2006 blacktail buck

[Leanne]

So here is my 2006 buck, one shot to the chest at 50 yards with a .54 calibur muzzleloader, took out the heart and one lung. The buck ran about 20 yards and was stone dead in the ground.

 

[Oak]

Congratulations! That's a great looking first buck, and it's impressive you got him with the smokepole.

 

[wilecoyote76]

Very nice! Way to go on the successful hunt. Taken with a muzzleloader - even more impressive!

 

[mtmiller]

Very nice work. Great deer and pics.

 

[Leanne]

This is not my first buck, he was my fourth, all taken with a smokepole. I thought he had a pretty unique set of horns for a blacktail...he was an old boy, his teeth were almost gone when I got to him.

 

[Moosie]

Kudos on he deer !! And welcome to our campfire.

Mtmiller likes the Smoke pole matter of fact......I think he's taken critters with one ?

Thats alot of big leaves and Ferns on the ground. Is all the terrain look like thatthere ?

 

[Leanne]

Moosie,
There are a lot of ferns, and leave due to the alders and maples.....but then there is also a lot of black berry bushes that closely resemble hell, and swampy draws that can suck your boots off if you are not careful. There is a lot of evergreen trees, all that stuff makes hunting in western washington a challenge but it is worth it. Did I mention it rains here all the time?

thanks for the welcome!!

Leanne

 

[Ithaca 37]

Congratulations and thanks for the pictures!

 

[MarvB]

Nice! Thanks for sharing and welcome aboard! Hey schmalts that's a four point isn't it?

 

[jkhunterid]

Congrats on the buck and thanks for sharing the pics and stories.

 

[DeerDrag]

Nice, you gotta love those blacktail. They sure are a challange.