Fun South Dakota Black Hills Hunt

[tzone]

Headed to the Black Hills last Thursday for a fun hunt that I look forward to whenever I draw. As always it didn’t disappoint.

Saw many, many, deer but not where I actually expected them to be. Put on a lot of miles and hiked a lot hills and finally found one to take for a ride.

 

[dcoryn]

Thats a really nice black hills buck! Congrats!

 

[tzone]

Thank you.

 

[bklotthor]

Cool deer, sounds like a fun place to hunt whitetails.

 

[JohnCushman]

Way to go!

 

[cahunter805]

Congrats on a nice buck!!

 

[Mudranger1]

nice! where did you find them in case I want to go 1 day

 

[tzone]

nice! where did you find them in case I want to go 1 day

In the black hills.

 

[LCH]

Very nice buck, congrats!

 

[flinchy]

What a cool spot in the hills.. nice buck

 

[grizzly63]

Nice buck!

 

[fallfreak]

Nice buck
Congrats

 

[EastTNHunter]

Very nice. Congrats

 

[bjochem]

Very nice

 

[recon6036]

Very nice. Congratulations

 

[Pucky Freak]

Congrats - sounds like a lot of fun

 

[coleslaw]

That's a nice Whitetail anywhere you go. I'm guessing this would be a well above average Whitetail buck in the hills?

 

[wytex]

I agree nice buck for the Black Hills.
I like that featherweight Winchester as well.

 

[tzone]

Nice buck. Model 70 featherweight? What caliber?

That is a .280 Rem. I do reload...but I cannot beat the factory Federal Power-Shok 150gr bullets. They shoot 3/4” at 200. More than one time!

This guy was 260 yards, cruising for does. The rut was not ranked up at all as far as I could tell.

 

[tzone]

That's a nice Whitetail anywhere you go. I'm guessing this would be a well above average Whitetail buck in the hills?

It is above average for what people shoot in the hills. But there are certainly some fine big bucks if you’re patient and hit the rut correctly.
The first time I went a few years ago I saw two that I would call true monster bucks. Neither got killed as far as I know.