D5 Blacktail Buck

bigmoose · Jul 3, 2009

Here is a nice buck a saw yesterday off of 88 around the 4000 foot level. Pretty good growth for this time of the year. Hope he does not get hit on the hiway.

eelgrass · Jul 3, 2009

Pretty buck!

Eel

buckspotter7 · Jul 3, 2009

Very Nice! The pics and the buck! Thanks

centerfire · Jul 4, 2009

Nice Buck

Thanks

Hardway · Jul 5, 2009

Thats a nice buck. Its funny how much varriance there is in the bucks on the west slope. I've hunted D-5/6 for years and some look pure blacktail, while others have stronger muley looks.

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bigmoose · Jul 6, 2009

Yeah, it is funny to see all the cross type deer. I've been photoing these bucks in this area for four years now and it seems most look pretty much like blacktails. Some have gotten very large bodied also. These big guys stay at lower elevations year round mostly on private property. Two years ago, during the rut, two Muley type bucks showed up that were real monsters for this area so I know the genes are in the herd. Those were just two that I saw, I'm sure there are more around.

Moose

bigmoose · Jul 6, 2009

I've posted this buck before, but he is one of my favorites and really shows off what a big old Blacktail should look like.

bigmoose · Aug 10, 2009

Here are two more bucks I was able to get on this last week. Bow season opens this weekend and these guys are going to get real spooky and hard to photo. Moose