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Camp Cook

Camp Cook

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Pure bred coastal blacktail are one the hardest of deer to hunt especially when you limit yourself to a single shot rifle.

Here are pics of 3 deer taken with my T/C Contender carbines this fall.

Oct 5/11 22" barreled 45-70 load = 325gr FTX @ 1850fps shot distance was 35 yards

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Nov 11/11 21" barreled 308Bellm = 150gr Rem Core Lok @ 2620fps

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Dec 9/11 21" 375JDJ = 260gr Accubonds @ 2300fps

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You killed Bambi!

And most of his family by the look of it.

Don't worry, I'm sure a mod will be along to take this out of the Black Rifle Forum and put it where ever the hell it belongs.

Regards.

Mark
 
I've been taking my XCR-L in 6.8SPC so many times this fall but didn't score with it yet this year going to try again in the morning with it.
 
Campcook,
Here in Ontario our whitetails are unarmed except for the racks on some. Your blacktails must be more challenging to hunt.
I never would have believed it without your pics, Armed deer.....who would have thought it possible.
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ONT0001 said:
Campcook,
Here in Ontario our whitetails are unarmed except for the racks on some. Your blacktails must be more challenging to hunt.
I never would have believed it without your pics, Armed deer.....who would have thought it possible.
:)
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The proof is right there. Deer with single shot rifles.
 
That would depend on if you could find one to buy.

One in good shape should sell for $600 - $700 problem is that they are not a very common rifle here in Canada so it is a sellers market.

I did not post that I shot the deer I posted that my rifles were used.

Here is the story I shot the first one, my son shot the second one and an old fellow I took out that had not hunted in years shot the third one.

:)
 
I will agree with Camp Cook about the difficulty of hunting Coastal/Island Blacktails.
The coastal brush is so think and lush, that it is practically impenetrable by a person walking.
The Blacktails just "melt" into it and disappear.
They are a bit elusive to start with, and the terrain they inhabit is well nigh impossible to hunt easily.[Clearcuts excepted]
Does are a bit easier, but nice bucks like the ones pictured can be difficult to come by.
I spent 3 years on Vancouver Island, and hunted Blacktails in the Tahsis/Gold River area.
Managed to take several very nice bucks, but it was hard hunting compared to the interior Muley hunting I was accustomed to.
My tastebuds tell me that the Blacktail is the best table fare of the three species of deer we can hunt in BC.
You sometimes hear that these deer tend to be on the "small" size, but there are some decent bodied bucks that will dress in the 140+ lb area. Many of the does are just medium dog sized, particularly on Haida Gwai'i.
Nice work CC!!! Eagleye
 
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