It was a nasty day in the North Cascades today, rain, snow, and high winds. Perfect for hunting rutting Blacktail's!

I'd seen a small buck cross an old loggin road ahead of me, so I slipped up into the timber and still hunted for about 100yds without spotting anything. It was really windy in the timber, but I decided to try some rattling anyhow. I clashed them hard and rattled for only 10-15 seconds and picked my bow up off the ground. Within seconds I saw a deer hop a log and coming my direction.

The buck came in and stopped behind a large Doug Fir quartering toward me, then started walking with his nose on the ground like a bird dog. The buck was upslope of me and downwind, so I figured he'd smell me when he got broadside. As I drew my bow the buck paused and began to look at me as I released the arrow.

The arrow covered the 18 yards before he had time to react, and the buck went maybe 40 yards as I watched him stagger and go down.

This is the first critter I've taken with the Blacktail after getting it in 2005. I've missed two bull elk before I realized I needed to break it in on a Blacktail to get the proper karma!    

Congrats on a VERY nice blacktail. And that's a nice looking bow too!  

I have a Columbian Blacktail longbow and I'm looking forward to getting a blacktail with it as well.  :D

Good One TK! That bow must have the right amount of Juw-juw on it now...lol? A fine animal with a fine bow. Give us all the specs on arrow, BH and bow weight please mate?

Oh and any more pics too...    


In Oz, alan

WOW, Great buck! I realy like the brown antlers. Congrats.  

Ron, What a great buck bud!!!  Congratulations on a fine buck....Someday I'll have to try for one of those great looking Blackktail bucks.

Awesome!!

Beautiful buck, beautiful bow...doesn't get any better than that.

Gotta say that a good blacktail buck is high on my list of things to get.... and that sure looks like a good one to me.
 

All looks good to me Congrats Kip

Awesome Blacktail!!

Congratulations on a beauty!!

Man,when I was stationed out in Washington back in the late 80's I never remember seeing the quality of Blacktail bucks that I have seen coming from the NW recently.I did most of my hunting along the coast and on some of the Islands in NW Washington,and if you tagged a forky you were doing good.

Awesome Blacktail buck, no better way to break it in that bow.  Now get out there and get those bull elk.

Wow!  Now that's what I call a dandy!  Congratulations.    

Claudia

Heeee Heee, One the the good guys     pretty!

rusty

Excellent Buck! and great photo! Congrats!

nice looking bow too  

rusty

Very nice  

Congrats on a very nice buck!!

Great buck!     And a beautiful bow too!

Congrats on a nice deer.

Now how about more pics of that bow??

Nala

Wow! Nice deer! Norm sure knows how a bow together.

JL

Way ta go Ron    I was wondering when you'd be out after them.

The blacktails are sure pretty, both of them.  :D