It was a nasty day in the North Cascades today, rain, snow, and high winds. Perfect for hunting rutting Blacktail's!
I'd seen a small buck cross an old loggin road ahead of me, so I slipped up into the timber and still hunted for about 100yds without spotting anything. It was really windy in the timber, but I decided to try some rattling anyhow. I clashed them hard and rattled for only 10-15 seconds and picked my bow up off the ground. Within seconds I saw a deer hop a log and coming my direction.
The buck came in and stopped behind a large Doug Fir quartering toward me, then started walking with his nose on the ground like a bird dog. The buck was upslope of me and downwind, so I figured he'd smell me when he got broadside. As I drew my bow the buck paused and began to look at me as I released the arrow.
The arrow covered the 18 yards before he had time to react, and the buck went maybe 40 yards as I watched him stagger and go down.
This is the first critter I've taken with the Blacktail after getting it in 2005. I've missed two bull elk before I realized I needed to break it in on a Blacktail to get the proper karma!
Topic: Blacktail Bow & Blacktail Buck (Read 5263 times)
