UH OH !!!..BLCKTIAL DOWN AGAIN!!..er TWO !!!

[proguide66]

:redface::redface::shock:Well....as planned , took my 'apprentice' out b tail hunting to the ' honey hole'....saw a few smaller bucks , settled on his new ' BIGGEST BUCK YET ' !!....THEN , Gatehouse dropped another awesome buck not too far away...photos to follow asap!!:mrgreen:...we also found a MONSTER old buck who died of old age yrs ago...8 1/2" bases!!!!!

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WHAAAAT A HOOOOT !!!!!.........please excuse the typing errors , Gate/Gilmore/young apprentice had a few porch beers !!

[mark]

I think that hole will be empty of honey very soon! 8 1/2" bases.....that Ill have to see a tape on! :shock:

[stitch]

That last pic looks like it came from the same gene pool as the one you took earlier this year....

[d6dan]

Sweeet!!! Nice going guys, Your on a roll Proguide66...:) Looking forward to Gates buck..

[Fisher-Dude]

Nice bucks boys! Gate got a haircut for that pic eh?

[Shooter]

your threads are beginning to hurt. hurt real bad.:cry::wink:
Great deer guys. Congrats to all involved. In the last week I have seen 12 bucks. But most were 2-points (my buddy took one) a couple spikes and one that I think was a 2x3. Just looking for the guy that wants to live on my wall tho.

[proguide66]

I think that hole will be empty of honey very soon! 8 1/2" bases.....that Ill have to see a tape on! :shock:
well , mighta cheated a bit , ran the wire around the bottom...but the thing was unreal heavy!!!....7 1/2 between the firts point.

[kennyj]

Good for you guys! Those are nice bucks,beautiful capes.Thats a monster winter kill.
kenny

[deer nut]

UN-REAL!!! You guys really take the cake!! Maybe you should write a book about coastal blacktail hunting!

[ElkMasterC]

Very nice guys!

Well done for all, beauty bucks, and they're gonna be good chewins! Love that BT meat.

[bsa30-06]

That is one hell of a honey hole you got.Congrats to all those look like some nice bucks.One of these days i'llfind one for myself.....if you guys dont shoot them into extinction first.

[Shooter]

Just wondering gate.. Does that classify as a legal 4?

[Gilmore]

8 1/2" bases.....that Ill have to see a tape on! :shock:

I was there, I saw it, its that thick. Tim Hortons, must be something in their coffee!!

[Shooter]

Maybe you should write a book about coastal blacktail hunting!


Put me on the pre-order list for that book please:-D.

[Salty]

I think that hole will be empty of honey very soon!

That's what i'm starting to think :lol: :-D :neutral: :(

Nice bucks

[Laurence_Erickson]

very nice bucks guys ,where do I sign up for the apprenticeship proguide??? :) A big congrats too you all.

[humble hunter]

What the hell is going on up there? Maybe they should have a blacktail relocation project to Squamish from Pemberton.

Nice bucks boys.

[proguide66]

That's what i'm starting to think :lol: :-D :neutral: :(

Nice bucks


haha...well , to be honest the ' honey hole' is actually broken up into 3 different 'holes'...wich are miles apart.....

believe me , I'm deffinitely about conservatrion and management!!:wink:......if we were to be 'cleaning up' too many bucks , you wouldnt see all these quality buck pics !!:)..this is the result of 7 yrs ( well , maybe 30 yrs) and WAYYY TOO MANY hrs of taking in knowledge !!!........( and keeping secrets):tongue:

[1911]

Beautiful deer boys! Good work.

[Gateholio]

Pretty ironic statement!:mrgreen:


PG66's buddy Matt in Squamish returned from Alberta and was still buckless..So we all got up early this AM and headed down to hook up.

We were headed to a timbered ridge nearby. PG66 and Matt went up the south end, I was a few kms away and went up the north end. We were going to get up on top and head towards each other, maybe push some deer towards each other, and eventually hook up.

I headed up this really, really gnarly cliff face (I actually had to strap my rifle sling across my chest while I went rock climbing!) I am a bit larger now than when I used to rock climb back in the day, but my old experience sure came in handy!:tongue:

Up into the timber I went, and my injured knee was starting to feel the effects of the rock climbing, I could feel it swelling up. Oh well, last chance for me to hunt this season, so just deal with it. I knew in a few hours I would be talking to PG66 and Matt, so I could then whimper like a sissy girl to them:wink:

After a few hours I heard a shot a couple of KMS away. I drew my cell phone out of my pocket and waited. Sure enough, it buzzed and Matt had nailed a buck! Rigth on!

I decided to head towards them but the shot sounded closer than I thought and my knee was hurting, so I decided to drop down out of the cliffs and into the smaller timber, hunt my way towards them and maybe we would bump into each other or maybe not.

About an hour later, I got into some real thick stuff and it had lots of rubs, so I was going slowly, and bleat calling as I went. TO my left I spied a buck coming up the hill towards me, so I froze. He was coming right to me. At about 20 yards, he stopped, in growth so thick it could have been in some tropical rainforest jungle...

All I could see was that he was pretty wide, and he looked like a really wide 2 point. I wasn't going to shoot, I was thinking "Nice body, big 2 point, this seems to be the 2 point season, should I shoot, naw I'm not going to shoot, oh what the hell, last day and I can always use some more sausage...Thread the needle and BOOM!"

The Mighty .375 Ruger took him in the shoulder, he bounced down the hill and then I didn't hear him anymore. My cell phone buzzed:mrgreen:

"What is he?"

"Dunno, big 2 point, I think he is out of my sight in the jungle."

"Okay, we will be done in awhile and we will try to hook up"

I didn't know if I had made a bad hit, so I sat down and did the whole "wait an hour and eat a sandwich" thing. But the sandwich was gone in 15 minutes, so I went and looked. Short blood trail, a few bounds- There he is!!

Pg 66 and Matt zeroed in on me about an hour later, and then we took group photos before butchering and loading on my Mystery Ranch pack (very comfy, BTW) and heading out together.

Great day, pics to follow!:mrgreen:

[brianscott]

Did anyone tell Gatehouse this is hunting?

All shaved up and has his hair done for the pic.

[Prowler]

UN-REAL!!! You guys really take the cake!! Maybe you should write a book about coastal blacktail hunting!

I would also like a copy of this book. Autographed as well.:-D

Just so I can say, "I know this guy!" :-D

[killman]

Great stories and pics guy's. Congrats on your excellent season.

[cainer]

nice work fellas. i guess there are a few deer in region 2 eh? not any more though.

[5 spike]

those are sweet bucks, gotta love those coastal blacktails. congrats you guys.

[martyonthewater]

nice going guys, pemberton is starting to look and sound like it's worth the drive from here.

[Johnnybear]

nice going guys, pemberton is starting to look and sound like it's worth the drive from here.

Yup:-D!! I think ProGuide and the gang are slowly creating a monster for themselves as some of the "Island" fellows are planning trips over there next year:mrgreen:.

Great bucks!!! Congrats to the apprentice. Congrats to Gatehouse. Congrats to Proguide for being such a good mentor, guide, and friend to the apprentice Matt.

Awesome stories and photos. Thank you for sharing.

[ElkMasterC]

Man, I hope all those Interior hunters don't come down to shoot all our "Coastie" deer...lol

[Johnnybear]

Man, I hope all those Interior hunters don't come down to shoot all our "Coastie" deer...lol

We'll invade them from East and West and they won't know what hit em:lol: .

[Islandeer]

Your movin down the line up boys, compared to TB's and PG's last brute these last two are well freakin bigger than any freakin thing i have ever seen on my puney blacktail producing island . so beauties,bet the beer tasted real good ...

Paint your trucks and quit going to timmies ...

[BlacktailStalker]

2 nice bucks there right on guys :cool:
That is a huge winter kill all right, I wouldnt doubt for a second that base is 8".

[Gateholio]

nice going guys, pemberton is starting to look and sound like it's worth the drive from here.

Pemberton is the new Clearwater!!:mrgreen:

Well, blacktails don't have nearly as much horn as a mule deer, so you gotta be a bit of a blacktail aficionado to put in alot of time and effort to get a good blacktail- and a good blacktail normally qualifies as a really mediocre mule deer...:-D

The deer migration in Pemberton is no real secret. There have ben a couple of government studies on this, which are public knowledge as far as I know. Most of the deer spend their summers down Meager Creek/Hurley road area, and then make their way along the ridges of the Pemberton Valley to the Mackenzie Lake area, where they winter.

The migration route and where they are on a certain date is totally dependent on the weather. This year there was lots of snow, so the bucks get pushed down, quicker. The key to larger bucks, as with most deer hunting, is GET OUT OF YOUR TRUCK AND OFF THE FS ROAD and get into the steep, ugly bush.

If you are just interested in "any buck" then the road will offer up deer of course. ANd you may get lucky and nail a big one on the road- it happens every year.

[Fisher-Dude]

The Mighty .375 Ruger took him in the shoulder

You always head out there undergunned. :tongue:

[PGK]

Great story Clarke :D Nice bucks boys, glad someone connected today!

[Gateholio]

Here is how I found him..

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Obligatory BLACK tail pic...

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Group photo!

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Here is me and the buck I shot

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The buck and the MIGHTY .375 Ruger

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All loaded up, Matt and I strike a pose!

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One of my bucks, Gilmores buck form yesterday, Matts buck, 2 of PG66's buck, the picked up skull/antler and some rattling horns...

[Gateholio]

My buck from today, Matts buck from today, Gilmores buck from yesterday, PG66's 2 bucks, the old pick up and some rattling horns...


PS Gilmore might want to stop by and pick up his antlers that he forgot:mrgreen:

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[d6dan]

Very nice Blacktail Gates..Congrats:-D

[Kody94]

The buck and the MIGHTY .375 Ruger

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Hell yeah!! :mrgreen:

Congrats on your buck Gates!

[todbartell]

great job guys :D

[Kitimat Killer]

way to go you guys what a year on slaying those blktail wow thats all i can say

kk

[blackbart]

Very well done gentleman. I like the no cape method, screw the head mount method that your group seems to utilize.

[Gateholio]

Very well done gentleman. I like the no cape method, screw the head mount method that your group seems to utilize.

If they were bigger, we'd be mounting!! 2 years ago both PG66 and I mounted out blacktails. Actually, PG66 is going to mount the giant 2 point, I think.. Gilmore and I urged him to do so, he is very unique and cool!

[showtimebc]

nice lookin deer guys!

[blackbart]

I like the idea of mounting the special trophies such as the massive two point.

You know that you are leaving yourself wide open on the "if they were bigger, we'ed be mounting" comment:)

Once again, good job on the hardest to hunt of our BC deer.

[Johnnybear]

Once again, good job on the hardest to hunt of our BC deer.

Thank you for that comment blackbart:wink:.

[bsa30-06]

congrats everyone,those are some great bucks there.

[Gateholio]

I can't wait until PG66 posts the "OOPS! We did it again picture. I'd post it but it is on his camera. :mrgreen:

[bsa30-06]

I can't wait until PG66 posts the "OOPS! We did it again picture. I'd post it but it is on his camera. :mrgreen:

You better be kidding!!!!Please tell me you didnt shoot the one remaining blacktail , and there extinct know.

[Johnnybear]

I can't wait until PG66 posts the "OOPS! We did it again picture. I'd post it but it is on his camera. :mrgreen:

We can't wait either!:-D You teaser:twisted:.

You guy's are quickly turning this meat hunter into a trophy hunter:lol:.

[Johnnybear]

You better be kidding!!!!Please tell me you didnt shoot the one remaining blacktail , and there extinct know.

It's a huge area. Check it out on Google Earth or the back road map book. Lot's of area to hunt:wink:. Get over there.

[Gateholio]

It's a huge area. Check it out on Google Earth or the back road map book. Lot's of area to hunt:wink:. Get over there.

No kidding...

The "Pemberton area" stretches out to the Hiurley/Meager area, to the Darcy/Seton area, up the Duffey Lake road at least until Joffre, and down Lillooett Lake road.

All these areas contain bucks, some big, some small, but they are all there. Think about how the Lilooett Lake ties into Harrison Lake and how many big bucks came form there!

Pemberton area = HUGE area, but blacktails are hard to hunt..very hard!

[killman]

Are there any good quad trails?:mrgreen:

[hunter1947]

Another fantastic deer your party got Steve you have one hell of a honey hole there ,I wish I had one like yours :rolleyes:.

Nice to see the two of you from your group bagged two more ,congrats to your party on getting two more deer for the freezer http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

Will be looking forward to the pic story from Clark's second deer.

[proguide66]

Another fantastic deer your party got Steve you have one hell of a honey hole there ,I wish I had one like yours :rolleyes:.

Nice to see the two of you from your group bagged two more ,congrats to your party on getting two more deer for the freezer http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

Will be looking forward to the pic story from Clark's second deer.

Thanks Wayne!...was a hoot !........as well , feel we deserved our bucks due to all of us doing something to get the wolf #'s down last winter...shall go get MORE wolves now to justify a grrreat deer season next yr!!:-D

[proguide66]

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ok..thats it!...........onto the WOLVES !

[proguide66]

UN-REAL!!! You guys really take the cake!! Maybe you should write a book about coastal blacktail hunting!
I'm actually have been trying to aquire as much video footage as possible to make a btail DVD...but holy crap is THAT HARD !...
Have been wanting to make a British Columbia Blacktail book for a while...on how to get em but as well to hopefully get as many guys with GREAT bucks to toss in good pics of their bucks and a story to accompany...full color pages , would be REAL COOL !!!

[proguide66]

YoungMatts comin right along as a btail killer...here's a pic of him with ''Mr 151'

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[870]

nice shooting guys. you all have connected with some great bucks.

[hunter1947]

Wow that is as good as you can get it ,Man O Man you have a dandy area for deer ,these pic are hard to take but I am real happy for you and the friends you helped on getting these mossy backs ,love the 2 point throw back this throw back might be the dad to the one you got earlier this year if you where in the same area ????.

Congrats to you Steve ,Clarke ,Matt on getting these fine monster bucks this year ,well done http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon6.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif.

[Kudu]

Hell those are nice buck, wel done guy's.

[Mik]

Those are great bucks, excellent photos, its nice to see people out there having fun. Congrats, once again!

[nano]

Congrats!!

[harbinger]

may set off some gheydar:lol: here but the pic of the three of you is an awesome hunting shot.:wink:

[spear]

They grow em big on your side of the strait! Nice work, just send a few swimming our way next time

[hatrack]

2 more beauty bucks, cangrats again!

[Camp Cook]

Holy cow you guys are scoring nice bucks this year... Awesome...

[Ovis17]

The young fella's buck looks like a younger brother to Bartell's buck. Very nice again.......I hope the well is deep.

[humble hunter]

This thread should be deleted as it is causing many blacktail hunters heartfelt pain and sin. Thou Shalt not Covet thy neighbours buck! Guilty Again. The buck I have been chasing for 3 weeks has gone nocturnal. His tracks are there in the morning but I am there 1 hour before light and again 1 hour before dark. He is no where to be seen. What's your guy's advice?

[Gateholio]

This thread should be deleted as it is causing many blacktail hunters heartfelt pain and sin. Thou Shalt not Covet thy neighbours buck! Guilty Again. The buck I have been chasing for 3 weeks has gone nocturnal. His tracks are there in the morning but I am there 1 hour before light and again 1 hour before dark. He is no where to be seen. What's your guy's advice?

He is *somewhere* during the day...Hunt all day, go into the thick forest to find him.

In the last few years I am thinking about time of day for shooting a deer and they have been all over the map, from first light to last light of the day and everything in between.

[humble hunter]

He is *somewhere* during the day...Hunt all day, go into the thick forest to find him.

In the last few years I am thinking about time of day for shooting a deer and they have been all over the map, from first light to last light of the day and everything in between. One small problem, the work factor. Also, it is tough to spend the whole day in the bush in the pissing rain day after day after day. I have been doing it for 3 weeks straight. I usually hunt until 10am, go to work then back at 3:30 for the last hour. He is going to slip up one of these days and blam, I will be there. We are getting a break from the rain for a few days so I will spend one full day in there. As you posted with your buck, I am pretty sure he is bedded up in the treeline in the nasty vertical crap, watching me. The second rut should be coming on soon.

[ElkMasterC]

People only hunt Blacktails cause they're too lazy to hunt Mulies...............

[TravisC]

Just wondering if these bucks were taken on Saturday 28th. I myself did a little trip to the hill to my honny hole. I heard a few shots close to where I was that day a few ridges over from me. I have taken a 4pt with brows that scored 130" the pic is in my gallery. This Sataurday I never got a shot at a monster on my way to the honny hole. Whan I got there I sat down to have my lunch and decided to do the doe call thing. I never know if it is scaring them away or what but from the time I got my lunch out till the time I shot this little guy was less then 2 minutes. I sat down opened my sandwitch took a bite gave 5 short calls I then put my lunch down grabbed the gun (about 30 seconds had passed from the calls) when a doe with a buck 3pts one side 2pt with brow on other side in hot pursuit 25 yards from me trying to sneek around behind me. I shot him at about 11:30am, missed the big guy at around 9am heard 3 shots around 10am. This is how I get to my honny hole. Hard to get them back to the truck though when your by yourself.
Glad to see there are crazy BT hill side hunting freaks like me. Nice bucks guys. http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Pemberton_2009_3pt_1_Medium_.JPG (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16569&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent)http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Pemberton_2009_3pt_2_Medium_.JPG (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16570&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent):-D

[Th0r]

I am in awe of all of you. Beautiful deer, great partners and stunning country. Does it get any better? Congrats you Lucky son of a guns.:-D

[Manglinmike]

And once again the blacktail nija strikes!