154" blacktail buck shot Sat afternoon !

[proguide66]

I just harvested a blacktail buck...Gatehouse and I 'rough gross scored' it at 154...!!!...5 X4....not sure how to load pics on here !!!

[GrizGuy92]

Send me them in email at wtfwowomgbbqlol@hotmail.com
I can put em up for ya and even resize if needed.

[Gateholio]

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v158/146/116/556330879/n556330879_455775_8349.jpg


http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v158/146/116/556330879/n556330879_455790_6998.jpg

[proguide66]

OK !!.....its the buck on my profile picture !!...here goes !

[proguide66]

actually , looks like Clarke got it on here !!

[GrizGuy92]

Amazing buck! Congrats proguide!

[Gateholio]

Looks liek it worked.....If they are coming p as little red X's, let me know...

Be sure ot enter it in the deer contest!8)

[greatwhitehunter]

WOW, that is an AWESOME BIG BUCK!

[Beer]

Holy shit!!!

[Beer]

Who's going to be the first moron to say it's only a 3 x 4?

[Dale]

beauty, where's the story?

[mark]

great looking deer! Did you take pics of its tail????

[Wood butcher]

Wow nice buck, let's here the story.
Congrats.

(Beer, too funny...)

[gameslayer]

Unreal blacktail, That's a pig. What region did you harvest him in ? Congrats.

[Gateholio]

Whose going to be the first moron to say it's only a 3 x 4?

I think you just called yourself a moron.....:razz:

[Will]

Holy $hite ! That's a Mighty Fine Blacktail !

Hope you didn't rely on Clarke's personal tape measure though.....
It's made of rubber so he can impress the ladies...........:lol: ;-)

Congrats on a Truly Great Buck ! 8)

[sako7mm]

Holy shit!!!

x2, Thats an awesome buck, congrats!!!!:eek:

[harbinger]

NIce Buck Steve holy crap!

[Beer]

I think you just called yourself a moron.....:razz:

Glad you don't get paid to think. Nice job on the deer though.

[porcupine]

What great buck! Let's hear the story!
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[Brambles]

don't see blacktails like that every day, great buck,

[proguide66]

OK....here goes.......3 yrs ago ( maybe 4) a freind of mine showed me a place people "used to hunt" yrs back but not anymore due to it being "too grown up"....I saw the largest blacktail foot prints in my life ( I have over 50 blk tails to date)..I guide up north for part of the fall and RACE back to chase deer....actually , RACED back to hunt that spot and a couple others....I can easily say that it can take yrs to finally figure out how to hunt your 'spot'....figure the genetics...maybe get lucky and score !!....
Last fall I 'gave -in' and shot a 115-120ish buck in the area while trying to rop 'Mr. BIG'....week later I blew it on 'Mr.B' in his bed in the morning..then AGAIN the same day 5 hrs later SAME BED !!! ( MORON)...anyway...one week later rattled him in to 8 yrds , measured out ( by Rick Gander) gross score 141 B&C....well....cut his foot off , brought it back there..the print I was after originally dwarfed the 141 bucks foot....so...'06 ended...'07 ITS ON AGAIN !!....last 2 weeks have been spent chasing 2 spots.....went to 'Mr B's spot Sat morn , rattled in a small 3x2 during first hr of light..hiked a bit , hit some lunch , starpped on the pack frame and headed 'UP'---WAYYYY UP !!...crazy assed rubs the whole way...got to the top...slowed down due to knowing the bedding knobs...moss rock , spruce , ect...20 yrds into my 'bedding stalk'...looked through the 6" tree trunks ( small growth on rock/moss)..here he was...broadside at 30 yrds...picked a hole with my 243...one shot to the base of his neck....3 seconds later my knees wobbled !!!!...crazy the adrenaline shot upon 'realisation'....anyway...pictures , shoulder pats ( had a young partner)...cut him up , loaded him , started the hike down !...what do we find???...last yrs shed from a different buck that will go over 150B&C....so...its ON AGAIN !!!!......goingto take Gatehouse in there tomarrow and see what we can rattle up on video !!...hopefully his bro who has the missing 4th tine !!!!......and yes , took pictures of his tail !!...all angles.....coastal mainland blacktail !!.......

THE END......( almost)

[Gateholio]

great looking deer! Did you take pics of its tail????

Here is his tail

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v158/146/116/556330879/n556330879_455772_6489.jpg

[lapadat]

INSANE.........that is a true monster blacktail. WOW. Sounds like you've got the mother of all honey holes.

Lap

[~T-BONE~]

Great buck you got yourself there! Whats the outside spread? It must be great to have a honey hole that produces bucks like that! Even though I'm feeling the shits I hope to get to an area that Ive got (pack only) that holds one of those as I found a shed that is around 140 ish 2years ago! Way to go and hope you guys get another!!

[R Brooks]

Who's going to be the first moron to say it's only a 3 x 4?


Well call me a moron if you want, but if you look in the reg's on pg 5 it's shown in detail a Mule(black-tailed)Deer with 4 points and 3 points.

You do not count the brow tines on these deer, only Whitetail do you count them:roll:

Prove me wrong, but thats what the book states.

[Brambles]

ooohhh Nice tail

[R Brooks]

By the way very nice buck:cool:

[5 spike]

unreal that,s all i have to say.

[Brambles]

Well call me a moron if you want, but if you look in the reg's on pg 5 it's shown in detail a Mule(black-tailed)Deer with 4 points and 3 points.

You do not count the brow tines on these deer, only Whitetail do you count them:roll:

Prove me wrong, but thats what the book states.

Just because the regs say you don't count the brows on a mulie or blacktail for determining a legal animal doesn't change the fact that it still has those points. When you score it for B&C you count those points. The BC hunting synopsis isn't the hunting bible, just laws and rules we have to follow.

Hell some places he's a 9 pointer:confused:

Some would say its a 4x3 with browtines or some will call it a 5x4, do whatever you want.
It would be nice if everyone uses the same terminology but thats not going to happen

[boxhitch]

Great buck. Those places where you can't see too far can sure prove out. Good job on the pre-game info.

[R Brooks]

Just because the regs say you don't count the brows on a mulie or blacktail for determining a legal animal doesn't change the fact that it still has those points. When you score it for B&C you count those points. The BC hunting synopsis isn't the hunting bible, just laws and rules we have to follow.

Hell some places he's a 9 pointer:confused:

Some would say its a 4x3 with browtines or some will call it a 5x4, do whatever you want.
It would be nice if everyone uses the same terminology but thats not going to happen

I agree that it would be nice If everyone were on the same page, that would be pg 5 lol:biggrin: I believe they count all the points in the USA which would be a 9 pointer

just my 2 cents

[Creeker]

Wow, what a great Blacktail.
Congrats.

[Gateholio]

Well call me a moron if you want, but if you look in the reg's on pg 5 it's shown in detail a Mule(black-tailed)Deer with 4 points and 3 points.
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That's how the BC regs class them, for legal to shoot purpose, but as Brambles says, you count them to score...It's a G1 according to my B&C score sheet:smile:

I agree, call them whatever you want, except it is fun to heckle easterners about inferiority complexes and counting points.:smile:

[R Brooks]

That's how the BC regs class them, for legal to shoot purpose, but as Brambles says, you count them to score...It's a G1 according to my B&C score sheet:smile:

I agree, call them whatever you want, except it is fun to heckle easterners about inferiority complexes and counting points.:smile:

Heckling is good, I agree.

As long as people don't take it to heart:cry:

[todbartell]

what a hog, way to go!

[1/2 slam]

WOW:eek: What a pig.....congratulations.

[big game walker hounds]

ya congrats wicked buck wasnt to far towards hope though? lol. really great buck .

[Tanya]

Wow! Super buck. Well done.

[Thunderstix]

Oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have hunted a lot of blacktail and I have never seen one like that!:shock:

[30-378-magnum]

sick deer steve way to go

[The Hermit]

Thanks for posting those pics... way to go!!

[Tarp Man]

That is one incredible blacktail! Congratulations. Hopefully your PM box is empty cause you are going to get a flood of emails... and offers of many things... don't give in!

[Allen50]

great to see there is still more big bucks out there, not just 2 points, nice buck,, good pic too,,

[BCJunior]

Thats a huuuuuuuuuge buck!

[hunter1947]

Wow and wow ,that has to be a new top book record ,that is one pig of a deer ,only in my dreams can i imagine getting one like that ,congratulations on connecting with that buck. http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

[ursus]

Wow, I used to hunt Meagre years ago, never saw one like that! Good for you! Hard work and patience finally paid off!

[Elkhound]

what a sweet buck......and LMAO at Wills tape comment

[Paulyman]

I think we might have to do some testing to see if that deer was on banned substances, really really thick!

[Tikka7mm]

That is absolutley incredible!!!! A big congratulations!

[Wildman]

I think there should be a division in the book for island blacktails and mainland blacktails.........that's friken huge for a deer around here!

[moose hunter]

love the antler color

[proguide66]

Just for a quick note , I grew up hunting b-tails on the island and know how they differ from mainland blacky's...it would be deffinitely unheard of to nail one that scores like this on the island.....for the record , I'm not in to the record books at all , have many 'book' sized game under my belt and have none recorded...this buck will not be in any book as well. I have guided many many people from all over the planet for game and have seen many a hunt soured by the 'tape measure'...we as well will NEVER attain 'god status' from a set of antlers !!...but what a hoot HUNTING THEM !!!..
Good luck !!

[horshur]

have seen many a hunt soured by the 'tape measure'...we as well will NEVER attain 'god status' from a set of antlers !!...but what a hoot HUNTING THEM !!!..
Good luck !!

Ain't that the truth.......well said and congrats on a great deer.

[Islandeer]

Love that buck. I am with you on the book thing.

[ryanb]

I believe I know where this buck was taken...just from the vegetation. Of course, I could be quite wrong, but if I'm right I don't think B&C accepts this area as blacktail range. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Nevertheless, that's one heck of a buck...and if it's where I think it is, you might have taken him in an area I hunted quite a bit in the last month.

[BCBairdo]

Proguide,

Congrats on a beauty...and I too agree....tape means nothing as some of the more memorable hunts are often those that don't end in monsters.

BCB

[proguide66]

Here's a hint......you can see 'Tim Hortons' from the top of the 'spot'........all you get.........

[livingston]

What a beauty of a blacktail!! Its much sweeter when hard work and persistance pays off.

[ratherbefishin]

so..are you saying that mainland blacktails are genetically diferent than Isand blacktails?I did see one rack years OVER 30 ago that came out of Jordan meadows that I initially thought was a mule deer[fantastic buck-few guys will EVER even see one like that in a lifetime.]I'd be interested in this genetic angle though-some areas seem to produce bigger deer-just as other areas produce smaller deer

[bruin]

..............................:shock:............. ........:eek:..............

[proguide66]

I would say most certain the mainland blacky's have direct mule deer genetics at least 'somewhere' down the line. As an example of deer 'blood' making it west , I saw and video taped ( gave it to the wildlife biologists) 2 whitetail does here in Pemberton last year...I again saw them while trapping during late winter..and as well saw them in the spring , and one had a fawn with a black tail !!!...there has also been recent whitetail sightings in the Squamish valley !....so....if one were to think the mainland blacktails were of a 'pure strain' I doubt it !!......want to see some rcazy genetics chek out 'blacktailworld.com( I think)..shows b-tails from Wash , Oreg , Calif....some of the bucks look crazy......some most deffinitly mule deer blood..some tiny bodies / 140" racks...ect......I would think the true 'pure strain' would come from islands !!...some freinds of mine have nailed some rather large bucks on the island , including 140's !...not knocking the 'home rock' bucks...

[hunter1947]

I would say most certain the mainland blacky's have direct mule deer genetics at least 'somewhere' down the line. As an example of deer 'blood' making it west , I saw and video taped ( gave it to the wildlife biologists) 2 whitetail does here in Pemberton last year...I again saw them while trapping during late winter..and as well saw them in the spring , and one had a fawn with a black tail !!!...there has also been recent whitetail sightings in the Squamish valley !....so....if one were to think the mainland blacktails were of a 'pure strain' I doubt it !!......want to see some rcazy genetics chek out 'blacktailworld.com( I think)..shows b-tails from Wash , Oreg , Calif....some of the bucks look crazy......some most deffinitly mule deer blood..some tiny bodies / 140" racks...ect......I would think the true 'pure strain' would come from islands !!...some freinds of mine have nailed some rather large bucks on the island , including 140's !...not knocking the 'home rock' bucks... Frazer valley bucks and Pemberton area bucks do have genetics in there blood in them areas for sure ,no one can sit there and tell me that hear is the cut off line for black tail deer and mule deer and the mulie bucks are not going to cross that line and breed with a sitka black tail doe.
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[mikek blacktail]

beautiful blacktail I hope to be lucky enough to see one like that in my life time.

[steepNdeep]

Wow - awesome buck! I've hunted blacktail when I lived at the coast and they are COMMANDO DEER and love the thick n nasty... sounds like you earned him - congrats!

[ryanb]

Blacktails near "the border" are VERY much interbred with mulies...I see mulie bucks mating blacktail does every fall. Interestingly, it's usually the bucks that bring the genetics west...never seen a definate mulie doe around here. Here's the tail from a buck shot near "the border"
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