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It's rare to see a buck like this in the daylight. His little head was doing the thinking for him this day... Zowie! What a HOG! My grandson has been running trail cameras on the Olympic Peninsula of WA for the past few years. Two of the biggest bucks he has photographed NEVER show up on any cameras in daylight, even when he puts feed out and a few other good sized bucks show up there. One of those biggest bucks will not ever come to the feed, not even at night. Furtive isn't a strong enough word. In fairness, he has two big bucks that he has watched for the past two years that do come out in daylight, at least a bit.
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Yep once the velvet comes off, your chances of seeing em are slim, except the last few days of October, first couple weeks of November. Season ends Halloween in Washington
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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Here's a California Columbian blacktail
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Another California blacktail
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One option would be go hang out at pharseller’s place, drink beer and smash a whopper..🤣 Sounds like a plan.
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There are 6 subspecies of mule deer found in California. The Columbian Blacktail, Rocky Mountain Mule deer, California Mule deer, Inyo Mule deer, Burro mule deer, and Southern Mule deer.
The ranges overlap, but for a blacktail to qualify for the California Big Game record book it has to be taken west of Interstate 5. Blacktails are numerous in the Sierra Nevada, but because of interbreeding with muleys they won't count in the record book.
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One option would be go hang out at pharseller’s place, drink beer and smash a whopper..🤣 Come on over. P
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One option would be go hang out at pharseller’s place, drink beer and smash a whopper..🤣 Sounds like a plan. Haha there Ya go Mike!!!
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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One option would be go hang out at pharseller’s place, drink beer and smash a whopper..🤣 Sounds like a plan. Haha there Ya go Mike!!! You know it!
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This photo shows a young blacktail forky that I arrowed in Napa County, California. I skinned and quartered the animal right away because it was a hot day. Sherwood
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Are the Blacktail seasons open during the beginning of October? I was just thinking I have the first 10 days of October off work because I'm in for WY antelope. Even though I have PP I don't think the draw odds are 100% but they are close. But I will need a back up plan if I don't draw.
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Wa will be oct 12th til the 31st. Oregon I think opens the first of October. I would trade the last 3 days of October for the 28 days prior...
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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I would trade the last 3 days of October for the 28 days prior... Yup!
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
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This photo shows a young blacktail forky that I arrowed in Napa County, California. I skinned and quartered the animal right away because it was a hot day. I'd love to hunt the Napa valley. Okie John
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Wa will be oct 12th til the 31st. Oregon I think opens the first of October. I would trade the last 3 days of October for the 28 days prior... Thank you.
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Oregon runs into November a few days. ODFW keeps moving the season up a day or two earlier to give the biggest bucks a better chance to escape season alive. I've literally killed a pile of bucks on the last day of season. It just gets better and better the last week.
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What is the story/caliber on that Mod 99 Fireball? I grew up hunting deer in the "Big Thicket" of East Texas. Lots of rain ( nothing like you guys get, but plenty anyhow) and thick, thick, thick! My family was a Winchester Mod 94 family "by gawd!", ha. That ans 12ga with buckshot. It took my 20 years to get a long (for me, 276 steps) down a pipeline row. I hunted the rows a lot, but still the deer came out within 100yds of me! What made you decide on that Savage? I flush quite a few of these bigger deer and appreciate the fast follow up shots of a lever action. The thing about a Savage is the accuracy is far better and, pointy bullets. We take some long shots (600 is not uncommon) but most are not that far. I am often looking 300-400 when in open ground. Not Winchester 94 country. The flushing as close and fast, and the open ground is long. Savage works for both. I normally hunt with a 99 in either 284 or 270 Titus. Long legged for lever guns the Savages are. Yours sounds like perfect 94 country. Last one I got with a 94 was a few years ago, last day of season.
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It's rare to see a buck like this in the daylight. His little head was doing the thinking for him this day... That's a good one!
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How many of these states sell OTC licenses?
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My best faux Cali blacktail from almost twenty years ago. Man I love hunting these guys. [/URL][/img]
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