Nice Buck (pics)Now with a story!

Fish-n-Fever · 10-29-2003, 08:22 PM

Here is a nice Blacktail Buck my brother,bob-burr, shot today in the santiam unit. Notice the unusual eye guards.
Ron

[ 10-30-2003, 09:48 PM: Message edited by: Fish-n-Fever ]

The Overfishin Condition · 10-29-2003, 08:25 PM

Holy Raghorn! Nice looking deer, big looking antlers.

OR 663 RD · 10-29-2003, 08:30 PM

I'm not sure why Bob doesn't look happy about it. That's a nice blacktail!!!

MasterCaster · 10-29-2003, 08:40 PM

Oh he is plenty excited hes still just trying to keep his knees from shaking! :shocked:

I dont think the pics show enough of the interesting antlers though looks much better in person. Very nice buck.

At least I didnt have to help pack this one out! :grin: [img]graemlins/lurk.gif[/img]

Jon :smile: :grin: :smile:

Mello-Yello · 10-29-2003, 08:43 PM

I was thinking the same thing OR. He looks bummed.

That's an awesome Blacktail Bob, cheer up!

tag-a-long · 10-30-2003, 06:15 AM

Nice rack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They do grow some nice bucks up here...

jokester · 10-30-2003, 06:20 AM

Sweet Blacktail!!

Tall rack and looks like some nice mass too!

-jokester

Salmon Stryker · 10-30-2003, 07:14 AM

Nice Buck! Santaiam unit; Do you think that buck could possibly have some mule deer in him? My dad got a big ol nasty 4x4 up there one year that looked similar and he had some guy's tell him it was probably a cross breed.

MasterCaster · 10-30-2003, 09:31 AM

I know they do cross breed but I think most of that is in the eastern part of the Santiam unit. This buck was taken on the western side of the unit so I think its less likely but still possible. Seeing the buck in person though it really doesnt look "muley" to me.

Jon :smile: :grin: :smile:

[ 10-30-2003, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: MasterCaster ]

Steelie Ben · 10-30-2003, 09:56 AM

I hunt the NW side of the santiam unit and I know we get some of the "Benchlegs"(hybrids) up there. What area of the unit was your brother hunting, I know where we hunt it got snow yesterday and the day before. We also hunt fairly high so maybe he was hunting low. Congrats on the nice Buck, I am getting mine tomorrow!! :grin: :grin:
SB

BIG4_score · 10-30-2003, 05:17 PM

:shocked: Cross or not that's a real beauty!

Fishbone · 10-30-2003, 06:51 PM

Excellent blacktail!

stick flicker · 10-30-2003, 08:12 PM

Great buck! I hope I get a chance at a brute like that someday. Good job

Freakwater · 10-30-2003, 08:30 PM

That's the biggest dang ol' blacktail I've ever seen!
Wow!

Bob-Burr · 10-30-2003, 09:21 PM

Ok here's the story. Feel free to put this on the Trophy page as well if you like.

Our hunt began at 1:00 in the afternoon, I decided to take off from work early and try my luck in a favorite area I hunt.
I was hunting in the Northfork section of the Santiam unit, as I was working my way through the timber between landings I had just crossed a road when I caught a flash out of the corner of my eye, as I turned to look in the direction of the flash I saw this smaller buck that I decided to pass up in hopes of a larger buck I had spotted on several different trips to this same area in the past.
It was about 2 minutes later that I once again noticed something in the timber above me and thought it was once again the smaller buck that I had jumped just moments before, this was not the case. As I casually scanned the direction of what I had saw suddenly this buck broke out and began running through the old growth, I brought up my rifle and began looking for the buck in my scope. The first thing I saw in the scope was his antlers which looked very inpressive through the scope. As I followed the buck through the timber I was scanning ahead of him as best I could to find a place I could get a clean shot off at him. He passed between 2 trees on a dead run I found my shot, the buck stumbled but kept running. Again I looked for an opening and just before he topped a small ridge I again shot. I could not tell if he went down as he had gone over the ridge after I shot. I began the slow walk up the hill and just as I crested the ridge I saw him, he had cleared the ridge and ran about 200 feet and dropped about 30 feet from a road on the oposite side of the ridge where I first spotted him. The closer I got to him the bigger he began to look to me. Getting him out was'nt hard as he had ran and dropped near the road and all I had to do was drive around and load him up.
He is hanging now and all I have to do is find a good taxidermist to do my mount. Any suggestion and or recomendations would be welcome for a good taxidermist.
Bob :grin:

Chum King · 10-30-2003, 10:29 PM

Very nice buck, but your "happy" face could use some work. :tongue:

Congrats on a hunt well done.

Drakeblake · 10-31-2003, 12:05 AM

Amazing deer! Im thinking boone and crockett? The deductions might hurt you but its a massive deer for sure.

-blake

FishBowl · 10-31-2003, 09:07 AM

Shirley Andrews in Sweet Home does excellent work but don't know her number right off the top of my head. Nice buck

Tim

willametteriveroutlaw · 10-31-2003, 09:26 AM

wowza, nice buck

Small Fry · 10-31-2003, 09:56 AM

Nice buck. You don't get very many chance's for a big one like that.

redfish89 · 10-31-2003, 10:03 AM

Nice Buck.......

Grantspastor · 10-31-2003, 03:44 PM

Great buck! I'd have that one scored. I've seen a number of record book Blacktails, and that one is every bit as big as anything else I've seen

TH · 10-31-2003, 03:48 PM

That's a dandy!
Thanks for sharing!

MasterCaster · 10-31-2003, 05:15 PM

Well he took it in to have it mounted and the guy told him it should score around 150. Thats just a guesstimate though.

Jon :smile: :grin: :smile:

Firedog · 11-03-2003, 02:36 PM

Nice Buck

I shot a buck about 10 years ago in the Santiam unit that had similar eye gaurds. Wasn't as big a buck only a 3x2 but nice tall horns. I shot a 4x5 up in the clack drainage that I am pretty sure is a benchleg. Just by looking at his horns he apears to hav a bit of muley in him.

I will be up in the santiam unit on wed for the last day of season to see if I can't find a buck.

Steve Seeger · 11-04-2003, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bob-Burr:

I was hunting in the Northfork section of the Santiam unit,

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv">Northfork of the Clackamas? I went out that way a couple times last year, but never saw a buck like that. I guess I should've hunted harder! This year I moved down to Corvallis for a new job so I hunted down here instead.

Steve Seeger