Loved seeing them back in the day and love seeing them again!

[Canuck2]

originally posted by blacklab

Re: Whitetail Hunters Post Your Photos
Canuck2 are those southern interior bucks? They're good ones.

Indeed they are, blacklab. Boy, there's some great bucks showing up on here.

[blacklab]

I think maybe 7-B will get a visit. Always hunt 8 and 4 in November. White tails in the snow, priceless!
Nice bucks all!

[Wild one]

I think maybe 7-B will get a visit. Always hunt 8 and 4 in November. White tails in the snow, priceless!
Nice bucks all!

What you are seeing is the difference between the Dakota subspecies and the northwestern subspecies. Both can get big but you can see the traits to the Dakota subspecies in the peace

[blacklab]

Are you aware of areas of overlap the two subspecies?

[Wild one]

Are you aware of areas of overlap the two subspecies?

Dont doubt you will see some overlap along the Rockies but for the most part the Dakota subspecies is north east side of the Rockies in BC. In Alberta it’s a north vs south thing Dakota subspecies being northern. If my memory is right it’s about red deer the subspecies mix in Alberta

In BC I wonder if some of the northern WT populations around PG are a mix of the subspecies

[Crackshot007]

6799
First Deer!!! 6x6, almost 6x7

[DeepJeep]

^ thats an awesome first deer.

[blacklab]

Beauty.
Norther deer?

[.264winmag]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6799&stc=1

First Deer!!! 6x6, almost 6x7

That's a real gooder! Wall hanger? Getting all silver in the face, good ole buck congrats!

[Sitkaspruce]

These deer up here are tanks!!

Here is the buck I killed in 13

Alive

https://s6.postimg.org/odoq3tmnl/EK005233.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/tp3moj8q5/)

On his way home, too big for the 60" sled

https://s6.postimg.org/l6u6k84sh/IMGP0746.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/9uhl2fw3h/)

Figured he was 250-275 lbs. live weight and 4.5 you.

This years buck in the same sled

https://s6.postimg.org/dx73b7fzl/IMG_0778.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6tz7vlajx/)

Figured 300+ lbs live. Got 87 lbs. of well trimmed meat of him (with around 10 lbs wasted due to the heater being too close...my fault....)

This guy was a Fort St. James buck and he weight 200 lbs if an once.

https://s6.postimg.org/r9os79c3l/hunting_065.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/vvkwflxml/)

All have been great eating and much preferred over muley.

Keep posting people!! I want to see Blacklab, Wildone, Bownut and others that say they hunt White tail show us some of their bucks and who cares about size!!

Cheers

SS

[fuzzybiscuit]

https://s6.postimg.org/odoq3tmnl/EK005233.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/tp3moj8q5/)

This little piggy is going for a toboggan ride...lol!

Great buck! What a tank!

[.264winmag]

Ain't no dinky dog rat deer like around my place SS! Deadly pics, nice work. I also prefer them for my palate, the wife's too. And everyone I've ever hunted with...

[blacklab]

You stole my sleigh! sure makes it easy to get them out of the bush.
Realy Good bucks.
When did you get the one from Fort St James.
I went to Vanderhoof in 1991 most people didn't know there were even white tail in the country.

[Elk-Aholic]

http://oi68.tinypic.com/301ft4w.jpg
Back in the day of Wood,Wool , Leather .
No digital cameras ,trail cams or internet .

If only that truck could talk.......lol

[blacklab]

If only that truck could talk.......lol
Nice picture, how long ago?
I'll guess region 8

[358mag]

[QUOTE=blacklab;1980654]Nice picture, how long ago?
I'll guess region 8[/QU
Region 3 please don't tell FD:twisted:

[358mag]

If only that truck could talk.......lol
White Trucks don't talk ...........

[dana]

The Meat Pole from a successful Region 8 weekend.

http://i.imgur.com/yDLSl1l.jpg

[blacklab]

Nice to see those kind of pictures, the good old days.
What year?

[dana]

Nice to see those kind of pictures, the good old days.
What year?
1991 IIRC. Was a great father and son weekend full of memories.

[dana]

A couple more recent meat bucks.

http://i.imgur.com/Fxw856k.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9XC7gTR.jpg

[Ourea]

Nice 2 yr old bucks!
Yummy eats there

[blacklab]

Nice bucks, thing with white tail, even small bucks have class.

[dana]

Nice 2 yr old bucks!
Yummy eats there

Yup, they were very tastey! :)

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Speaking of tasty.......my 1st archery animal. Left a tiny bit of room for improvement:-)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/1st_Archery_Animal.jpg


Caught this buck crossing a steep scree slope in a canyon working his way towards a hot doe. Previously, I thought these scree slopes would act as a funnel since they would avoid them. Wrong.

Probably the prettiest caped buck I've killed
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2010_whitey_007.jpg

[dana]

A nice Region 3 buck on a frosty November morning.

http://i.imgur.com/G6xc2PL.jpg

[Stone Sheep Steve]

And most of you will probably remember my buddy's Region 9 whitey
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Jann_s_Whitetail_003.jpg

[guest]

A nice Region 3 buck on a frosty November morning.

http://i.imgur.com/G6xc2PL.jpg

apparently almost extinct, in some folks opinion to try to keep others from hunting Reg. 3 Or soon to be exterminated .

[dana]

apparently almost extinct. Or soon to be exterminated .

several years ago behind no tresspassing signs. If you think I'm wrong about Northern Region 3 by all means come up and hunt. Best to take a week's vaction and enjoy the views as well. The place is crawling with whitetails and muleys and moose. 160-170 class whitetail bucks behind every other tree. 200 inch muleys behind all the rest. Yup, it is amazing here! Too bad the secret is out! :)

[Stone Sheep Steve]

And a friend's northern whitey......

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/whitie_1.jpg

[Wild one]

apparently almost extinct, in some folks opinion to try to keep others hunting Reg. 3 Or soon to be exterminated .

So your targeting WT in 3 exclusively this season?

[Ourea]

So your targeting WT in 3 exclusively this season?

I think success is easily replicated if you know what you're doing.

[Wild one]

I think success is easily replicated if you know what you're doing.

Right spot in 3 yes some MUs I disagree

[Ourea]

Right spot in 3 yes some MUs I disagree

animals r pretty easy to kill if you are invested

[Wild one]

animals r pretty easy to kill if you are invested

Yes I realize this but some MUs in 3 don’t hold much for WT either. Some MUs are great in 3 as well

Populations are not equal among region 3

[Ourea]

^^^^

Understood and crystal clear.

FYI, the envy of all my my elite hunting contacts when it comes to WT are in Reg 3.
Lower sporadic density generally leads to cranker bucks. This kid is onto several monsters every yr and has killed some of them. 170 to 200+" deer while others hunt the same areas complaining. They are an interesting and polarizing species for sure.

[Wild one]

^^^^

Understood and crystal clear.

FYI, the envy of all my my elite hunting contacts when it comes to WT are in Reg 3.
Lower sporadic density generally leads to cranker bucks. This kid is onto several monsters every yr and has killed some of them. 170 to 200+" deer while others hunt the same areas complaining. They are an interesting and polarizing species for sure.

Yes I am well aware of this

[Ourea]

I doubt regulation will ever have an impact on his WT success, nor mine.
The days of easy road hunting kills are done.

[walks with deer]

personally i love the region 3 two buck limit..my family likes it at dinner time aswell.

[blacklab]

Some of you drum beaters just can't leave it alone. I thought this was supposed to just show some white tail, dead or alive.
The choir just keeps singing the same old tune.

[labguy]

^^^^

Understood and crystal clear.

FYI, the envy of all my my elite hunting contacts when it comes to WT are in Reg 3.
Lower sporadic density generally leads to cranker bucks. This kid is onto several monsters every yr and has killed some of them. 170 to 200+" deer while others hunt the same areas complaining. They are an interesting and polarizing species for sure.

A 200 plus class whitetail from southern BC?????? Really????

[Stone Sheep Steve]

A 200 plus class whitetail from southern BC?????? Really????

I know of a couple R 8 200" Whities taken and have 'heard' about some jaw droppers from R 3.
They definitelty aren't found behind every bush but some whitetail bucks do die of old age no matter how much hunting pressure exists. Those low deer densitiy areas like Ourea mentioned can be havens for old bucks.

SSS

[Wild one]

I doubt regulation will ever have an impact on his WT success, nor mine.
The days of easy road hunting kills are done.

My definition of low WT numbers does not match many who are preaching about the doe season. I also fully understand the tactics most use in BC are why they don’t see them.

Not once have I said the season effects myself or the WT hunters I know. It has actually improved success rate on bucks in some areas

I have a good feeling I even know the area in 3 your bragging of the big bucks coming out of. Many say the area lacks WT but they are actually looking in the wrong areas

I am not a MD hunter that converted to WT

[Alpine85]

A 200 plus class whitetail from southern BC?????? Really????


Only been apart of one over 200'' from southern BC, but was a beauty.


https://i.imgur.com/rgcvnY6.jpg?1

[.264winmag]

What a donger Alpine85! Nice husky suspenders too, part of the reason for success is think;)

[Buck]

Wow nice buck thanks for the pic.

[HarryToolips]

Gorgeous bucks guys, a relative of mine killed in the southern interior, 2 years ago, a 8 x 9 WT buck, wish I had a pic..

[BCHunterFSJ]

Yeah! Back to WT photos!
Here's another one of mine. It was my first ever really big buck. Scored 148 points.
Taken in 1996! Had to scan an old photo to be able to post...

https://i.imgur.com/zY2yj62.jpg

[blacklab]

Another nice one, you know your going to have more company up that way this fall.
When I look at the brush behind you, not a lot of people will venture into that stuff.

[Timbow]

Absolutely awesome pictures! Definitely have to revive this post before next season.

With R5 mule deer rut closure in November, it offers an opportunity to hunt exclusively for WT during that time. Although not as plentiful as the peace country or the southern parts of BC they are here and the numbers are growing especially in the agricultural zones.

[.264winmag]

https://i.imgur.com/X1nQ7lhh.jpg
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[.264winmag]

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[.264winmag]

A few I never connected with, or just let walk...
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[HarryToolips]

Very impressive .264, very impressive....your finding the numbers down due to wolves??

[.264winmag]

Very impressive .264, very impressive....your finding the numbers down due to wolves??
Thanks, lots of meat bucks around at least. I don't know if numbers are down all that much here, yet...Just a matter of time I suspect, wolf sign is on the rise for sure. We have a surplus of wt here luckily...

[Piperdown]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kar3azlancywu6x/005.JPG?dl=0 , region 6-04, yotes took this old guy down on the lake at the cabin in deep snow

[BC30cal]

I know of a couple R 8 200" Whities taken and have 'heard' about some jaw droppers from R 3.
They definitelty aren't found behind every bush but some whitetail bucks do die of old age no matter how much hunting pressure exists. Those low deer densitiy areas like Ourea mentioned can be havens for old bucks.

SSS

Stone Sheep Steve;
Good morning to you sir, I hope all is well with you and yours this frigid and breezy Sunday. Must be some sort of rule about Sundays being cold and windy in February, eh?:biggrin:

Way back in the day, for a couple years I measured at the Oliver Sportsmen's Club for their trophy night. While I don't recall a 200" whitetail back then, there were a couple - maybe 3 actually - that grossed right around 185".

One was a nice young lady who had just taken up hunting and I want to say it was her first buck or close to that. There was a bit of a fuss over it, maybe even Big Buck magazine did a piece on her? Anyway I heard the upshot was she quit hunting as it wasn't why she'd started. Too bad that, or so I thought.

Even though I've lived here in the south for 34 years now, I've never killed a 200" whitetail and don't believe I've laid eyes on one either. If you make it over here to hang a carcass, have a coffee or what have you, I can show you a couple drop off sets in our garage which we found on our land in Saskatchewan. They're mid 150's - guessing the spread of course since they're not attached.

Back in '87 this old warrior died somewhere up on Baldy. Both ears were tattered, one front tooth was broken out along with a split lower lip and his face was all scars. He liked to brawl Steve!
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/hunting/1989.jpg

His rack was on the downhill side for sure and if memory serves the Provincial bio said he was 7½ - back when we could get "A tooth for the truth" badges.

This one died in '93 or '94, young buck coming up I'd say. It was the last weekend of season, I was slithering along in the old growth and saw a tail flag maybe 80yds in front of me. I called it to a stop and through the tangle saw what I thought was a spike - ended up it was a brow tine. Anyway I knew it was a whitetail buck so I carefully inserted a 180gr Hornady Spire into the base of its right ear with the beat up BBR '06 that I carried in my youth. This is what I found when I walked up to it - nice surprise for sure.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/hunting/1993.jpg

In 2012 I'd been playing tag with a first rack basket rack and another second rack buck that had a rack about the same size, just a tad larger. On the second last weekend of season I missed the first rack buck at maybe 75yds. It was a gimme shot and to this day I'm not clear how I hit the rest of the world instead of that little fellow, but I suppose the rest of the world IS bigger so that's where the bullet went. Funny I was so sure I'd hit him I watched him trot away instead of shooting - just waiting for him to keel over. There was snow and subsequent tracking showed the error of my misplaced surety......:(

I will note that testing showed my rifle had gone a wee bit stinko on me, not enough to miss the buck but enough to make me park it in the safe for the remainder of the season and enough that I strapped it in the barrel vice and unmade it from a .270..... but that's another story for another day perhaps Steve...

The last weekend of season then, this time with an ancient and somewhat "lucky" Ruger 77 in .308 Norma, I'd just finished my second string of calling when I spotted the tips of a rack weaving in through the regrowth Doug Firs, so I thought to myself - ah it's the second rack one this weekend. I mentally noted where he'd be in the clear between two trees and shot him in the neck as he cleared the branches.

This is what I found that time instead of the basket rack.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/Amy1456_zpsd3ebbb79.jpg

Now the really interesting thing is this guy died less than half a mile from the '93 buck and the similarities in the racks are really visible when you see them in person. As well, the '93 buck went 138lb carcass weight and the '12 buck was 124lb carcass, skinny as a rail really and in very poor condition.

I've killed a few older mulie bucks in that body condition and although it's a guess, I don't believe he'd have made the winter or not easily anyway. Teeth were about gone too, which is surprising considering he could still grow a rack, you know?

Anyway sir, thanks for letting a semi-old guy reminisce this morning. I hope you all stay well as we head into spring.

Dwayne

[.264winmag]

Great bucks Bc30cal! Thanks for the share.
Cheers

[358mag]

Stone Sheep Steve;
Good morning to you sir, I hope all is well with you and yours this frigid and breezy Sunday. Must be some sort of rule about Sundays being cold and windy in February, eh?:biggrin:

Way back in the day, for a couple years I measured at the Oliver Sportsmen's Club for their trophy night. While I don't recall a 200" whitetail back then, there were a couple - maybe 3 actually - that grossed right around 185".

One was a nice young lady who had just taken up hunting and I want to say it was her first buck or close to that. There was a bit of a fuss over it, maybe even Big Buck magazine did a piece on her? Anyway I heard the upshot was she quit hunting as it wasn't why she'd started. Too bad that, or so I thought.

Even though I've lived here in the south for 34 years now, I've never killed a 200" whitetail and don't believe I've laid eyes on one either. If you make it over here to hang a carcass, have a coffee or what have you, I can show you a couple drop off sets in our garage which we found on our land in Saskatchewan. They're mid 150's - guessing the spread of course since they're not attached.

Back in '87 this old warrior died somewhere up on Baldy. Both ears were tattered, one front tooth was broken out along with a split lower lip and his face was all scars. He liked to brawl Steve!
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/hunting/1989.jpg

His rack was on the downhill side for sure and if memory serves the Provincial bio said he was 7½ - back when we could get "A tooth for the truth" badges.

This one died in '93 or '94, young buck coming up I'd say. It was the last weekend of season, I was slithering along in the old growth and saw a tail flag maybe 80yds in front of me. I called it to a stop and through the tangle saw what I thought was a spike - ended up it was a brow tine. Anyway I knew it was a whitetail buck so I carefully inserted a 180gr Hornady Spire into the base of its right ear with the beat up BBR '06 that I carried in my youth. This is what I found when I walked up to it - nice surprise for sure.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/hunting/1993.jpg

In 2012 I'd been playing tag with a first rack basket rack and another second rack buck that had a rack about the same size, just a tad larger. On the second last weekend of season I missed the first rack buck at maybe 75yds. It was a gimme shot and to this day I'm not clear how I hit the rest of the world instead of that little fellow, but I suppose the rest of the world IS bigger so that's where the bullet went. Funny I was so sure I'd hit him I watched him trot away instead of shooting - just waiting for him to keel over. There was snow and subsequent tracking showed the error of my misplaced surety......:(

I will note that testing showed my rifle had gone a wee bit stinko on me, not enough to miss the buck but enough to make me park it in the safe for the remainder of the season and enough that I strapped it in the barrel vice and unmade it from a .270..... but that's another story for another day perhaps Steve...

The last weekend of season then, this time with an ancient and somewhat "lucky" Ruger 77 in .308 Norma, I'd just finished my second string of calling when I spotted the tips of a rack weaving in through the regrowth Doug Firs, so I thought to myself - ah it's the second rack one this weekend. I mentally noted where he'd be in the clear between two trees and shot him in the neck as he cleared the branches.

This is what I found that time instead of the basket rack.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/Amy1456_zpsd3ebbb79.jpg

Now the really interesting thing is this guy died less than half a mile from the '93 buck and the similarities in the racks are really visible when you see them in person. As well, the '93 buck went 138lb carcass weight and the '12 buck was 124lb carcass, skinny as a rail really and in very poor condition.

I've killed a few older mulie bucks in that body condition and although it's a guess, I don't believe he'd have made the winter or not easily anyway. Teeth were about gone too, which is surprising considering he could still grow a rack, you know?

Anyway sir, thanks for letting a semi-old guy reminisce this morning. I hope you all stay well as we head into spring.

Dwayne
Nice bucks Dwayne thanks for posting
PS sure glad were not up on those ridges today trying to count sheep !!!!!