Blacktail_Slayer
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So night before last I found myself debating on weather to go try to fill my deer tag or head to the lake for ducks before the weather sours again. A buddy called and wanted to go duck hunting so we headed out to our usual lake. It has rained so much, the water was 3 feet higher then the highest it was last year. We couldnt get to the blind, wound up having to hunt a hole in the flooded timber istead of the outside edge of it. We had some swing through at first light but not much was flying. We got out of the brush and were standing there BSing having a smoke. My buddy stopped me mid-sentence "You hear that?" I said no but before long I could hear the crashing through the knee deep water, twigs and flooded grass. We thought it was other hunters till I saw this massive blacktail buck step out at 25 yards and freeze. It stood there as we talked, took pictures, ran around and such. I ran out to the truck to get my bow and drop off my shotgun. I came back and it still haddnt moved a muscle. Through and through, double lung. went about 60 yards and was down for the count. This is the biggest blacktail buck I have ever seen in person. Old old buck.
This was on a small strip of public land between private fields and county park area along the lake. There is no deer hunting pressure there, noone thinks to try there. Im sure going back next season. He had obveously been sparring with another decent size buck from the rut so theres more there. Bad duck day, good deer day.
This was on a small strip of public land between private fields and county park area along the lake. There is no deer hunting pressure there, noone thinks to try there. Im sure going back next season. He had obveously been sparring with another decent size buck from the rut so theres more there. Bad duck day, good deer day.
