Photos of successful hunt

Bookmark Man · Mar 18, 2015

Here is the best blacktail buck I ever saw while hunting in about forty years of hunting. It was visible between trees for about ten seconds. The good thing for me, as a hunter, is during that time I was able to get off the binoculars and into the scope. Getting it to the pickup took about an hour and a half.

Let's see some other's photos.

deadeye · Mar 18, 2015

Nice buck, maybe you're not such a bad hunter after all.
Some recent ones between me and my brother. Many more but can't find pics or didn't take any.

Sgt Nambu · Mar 18, 2015

LOL!!! Gotta love the wrist rocket in the last photo!

countryboy865 · Mar 18, 2015

Killed deer with a sling shot... AWESOME!

coyotecaller · Mar 18, 2015

deadeye said:
Some recent ones between me and my brother. Many more but can't find pics or didn't take any.

Boy Deadeye! some of them bucks, especially the black tails are WAY impressive! Very nice

Joe13 · Mar 18, 2015

Bad hunter... I can't even say that yet, my wife says I'm a hiker with a gun so far lol

coyotecaller · Mar 18, 2015

So far I end up taking more photos on my hunts then actually shooting something for the freezer but the main thing is that I enjoy it

deadeye · Mar 18, 2015

coyotecaller said:
Boy Deadeye! some of them bucks, especially the black tails are WAY impressive! Very nice

Those are all blacktails. Don't have anything else in the valley, around my place anyway.

Stomper · Mar 18, 2015

My .308 Ruger American Rifle w/150gr Remington Core-Lokt

I popped this guy (one shot, one kill) about 1.5 hrs into opening day 2013 (yes I was THAT guy everyone hates on opening day)

The entry wound is right below my thumb through the ribs, the heart (what's left of it) sits just under my ring hand.

A bullet fragment just nicked the stomach sack, we got him cleaned out JUST in time before the rumen started really squeezing out!

Totally shredded heart...

Very tender and tasty... That reminds me, I still have one back strap in the freezer!

jluck · Mar 19, 2015

My youngest son holding my best blacktail

deadeye · Mar 19, 2015

Stomper said:
My .308 Ruger American Rifle w/150gr Remington Core-Lokt
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I popped this guy (one shot, one kill) about 1.5 hrs into opening day 2013 (yes I was THAT guy everyone hates on opening day)

The entry wound is right below my thumb through the ribs, the heart (what's left of it) sits just under my ring hand.

A bullet fragment just nicked the stomach sack, we got him cleaned out JUST in time before the rumen started really squeezing out!

Totally shredded heart...

Very tender and tasty... That reminds me, I still have one back strap in the freezer!

My wife would kill me if I ruined the heart like that, that's here favorite part to eat.

Stomper · Mar 19, 2015

deadeye said:
My wife would kill me if I ruined the heart like that, that's here favorite part to eat.

Although I'd eat it, I'm not much for organ meat. I'm thinking that outside longer range shots .308 may be a tad too much for blackies (in general). I've taken them just fine with single .223 heart shots (Colt AR15A2) and didn't rupture it as bad, the only issue (as I'm sure you know) is making accurate shots with .223 in heavy brush. I'm going to take my AR in 6.8SPC next season and see how that fares if I manage to get a shot.

coyotecaller · Mar 19, 2015

deadeye said:
My wife would kill me if I ruined the heart like that, that's here favorite part to eat.

There are numerous delicious recipes for it. Heart is actually the most lean and purest muscle in the body. I've personally come across gut piles with the heart left behind… kind of breaks my heart to see it wasted, Though in lots of cases, I'm sure scavengers will eat it

Joe13 · Mar 20, 2015

Stomper said:
Although I'd eat it, I'm not much for organ meat. I'm thinking that outside longer range shots .308 may be a tad too much for blackies (in general). I've taken them just fine with single .223 heart shots (Colt AR15A2) and didn't rupture it as bad, the only issue (as I'm sure you know) is making accurate shots with .223 in heavy brush. I'm going to take my AR in 6.8SPC next season and see how that fares if I manage to get a shot.

Unfortunately, in WA we have to use something 6mm or larger so .223 is a no go except for varmints and yotes.

Stomper · Mar 20, 2015

That's too bad, because I've taken two blackies with .223 JSP... one shot broadsides. They jumped straight up in the air and landed dead with shredded aortas each time. There was also no brush between me and them either.