blacktail success

[twoSevenO]

Hey guys … took this cool blacktail a week ago and wanted to share. If you follow me on IG, you would've seen it already. He is full of character so i'm posting quite a few pics of him. Not writing much of a story here though. Got up early and worked a quiet area slowly.Pouring rain. Full rain gear. Caught him cruisin an old skidder road looking for love. Nose to the ground and by the time he noticed me it was too late. The rifle was already up.


Shot him with my 243Win and 100gr Nosler Partition. I recovered the bullet and it had retained 65% of its weight. It was a long packout back to my ATV, but not an overly technical one, so I decided to pack him out whole. It was HEAVY. Rain soaking everything did not help things. Definitely felt some soreness in my upper glutes and hip flexors the next day


It was a pretty chilly ride on the ATV back to the truck with my lower half completely soaked, including underwear. The 15 year old Arc'teryx jacket up top stayed dry all day, but the Sitka rain pants leaked. First at the knees and thighs. Then later being bent over working all the water off the jacket went straight down my butt crack. Should have bought bib pants or just wore my waders that day!


Set him up at home in front of a fan at full blast for half the night before I hung him in my beer fridge. I decided to have him mounted considering all the character on him. He was full of old scars, and fresh wounds too! his molars were showing some decent wear so i sent a pic of the teeth to some folks who are better at aging animals than I am and the responses were 6-8 years old, so he was a nice, mature BT to take.

he is being turned into jerky, stew, and a whole lot of ground for tacos

This was also the first heart i kept and ate. I have to say, it tasted pretty good! The creek was nice to have nearby for cleanup and to rinse the heart out well. Was going to keep the heart from my mule deer last year, but turns out the bullet clipped the top of it and it was all blood shot and gross, so i left it. But this year i was definitely looking forward to it. Too bad i left so many in the field over the years.


Enjoythe pics. Cheers!

https://i.imgur.com/R9KyH1H.jpg


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[twoSevenO]

Few more character traits lol

https://i.imgur.com/AkagBB9.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/H4ijiJP.jpg


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[Ron.C]

An old warrior!!!! Great buck

P..S. love the Falkniven F1. My favourite blade!

[Huntingtyler123]

Super cool buck! Congrats!

[wideopenthrottle]

wow..great buck... for many reasons!!! thanks for the pics

[Citori54]

Great blacktail, congratulations!!!

[rocksteady]

That's a definite old boy.. congrats

[weatherby_man]

Wow, that guy has sure seen some battles, great character. Love the pic by the creek, awesome.

[caddisguy]

Wow awesome story and pics.

Like Ron C said, an old warrior!

Congrats on a wicked blacktail buck!!

[ratherbefishin]

Kindest thing that ever happened to him..still in his prime,still looking for a good poke , still passing on his genes but life from here on would not be good..he went out at the top of his game and may well have never heard the shot that killed him

[GEF]

Dandy Blacktail.Nice mass .An old mature buck .Good job!
Looks like he had a tangle with some barbed wire.

[nature girl]

Awesome blacktail deer. The only great way to hunt blacktails is in the pissing rain. Nice job well done and way to go on you getting a fine blacktail.

[Ride Red]

Nice old buck. Wouldn’t be blacktail hunting without the crappy weather. Only ever shot a couple on nice days, all the rest in this stuff. Congrats.

[DannyO]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing, posts like these make me feel there aren’t enough days in the season to hunt!

[kennyj]

Beautiful old buck!!

kenny

[3than]

Super cool buck! He's a warrior that's for sure.

[boilerroom]

What a beaut! Super cool that you packed him out whole and have him caped for what will be a fine mount.

[cameron0518]

Nice buck! Definitely was a scrapper.

[RICKADY]

Really nice 2 7 O, thats a super looking Blacktail, same as me last week pouring rain, going again tomorrow.
CONGRATS.

[Nimrod]

great character buck
Congrats

[Islandeer]

Tank!!!! One not to forget..... Congrats

[Mark-R]

Great buck, nice mass on the antlers.
It's amazing the injuries these guys take on this time of year.
Congrats!

[IslandWanderer]

Awesome deer! Nice work.

Very solid looking antlers.

[whitlers]

That thing is a stud.. I have never spent much time hunting blacktails as I hate hunting in the valley but you are motivating me now!

[sakohunter]

Sweet Deer!!

[Arctic Lake]

I would say the same , well put ! Congrats TwoSevenO !
Arctic Lake

Kindest thing that ever happened to him..still in his prime,still looking for a good poke , still passing on his genes but life from here on would not be good..he went out at the top of his game and may well have never heard the shot that killed him

[landphil]

Congrats! Great buck.

[ghost]

Awesome buck. You work hard and it’s paying off

[jimzuk]

Too bad he can’t tell us the stories about his scars. Congrats on a great buck

[Harvest the Land]

Ho Lee Fak that's an old friggin' blacktail buck of a lifetime! You've had a stellar year 270. Tip of the hat - well done. You're going to feast this winter

[twoSevenO]

Ho Lee Fak that's an old friggin' blacktail buck of a lifetime! You've had a stellar year 270. Tip of the hat - well done. You're going to feast this winter

Thanks for the kind words. Hes a nice buck, and I think he deserves the shoulder mount, but i cant quite call him buck of a lifetime, yet.

My blacktail buck of a lifetime is still out there. I'm searching ;)

[dougan]

Well done on a beauty black tail . Not an easy thing to accomplish.

[HarryToolips]

Congrats on a nice blacktail, cheers...

[Ovis17]

Congrats, heck of a blacktail!

[Redthies]

That’s a beauty for sure. Those antlers are tree trunks! Ratherbefishing nailed it too. You took him out in his prime!

[Seeker]

Great buck! Seeing posts of these blacktails and following old Proguide, instills a bit of a craving to one day hunt these critters. Congrats on a great year.

[ratherbefishin]

Don’t know why it is but Blacktails are often found bedded down on the open rocks when it’s raining

[lovemywinchester]

Great buck. Awesome mass. I have come to the conclusion that waterproof rain pants are the biggest scam perpetuated on us outdoorsman. I lived in Squamish and Whistler for 12 years. I sure don't miss that rain but I miss the blacktail hunting. I like Kamloops, where I can watch it rain and drive around it.

[stosto]

It makes the buck i got look prepubescent. Respect! I also like the gear descriptions and reviews. Funny how mountaineering gear is still superior to that crap at Cabela's.

So how did you prepare the heart? Thanks a lot!

[Ubertuber]

That's a nice buck. Good for you.
Thanks for posting.

[twoSevenO]

It makes the buck i got look prepubescent. Respect! I also like the gear descriptions and reviews. Funny how mountaineering gear is still superior to that crap at Cabela's.

So how did you prepare the heart? Thanks a lot!

I cut it up into long strips. Coat in flour and into a pan with hot olive oil.

Add a clove of thinly sliced garlic into the pan and cook until done, flipping once.

Season with salt and pepper and serve! ... It was very good.

We dont make elaborate recipes at our house, because we dont like spending a lot of time at the stove. We keep things simple :)

[Bigdoggdon]

Awesome Buck Congratulations

[Arctic Lake]

Not to take away from Two Seven O ‘s Thread but this mention of waterproof pants has me thinking about this brand Northbound anyone have them ?
Arctic Lake

Great buck. Awesome mass. I have come to the conclusion that waterproof rain pants are the biggest scam perpetuated on us outdoorsman. I lived in Squamish and Whistler for 12 years. I sure don't miss that rain but I miss the blacktail hunting. I like Kamloops, where I can watch it rain and drive around it.

[todbartell]

excellent work great buck

[bottles]

Great looking buck! Definitely has character.

[ryanb]

Once again, great buck, and great share #mhbcga (make hbc great again).

[lwing]

Nice buck and the best rain jackets I've ever used are the arcteryx, the alpha hunting stuff doesn't compare

[twoSevenO]

Final chapter:

https://i.ibb.co/qmJgcVT/buck1.jpg

[ghost]

starting to get a nice collection keep up the hard work

[BrianS]

Great buck! Agree he is an old warrior!! Great pics and thanks for sharing!

[Bubbacanuck]

Can’t wait to chase the grey ghosts in a couple weeks!! Great buck and awesome mount! Congrats

[madshawn]

Heading to Powell Lake for some Blacktail hunting tomorrow. Bringing two guys with me, one who has only walked in the forest looking for deer and another who has never shot a rifle. Lots of learning in the next few days for them! Cant wait

[180grainer]

Nice buck. Congrats

[Skeena Shooter]

Awesome buck!!

[The Hermit]

Great mature deer! Congrats

[Spy]

That’s a wicked buck, well done and thanks for sharing, great write up.. :-)

[RackStar]

That’s a great buck!! Nice mount too, very cool antlers.

[browningboy]

Nice job! Great buck

[Wood butcher]

Nice buck. Congrats.
You've got to love an older weathered buck. Good call on getting him mounted, loads of character.

[CReever]

A great buck with some cool character! Congrats!