Black Tail Newbie Advice for BC West Coast

[Mitchell01]

If you would like some pretty useful literature about hunting blacktails. Karle h. Granlund of Granlund firearms on the island published a book called blacktail secrets that really helped me understand how to hunt deer on the coast.

I have a family member that read that book and also told me about it. Have to take some time and actually read it, sounded interesting. Thank you

 

[Mitchell01]

My yard , daily . If you want to hunt successfully on the SC you have to get to the islands . Nelson , Gambier .

I would love to get permission from a large property holder with some fields but that's not very possible where I live unless I go out with my bow.
I've already had the thought of heading out to one of the islands but my tin boat is a bit small for that distance. I gotta find a friend with a large beach-able boat now lol.
Thank you for the info

 

[45ACPKING]

Listen to 45ACPKING.

I've been hunting those ghosts for 54 years, even occasionally successful since 1970 but it wasn't until I met him and we talked hunting that my success improved significantly.

But I'm a slow learner too, so thatmight account for some my lean years.

I owe that knowledge to an initial chance introduction to 4 men who really barely new me but said I was keen and respectful and for that they welcomed me to deer camp and set me loose on my own. It was few trips before I figured things out. They didn't just hand the knowledge to me..... I had to do it on my own and most of what I learned was just listening around the camp fire to those guys and their stories of past hunts. It's been a good 6 years now since I saw Dave, Eric, Al or George up in those mountains so I imagine they aren't hunting anymore as they were all getting on in years. Your success that first year we joined up for blacktails and the map I drew in camp on that napkin for you was priceless and I think about it often LOL X marks the spot indeed LOL In the end..... location is key, hunting "skills" a close second.
This year I was so pleased to see you harvest a monster, I have the picture you posted at the time, enlarged and on my fishin wall of shame hehehe
I love blacktail hunting...... did I tell you guys that LOL

 

[MD]

I owe that knowledge to an initial chance introduction to 4 men who really barely new me but said I was keen and respectful and for that they welcomed me to deer camp and set me loose on my own. It was few trips before I figured things out. They didn't just hand the knowledge to me..... I had to do it on my own and most of what I learned was just listening around the camp fire to those guys and their stories of past hunts. It's been a good 6 years now since I saw Dave, Eric, Al or George up in those mountains so I imagine they aren't hunting anymore as they were all getting on in years. Your success that first year we joined up for blacktails and the map I drew in camp on that napkin for you was priceless and I think about it often LOL X marks the spot indeed LOL In the end..... location is key, hunting "skills" a close second.
This year I was so pleased to see you harvest a monster, I have the picture you posted at the time, enlarged and on my fishin wall of shame hehehe
I love blacktail hunting...... did I tell you guys that LOL

I still have the napkin!

Here's a reminder in case anyone missed this in October. Three point antlers but what a hog; I had to cut him up on the spot and backpack him out in three trips. I carried the hind legs and lower back out in one piece. That weighed just over 66 pounds on the scale at home.

 

[Mitchell01]

I still have the napkin!

Here's a reminder in case anyone missed this in October. Three point antlers but what a hog; I had to cut him up on the spot and backpack him out in three trips. I carried the hind legs and lower back out in one piece. That weighed just over 66 pounds on the scale at home.

What a beauty! Can't wait for mine!