2015 BLACKTAIL MEATPOLE
Contributors to this thread:Mule Deer
From: trkyslr
15-Jul-15
Time for this to start rocking,,, Hunteasy just arrowed a beauty so im sure we'll see it leading this thing off. Good luck to everyone this year.
From: HuntEasy
15-Jul-15
Mendocino opening day Fork x Fork 22.5" wide Hoyt infused
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
15-Jul-15
Great buck Hunt....
From: trkyslr
15-Jul-15
;-) lol... Great buck again hunteasy and congrats!
From: willliamtell
16-Jul-15
Nice rack! How many points? Most guy would be happy to whack one of those with a rifle.
From: joehunter8301
16-Jul-15
Yea buddy :-) 31 days, I wannabe on this thread bad!!
From: rockn9858
16-Jul-15
sweet buck tony
From: Stekewood
16-Jul-15
Great looking buck. Congrats!
From: JTreeman
27-Jul-15
On the instance of some BS friends I will post my 2015 Cali buck here, I posted on the other thread, so forgive some redundancy.
--Jim
From: otcWill
27-Jul-15
Nice buck, Jim. You look pissed. Smile brother! Congrats
From: JTreeman
27-Jul-15
Sun I'm my eyes! That really pisses me off ;)
--Jim
From: IronMike
27-Jul-15
The sun was in my eyes too but I still managed to smile. Must be my sunny disposition.
From: trkyslr
27-Jul-15
Great bucks guys!!!!!!!
From: deerhaven
27-Jul-15
Great bucks you guys!!! Congratulations.
From: APauls
27-Jul-15
1st of all congrats guys!!! Those are some great deer! Heck any deer deserves congrats, and those are beauties.
2nd of all great photos. All 3 of you I have noticed consistently take nice field photos which leads me to just a curiosity question. I don't see any blood in the pics. Was the arrow hole photoshopped out or is it literally not visible? Interesting from my perspective that out of those 3 bucks not one visible hole. I doubt it was lack of peno?
From: Mark Watkins
27-Jul-15
Sweet! Great bucks guys! I think that is just Jim's "bad a$$" stealth and kill mode look!
Mark
From: IronMike
27-Jul-15
No photo shopping for Jim or me. We cleaned them up with paper towels and water before we took pics, but that's it.
From: Hawkeye
28-Jul-15
Congrats guys and great pics!
From: Reflex
28-Jul-15
Congrats guys! Love seeing pictures of those early blacktail seasons!
From: Nick Muche
28-Jul-15
Congrats Jimmy and Mike! Way to go!
From: Charlie Rehor
28-Jul-15
APauls: I agree about the quality field photos. The more time spent in preparation the better the results. Water bottle, paper towels/cloth, proper angles due to the sun, background setting and MANY photos! At the end of the hunt and years later the trophy photo is the memory! C
From: Mark Watkins
28-Jul-15
Having never hunted blacktails (yet), I think it would be great to hear from you guys that have how you hunt them.
They seem like a perfect spot and stalk critter, but knowing how hot it is right now, waterholes? tree stands?
Educate us!
I should say I don't want to or mean to hijack this thread.....so if someone wants to start a new thread....
Mark
From: ELKMAN
28-Jul-15
Very Nice! Congrats!
From: LWood
28-Jul-15
Congratulations Jim and Mike. Great looking bucks!
Were you guys hunting with Arrow Five?
From: njbuck
28-Jul-15
Guys, great bucks. I will be chasing blacktails for the first time next summer and would be thrilled with one just like the ones you guys got!!!
From: GhostBird
28-Jul-15
Beautiful bucks guys!!! Congratulations!
I would like to hear more about tactics as well.
From: huntmaster
28-Jul-15
Nice bucks guys!
From: elkmtngear
28-Jul-15
Great job on both the bucks and the photos! That's the way to do it, Gentlemen!
Best of Luck, Jeff
From: Matt
28-Jul-15
Mark, blacktail hunting as I know it (in Mendocino County, CA) is primarily a spot and stalk affair. Where I hunt them, they do not pattern per se, as their movements and locations can vary widely based on temperature and strength/direction of the wind. When the wind doesn't blow, they don't tend to move because they cannot use their sense of smell effectively. When the wind blows really hard, they don't tend to move because they cannot use their vision effectively. When food and/or water is plentiful and the temperatures are mild, they can just disappear - bedding in the timber or thick brush and becoming almost totally nocturnal.
A couple of years ago, my buddy whose ranch I hunt had ~1,000 trail cam photos of blacktail and only had about a dozen pictures of bucks during shooting hours (and probably half of those were one group of bucks over the course of 15 minutes). The next year I separated my shoulder and only pull 45#, so he really did his homework to find a water hole I could hunt to limit my shooting distance. He patterned one buck that was as sure a thing as he had ever seen for a blacktail - this buck was hitting a particular spring between 10:30A and dark every 3 days on average. That is as good as it gets.
To hunt them we drive/hike and glass, glass, glass. When you find them, you hope they are in a spot where the terrain and wind will allow you a stalk.
There are likely some differences here and there where the terrain is less dynamic or the food less plentiful where the deer are more consistent (I have seen that after a few years of serious drought), but by and large they are just tough to hunt - and can make themselves just about impossible if Mother Nature is being kind to them.
I'd be happy to further share my thoughts, PM me and I'll give you my #.
From: HuntEasy
03-Aug-15
If you look closely, you can see a little evidence of blood on the deer I shot (first pic). Although, the blood is not behind the shoulder.... I tried to clean it up the best I could with a towel and water. Didn't get it all.
From: HuntEasy
03-Aug-15
Nice buck Iron Mike! Buck looks tall...
From: lyons707
11-Aug-15
Arrowfive Outfitters. Top notch Outfit. Killed Sunday, August 2 at 7:15pm. 22 yards, 137 4/8"
From: IronMike
11-Aug-15
That's a big freaking blacktail! Congrats!
From: lyons707
11-Aug-15
Thanks IronMike. I am quite happy
From: HuntEasy
11-Aug-15
Lyons - congrats amigo!!! That's a stud!
From: DWarcher
11-Aug-15
Nice job guys!
From: lyons707
11-Aug-15
Thanks everyone
From: Zackman
11-Aug-15
Nice Columbian blacktails everyone! Congrats
From: trkyslr
11-Aug-15
lyons congrats on great blackie!
From: joehunter8301
27-Aug-15
My first Nor-Cal tag is punched! My biggest yet. Unreal mass. Hit the tape at 26 1/4" wide. I'm pretty happy.
From: joehunter8301
27-Aug-15
From: Ridge Wraith
27-Aug-15
Nice buck Joe! That's a monster.
From: BOHNTR
27-Aug-15
Nice CA muley, Joe. :) Some exceptional mass on that beast.
From: trkyslr
27-Aug-15
Congrats again buddy on a heavy buck.... This is one of the two heaviest bucks I've seen here in last 10 years. Near 8" bases. Unreal!
From: HuntEasy
27-Aug-15
Joe - way to get it done with a freak beast! Nice buck!
From: Mark Watkins
27-Aug-15
Joe, You just slayed "the beast!" Congrats! What a deer!
Mark
From: Bowboy
27-Aug-15
That thing is a toad! Congrats!
From: Beav
27-Aug-15
Holy crap, awesome deer! I knew you would be posting one soon.
From: DWarcher
27-Aug-15
Dang Joe what a hog...congrats!
From: stealthykitty
27-Aug-15
joehunter8301 do you have a pic not long arming? beautiful buck ... he looks about 60" wide and 20" mass
From: joehunter8301
27-Aug-15
Thanks guys. Here is a soda can for comparison :)
From: Zackman
27-Aug-15
If you knew Joe, you would know he can't "long-arm" a photo! :)
Congrats Joe on a great Cali buck!
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
27-Aug-15
Great Hybrid Joe...
From: Wirehair
27-Aug-15
Hell of a deer joe! Congrats to u!
From: IdyllwildArcher
27-Aug-15
Grats Joe, heck of a deer!
From: GhostBird
27-Aug-15
Congratulations guys! Joe, what a buck!!!
From: Mark Watkins
27-Aug-15
Joe, (not that it is important!)....but....Any idea what your deer will score?
Mark
From: KW
27-Aug-15
Nice buck, which unit would that be?
From: BOHNTR
27-Aug-15
"If you knew Joe, you would know he can't "long-arm" a photo!"
That's funny right there......yeah, our buddy, Joe is what you would call......well......ummmm......vertically challenged? :) But we still like him!
From: IdyllwildArcher
27-Aug-15
His deer are horizontally challenged. Cause they're flat on the ground.
From: BOWUNTR
28-Aug-15
Amazing deer... congrats. That deer has to be real old and near the end of his life.... prior to your arrow being released. Ed F
From: trkyslr
31-Aug-15
first 2015 Nor Cal buck down! Couldn't be happier and now time to chase screaming bulls.
From: trkyslr
31-Aug-15
My buddy Rich's buck
From: trkyslr
31-Aug-15
Another buddy Blake and his nice buck!
From: BOHNTR
31-Aug-15
Good job, guys on some nice CA deer.
From: trkyslr
31-Aug-15
Thanks Roy!
From: Dan Mallia
01-Sep-15
Great deer guys.
From: trkyslr
01-Sep-15
Thanks Dan!
From: DWarcher
01-Sep-15
Great bunch of deer team trkyslr!
From: Wirehair
01-Sep-15
Helluva buck Chris! Congrats to u guys!
From: DL
05-Sep-15
This guy finally made a wrong move after 21 days. He's been nocturnal until tonight. Came in with ten minutes left of shooting time. Came home dropped off my bow and grabbed an extra flashlight and one of my dogs. Started into some thick brush and there was a lot of crashing going on. My dog started growling and backing up. I circled down below the brush and up above me about 30 yds there's a pair of eyes and my dog starts to bark. I call him and I'm out of there. Waited an hour and went back out with two labs and a sidearm. Got out of the truck and my young dog took off in the brush. Great, where the heck did he go! I called and he was 30 feet away and ran back around this rock out cropping that drops off about 40 feet. There's my dog and he's looking at my dead deer that's hung up on the edge of the drop off in a small tree. Had to decide to drag him uphill or lower him over the drop off with a rope. I chose gravity assist.
From: trkyslr
05-Sep-15
Congrats Dave!
From: Willieboat
05-Sep-15
Great deer everybody !!
From: joehunter8301
05-Sep-15
DL awesome buck! Congrats
From: trkyslr
06-Sep-15
One more from today's hunt. My cousin Caleb second Nor-Cal archery Buck.
From: trkyslr
06-Sep-15
Here's some tasty meat !!!
From: DL
06-Sep-15
How far did he go after that shot?
From: trkyslr
06-Sep-15
Dave only about 25 yards max
From: willliamtell
07-Sep-15
Joe's buck has the best mass of any Cali blackmail I've seen. Coke can bases - seriously? Congrats to all successful hunters.
Just got authorized to start to do limited strength training last week. Was shooting my kid nephews bow yesterday. It hurt but it was worth it. Next year.
From: trkyslr
14-Oct-15
#2 nor cal buck.. Couldn't be happier! Spot stalk 30 yard shot.
From: joehunter8301
15-Oct-15
Two year pursuit came to a happy ending! Tag #2 in CA
From: Russell
15-Oct-15
Congrats to both of you. You guys are multi-season killing machines. Awesome!
From: huntfishkauai
11-Nov-15
Kauai Archery Blacktail
From: trkyslr
11-Nov-15
Excellent huntfishkuaui!!!!!!!!
From: huntingbob
11-Nov-15
All of these pics make me want to go back and chase one. Congrats to all of you! Awesome deer. Bob.
From: trkyslr
12-Nov-15
Huntfishkuaui , I lightened up your pic for Ya hope you don't mind to see the buck a little better. That's a great buck anywhere! How is he for an island buck on horn size and quality? From the other island buck pics I've seen he's one of the best I've seen.
From: muskeg
12-Nov-15
Steve's Sitka he took on Prince of Wales ... on St Hubert's Day.
From: 808bowhunter
15-Nov-15
Trkyslr, that is a big buck for Kauai. A few bigger than that get shot every season with rifles but for archery its a monster. Tough hunt for these guys in our forests, pretty much any deer with a bow is a trophy here. Most guys that hunt pigs with dogs, will shoot any deer every chance they get, so year round pressure on them. The buck above measure out to 95"
From: 808bowhunter
15-Nov-15
Here is a 77" Kauai blacktail.
From: 808bowhunter
15-Nov-15
one more
From: Willieboat
15-Nov-15
Those deer from Kauai are cool. Does any body know where they originally came from ??
From: 808bowhunter
15-Nov-15
They were introduced in 1961 from Oregon
From: trkyslr
15-Nov-15
808 those are great deer!!!
From: huntinelk
16-Nov-15
POW, blacktail
From: t-roy
16-Nov-15
Great deer guys!
From: joehunter8301
20-Nov-15
2015 WA blacktail. Came to visit my little bro an family and got to arrow this guy. Such a fun trip!
From: trkyslr
21-Nov-15
:-oooo good shooting joehunter8301!
From: Nick Muche
22-Nov-15
Congrats Joe!!
From: Willieboat
22-Nov-15
Nicely done Joehunter8301 !!!!
From: Dan Mallia
24-Nov-15
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From: Dan Mallia
24-Nov-15
Oregon.
From: Dan Mallia
24-Nov-15
Same buck, different view.
From: trkyslr
24-Nov-15
good job Dan! congrats
From: trkyslr
13-Dec-15
Hope to see some more on here soon.... I know some Oregon and Washington seasons just closed and some still open.. Plus like to see some more sitkas as next year I'll be pursuing those awesome deer.
From: Mark Watkins
13-Dec-15
Great bucks guys!!! Keep em rolling!
Mark
From: OregonTK
17-Dec-15
Killed this little buck last weekend in the North Cascades of Oregon.
From: Medicinemann
17-Dec-15
OregonTK,
Nice camo....especially helpful with your traditional set-up.
From: trkyslr
17-Dec-15
Oregontk, congrats on your buck!
From: griz
17-Dec-15
Oregon TK, Where did you get that hoodie?
From: OregonTK
17-Dec-15
Thanks guys! I've had that snow camo for 30 years believe it or not. The label says SanLar, Sullivan, Wisc.
From: olebuck
17-Dec-15
I've got to make it out to CA soon and do one of these hunts.
I have lots of Clients in LA - is there any decent hunting outside of Los Angeles ?
From: HuntEasy
28-Dec-15
Here's my 2015 opening day A Zone Pacific Fork, just completed and ready to be laid to rest in my new buck bar. IBG out of Sebastopol did the mount.
From: trkyslr
29-Dec-15
Hunteasy, looks fantastic!
