Preperation and persistance, great job!! We all know how easy it would have been to sleep in after your hunt on the 1st. But you didn't, you re-focused got back after itand all I can say is WOW!! What agreat buck BHB, and well deserved. Congratulations on a great hunt, keep up the good work.

That is a NICE buck. Good Job !!!

Congrats BHB, That's a dang nice blacktail.

Thank you sooo much....from all of you. But I for one cannot take all the glory, there is one man that I would like to thank for almost all of my hunting accomplishments. His name is John Malkow. This hero of mine was blinded when he was in his late 20's and hunted even with his dissability. He had people help him, but When am having a hard time, I look to him and what he has been through. He never gave up. 30 years of darkness for him gave him the will to see and after many years got his eyesight back. He completely lost one eye but I am sure its better to see atleast some than none. He lets me hunt on his 160 acres and I owe this to him. I do not know his age but he is atleast in his 70's and he taught me how to dress an animal, take care of the meat, right spots to put blinds and stands. There is soo much that I have left out but, he wrote a book once he got his eyesight back and if anyone would like to read it, I have another copy that I will send out to them if they will return it and pay post costs. It is an amazing book and one I will always cherish. I hope that someday I will be able to take trophy animals as big as the ones he shot......while he was BLIND! This is an amazing man, and not to forget his wife. What a wonderful and inspiring woman.


Yes....I am getting a wall pedestal mount of him!!....its gonna look AWESOME!

WOW , he's a big sucka . great Buck and great story . Congrats Fella .

Right on Bullet, you do it again with great consistency at such a young age, Hear, Hear as Jeff said!..... what a STUD BLACKTAIL.. just awesome young man! and with the scoring compensation you are the man in the lead.. its gonna take a stud buck to knock you out of the biggest buck at 184 and change!

that is an awesome 4x4 blacky for sure. congrats on a job well done!!

Sure BHB, if you dont mind waiting for her (about 20YEARS!) we can still talk,I'm sure she will one day be available. do i get to hunt from your stand? i might move that up 1 year. acually, even tho she is 12, she would have you believe she is going on 25 and still never gets to do anything. lol

Say, seeings as how i'm ignorant, tell me about that baking soda shower, i have never heard of that one. i am assuming i just need a box of the stuff and rub all over while taking a shower?Thanks for telling us your secret. The mount sounds awesome!

I count 5x5, someone enlighten me, do 2 of the points not count on Blacktails?

you easterners like to count every little nub coming off the rack[8D]

kinda common practice for western standards to NOT count the eye guards as points, not sure why...just the way people out here talk