Oregon Coastal Blacktail

[Salmonchaser]

Black tail eat real well.

 

[Joe Hulburt]

Love it! Got my first blacktail last season, and I’m blown away at how good it tastes. No hint of gaminess at all, most times I can’t tell it’s not beef most times.

Congrats!

 

[RustyNail]

Blacktail season ended for me Friday morning! I spent opening weekend on East side of state helping my son harvest a nice 4 point Mule Deer and didn’t start hunting myself until last Monday. An hour into my hunt I spotted this buck but with season running into mid November this year decided to hold out. Well, when I saw him again and got a look at how big bodied and grey faced he was I couldn’t resist. Heavy horned little rack which is common for Blacktails this close to the ocean.
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With deer hunt over it freed up time to get one more Chinook in the freezer to get us by until Spring Chinook season!

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Blacktail are something else! Awesome!

 

[Benjblt]

They get heavy, I hunted the north coast range also about 1 hour or less from the ocean View attachment 301037View attachment 301038View attachment 301039View attachment 301040

Great buck!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Great buck!

Thanks , finally got my biggest Blacktail up in the new house in MT after 2 and half years in storage

 

[Salmonchaser]

Thanks , finally got my biggest Blacktail up in the new house in MT after 2 and half years in storage
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That is a great mount.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

That is a great mount.

Thanks , there is a guy out Yamhill Carlton area out by McMinnville Oregon did it

 

[FairWeather]

Man, I love chasing blacktails.

It finally just got warm out and you all are making me jones for October already!

 

[Salmonchaser]

Thanks , there is a guy out Yamhill Carlton area out by McMinnville Oregon did it

I know the area. One of my Sister in Laws grew up farming in Carlton; my brother and his BIL still hunt the family farm there.
I always preferred hunting the east side but spent a lot of time hunting blacktails in the Alsea unit as a kid. That buck of yours is a dandy.

 

[AntelopeWalker406]

I'm hoping to go to OR or WA to hunt blacktails one day. I just started thinking about doing it and have done almost no research into them. Does anyone have any book/podcast/video reccomendations where I can learn more about that species and hunting tactics?

 

[FairWeather]

I'm hoping to go to OR or WA to hunt blacktails one day. I just started thinking about doing it and have done almost no research into them. Does anyone have any book/podcast/video reccomendations where I can learn more about that species and hunting tactics?

Pretty much anything by Scott Haugen. He’s got them all: book, guest appearances on podcast, videos, etc.

 

[AntelopeWalker406]

Pretty much anything by Scott Haugen. He’s got them all: book, guest appearances on podcast, videos, etc.

Thanks! I'll check his stuff out.

 

[Dave Bergman]

That is a really good looking mount

 

[wyatty555]

Blacktail season ended for me Friday morning! I spent opening weekend on East side of state helping my son harvest a nice 4 point Mule Deer and didn’t start hunting myself until last Monday. An hour into my hunt I spotted this buck but with season running into mid November this year decided to hold out. Well, when I saw him again and got a look at how big bodied and grey faced he was I couldn’t resist. Heavy horned little rack which is common for Blacktails this close to the ocean.
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With deer hunt over it freed up time to get one more Chinook in the freezer to get us by until Spring Chinook season!

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i love the color of blacktails racks

 

[wyatty555]

great deer. Congrats. Only problem is you have to eat it.

blacktails are pretty delicious