got my buck today srry no lever but gotta brag

9422 · Post by **9422** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:32 pm

Went up on the rimrocks today. Did alot more glassing then walking but it paid off. Was going to pack the savage 99 243 today but with the threat of snow and rain, not to mention how hard rimrocks are to wood stocks I took a remington 721 30-06.

125 yard shot down off the rimrocks to where he was feeding.
Turned out to be a 4x5 blacktail!

1x2 · Post by **1x2** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:40 pm

Nice buck!

How'd you spot him through all that fog? (just kiddin'- thanks for the extra landscape pic- pretty country).

1x2

9422 · Post by **9422** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:49 pm

Wind up in those rocks dont know what to do lol. The fog past me going by my left an then it came back an went the other way. Soon it past me going up the rocks an then it past by goin back into the canyon lol.

Acctually got him around noon down in a hell hole of a canyon. Called in help an it took 2 of us 4 hours to get him to the road.

Heres just after the fog past me.

1x2 · Post by **1x2** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:05 am

Yo, wow! I really like the first of that second pair, with the "rays".

[grunt] 4 hours to the road- apparently, you earned every bit of that buck, and your buddy gets a couple steaks-?

1x2

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:13 am

Congrats on a very nice Blacktail, and nice pics!

don Tomás · Post by **don Tomás** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:16 am

Very nice! Thanks for the photos...

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:16 am

125 yards with a .30-06.

You are obviously not a true believer.

Congratulations on bagging a fine animal.

9422 · Post by **9422** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:23 am

1x2 wrote: [grunt] 4 hours to the road- apparently, you earned every bit of that buck, and your buddy gets a couple steaks-?

1x2

Buddy was my dad. Problem draggin it out was how steep the terrain was. It was not possible to be side by side with the deer in the middle. It was a battle thats for sure. The blowdowns didnt help.

The deer was shot on the other side of the stand of pines. But just to give a reference on the terrain look at the angle of the ground to the trees.

1x2 · Post by **1x2** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:31 am

Buddy was my dad

Awesome- great to have a Dad like that!

The slope looks ~40 degrees- ugh.

1x2

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:00 am

Nice buck!!
Nice pics!!
Cool dad!!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:25 am

Congrats! That sure is some beautiful land you're hunting on!!! Snow? We're still pretty warm down here... oh how I wish it would cool off - and rain...

9422 · Post by **9422** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:03 am

We were wishin for rain, then on opening day we had a flippin rain storm to remember. Didnt snow much an it was to wet to stick but its a comin.

First thing my dad said when he saw the buck an where it was at was: "I think I woulda let him grow another year if I was goona shoot him in this hole!"

MY BUTT, I saw the way he was tryin to grow horns on tht lil doe next to his truck!!

I crawled over these rocks all summer shootin squirrels with the 22 as well. Somethin about the rimrocks that just pulls me that direction.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:07 am

Great Blacktail, congratulations.

That country looks like some of the stuff I used to hunt in Idaho. I miss all the critters, but I don't miss the vertical terrain.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:56 am

VERY nice. Looks like the gray faced bucks we bag down here, and the terrain looks like it, too.

95fan · Post by **95fan** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:52 am

Congrats, it souns like you had a great hunt.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:20 pm

9422,
That's not just a great Blacktail, but a REALLY GREAT Blacktail! Don't often see them that nice, and I'd be sure to have it scored once it's dried for 6 months! It only takes a 130 class Blacktail to be entered in Oregon State records, and your's will easily do that, even after deducts.
Congratulations!-Vall

9422 · Post by **9422** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:30 pm

TedH wrote:Great Blacktail, congratulations. That country looks like some of the stuff I used to hunt in Idaho. I miss all the critters, but I don't miss the vertical terrain.

Your right about the ammount of critters, just gotta glass for them.
Also I have never seen another person up on those rocks. And that means something. The plus side is that you can sidehill your way in above the rocks from a road, an then drag the critters straight downhill to the main road. Providing you dont shoot it in the hole that I did.

OH we measured him this morning. just shy of 17" inside spread.

Dad told me today that if I ever shot somethin in that hole again I had better bring a fork. lol

Last one I promise! Oh an im smiling on the inside, just more than a lil tired on the outside.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:39 pm

Congrats!!

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:40 pm

Whay to go...Nice buckk
I drew a blank again today....
But i'm gonna try again tomorrow...