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