Blacktail on the Islands

45ACPKING said:
Did you guys try the forest along north beach and up the trail by Helene river?
That's where we had most of our luck.
Itchin to get back over there. Perhaps next season.
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You have to be cautious in that area - it is only open to hunting certain times of the year.
 
Don't forget to bring a fawn bleat call Sitka blacktail respond exceptionally well to calls.

I shot my first deer a long time ago in the Charlottes used a 270 Wby last trip I used a 22-250.

If I was ever to get back over there I would take two rifles one for deer the other for bear.

Deer = Rem 700 Light Tactical in 6.8SPC loaded with either 95gr TTSX @ 2950fps or 110gr Accubonds @ 2750fps.

Bear = T/C Contender carbine in 375JDJ loaded with 260gr Accubonds @ 2300fps.
 
geologist said:
We plan to move to the Island from the Lower Mainland sometime in the future so maybe this, with the 5 shot magazine will be my truck rig for the tiny deer.

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yep that will work let me know wen you move up north
 
c-fbmi said:
Well we are back.......it was not what I expected at all. The weather was beautiful almost every day, the deer were no where to be found outside the various town limits on the north island. The only buck we saw was right in the town of Skidsgate, period. We hunted hard, checking out beaches, high country, logging cuts, logging trails and I climbed and walked some ridges.......NADA !!!! Rennel Sound road was out due to slide or wash out (differing information), so unable to check out that area.
We then went to the south island and had much the same luck for a couple days, then lucked out watching a beach at sunrise and a doe appeared as though by magic, about 100 mtrs away eating kelp. I promptly jumped from my Ranger and gave her a warning shot off to her right (this is what we have taken to calling misses), she was facing straight away and I did not regret the miss as the damage would have been devastating. She jumped and ran a few mtrs then stopped perfectly broadside at which point I plunked one nicely behind her shoulder, through the ribs.........first deer down.
Things picked up for the next few days as we found an old grown over trail along a beach that had a lot of sign, jumped a deer on this trail the following afternoon and I jumped out and gave him a warning shot as well (trying a head shot but blew it), I then pulled down onto his ribs and gave him one.........bad decision, it exited through the offside ham....oooops, 1/2 a deer destroyed.
Ended up with 5 deer total, 3 does and 2 bucks with just nubs for antlers, couldn't tell they were bucks until in hand. Apparently the blacktail hole up real hard following the rut as even the locals were not seeing or shooting any deer in the 10 days we hunted them. Everybody was saying "Oh you shoulda been here last week the bucks were running everywhere".............story of my hunting career......YOU SHOULDA BEEN HERE LAST WEEK............

This little buck ran into the big timber and stopped at about 120 mtrs or so, when we jumped him in the grass along the beach he flagged just like a WT and ran off 50 mtrs into the timber and stopped.......no warning shot on this guy, spine shot at the top of the shoulders.

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THE BEST TIME TO HUNT HAIDA GWAII DEER IS IN EARLY NOVEMBER
December and Jan are slow months their all f#$k out and not moving much lol



 
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carverk said:
we mite have to make you a honorary Haida
I got the unimog and the two rokons and thinking about a 2016 Argo scout now
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And just you wait till I finish that hovercraft I'm working on ;)
Following your advice a couple years ago, Tony and I did real well considering it was our first time.
I'm thinking next year we're comin over
 
My Grandfather and I were out hunting Blacktails one day when I was about 17 years old up in the Nanaimo Lakes chain area when a doe with two fawns stepped out onto the logging road we were walking along. It was early bucks only season so of course they were safe but instantly my Grandfather turned to me and said "check that out lad, there's dinner and two pots of soup"!! We both chuckled.......I understood fater that why the Game Warden who checked us on the way through the Mac and Blo gate had such a look on his face when he inquired about such an odd looking big lever action in the front seat referring to my Grandfather's rifle and my Gramp handed him his Model 71 and a handful of ammo to check out! The Gamie said 'do you really use this for these deer?". My Grandfather just laughed and said "yes, I am too old to chase after the little buggers in the salal". :)
 
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