Nocturnal Blacktail

[Pigs]

This is prime time. The bucks start getting a little stupid chasing does. You could try calling….rattling, or doe/fawn calls.

You could try walking back in, but you better have the wind in your favor. And you’re likely to spook em…..or maybe if you go ultra slow, and ninja-like, it pays off

As I’m learning more about blacktail, I’m finding it’s best to stay put, and let them come to you.

 

[Paige]

This is prime time. The bucks start getting a little stupid chasing does. You could try calling….rattling, or doe/fawn calls.

You could try walking back in, but you better have the wind in your favor. And you’re likely to spook em…..or maybe if you go ultra slow, and ninja-like, it pays off

As I’m learning more about blacktail, I’m finding it’s best to stay put, and let them come to you.

Or wait for a rainy day that will disguise a lot of your noise!

 

[Evan B]

Hoping to get back out on Sunday. We will see.

 

[Pigs]

Or wait for a rainy day that will disguise a lot of your noise!

Yea….before these rains it was sooooo dry and noisy in the woods! The rain is welcome now for sure.

 

[Pink Nighty]

You're not wrong, but that's strangely not legal in Oregon. Yet for some reason, it's legal for me to leave a pile of apples out there for em.

Have you considered leaving a pile of apples out there for him? Some treat might motivate him for a midday snack

 

[Evan B]

Have you considered leaving a pile of apples out there for him? Some treat might motivate him for a midday snack

The last couple of years I've experimented with that by my cameras. Weirdly enough it never seemed to make much difference. Only confirmed apple consumers I've got on camera are coyotes

 

[charles sullivan]

I actually prefer spikes/does. I got my "any deer" tag last year and shot a doe. I'm very much a meat hunter, so if I even had a smaller buck scouted out, I'd be after him. I have only been getting this guy. I actually got the same buck on cam a year ago too.

I'm actually stoked that I'm seeing more spike/forked young elk on cam this year. If I have a shot at those vs the big boys, I'm taking the youngins every time.

I have not hunted blacktails much. There are people who really believe in rattling, especially for he younger more curious bucks.

 

[goinoregon]

this property up in the gorge a bit ? as for locating the buck, we probably know its not up on the cliffs !

 

[Salmo_g]

The last couple of years I've experimented with that by my cameras. Weirdly enough it never seemed to make much difference. Only confirmed apple consumers I've got on camera are coyotes

I had a large surplus of apples this year and fed a lot of them to the resident deer. Some yearlings and a few does will practically take them from my hand. Now the 4-point, he didn't like me even looking at him or talking to him. I don't think you'd go wrong with apples though.

 

[Evan B]

Gonna go out tomorrow for a rattling hike