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My last blacktail
16 August 2018, 20:12
BlacktailerMy last blacktail
Took this guy yesterday. Not my biggest but probably my last. Between selling the ranch, moving out of California and the rise in the local lion population, there won't be any chances in the future. After 55+ years and about a hundred of these my heart was still racing when I first saw him.
Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark
16 August 2018, 20:39
CrazyhorseconsultingBittersweet moment. Congratulations on the buck.
Even the rocks don't last forever.
16 August 2018, 20:47
desert dogAssuming its a A-zone hunt. Yep genetics and populations have been getting very bad in A-zone, especially with lion populations and 5 years of bad drought.
B-zone though, has huge populations still intact and the genetics look great (no "Pacific Forks"). I have been scouting and putting up game cameras in an area of B-zone and have been seeing more deer and bears than I have ever seen. I think the fires up north are helping me this year.
17 August 2018, 04:38
FjoldSorry that I never got out to meet you but I'm not too far behind you in leaving Cali.
Frank
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17 August 2018, 09:14
boarkillerWhere to Blqcktailer?
" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...
Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
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17 August 2018, 20:52
BlacktailerWe bought a place in Cave Creek, AZ. Nice little horsey town on the North end of Scottsdale/Phoenix.
I'll chase some quail around the desert with my Brittany and probably explore the Tonto Natl Forrest for some mulies.
Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark
18 August 2018, 05:07
CrazyhorseconsultingMight look into going after Coues deer.
Even the rocks don't last forever.
18 August 2018, 09:59
surefire7Congrats on your buck! I hope you find new hunting grounds to continue your passion.
18 August 2018, 19:43
Kyler HamannNice buck Russ.
I saw four bucks while scouting yesterday morning. This is shaping up to be the best acorn year I've ever seen. Should make for a great season. Hopefully they'll start dropping before my clients show up next weekend.
Kyler
19 August 2018, 01:32
Blacktailer
Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark
19 August 2018, 01:44
Mike_DettorreRuss,
Nice buck!
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1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
19 August 2018, 03:15
MARK H. YOUNGThat buck has to be a little bittersweet. Lots of luck with your new adventure in AZ.
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Blacktailerquote:
Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
That buck has to be a little bittersweet. Lots of luck with your new adventure in AZ.
Mark
Mark,
I'll be calling you for our next adventure.
Russ
Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark
23 August 2018, 23:22
Paul CThat is too bad you are leaving. Hunting blacktails in Monterey county has been one of my favorite hunts. I was fortunate to be able to hunt the Peachtree ranch when I was younger till Tom Mee decided to lease the entire ranch to the horrid American Sportsman Club and that story has been told before. I have hunted other ranches in the area since but it was nothing like the Peachtree was in the early 70s. I saw a photo of a buck taken just outside Salinas in the east foothills this past weekend. A true 8 x 5 buck not really wide but had to be at least 18" tall. I did see on the Peachtree a 5 x 4 when we were quail hunting that my dad swears was a mule deer.
24 August 2018, 02:59
boarkillerAZ is good choice
Conservative state and hunter friendly
" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...
Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
“ Hávamál”