Vabowman

Ok, I know very little about blacktails so I ask this: Is the deer Bullet Hole shot the same as what's in Alaska? B/c if it is the same, he shot a GIANT compared to what I saw from Alaska. Sitka and Columbia blacktails are not the same right?? I know Alaska has the sitka, but it says their range is from Alaska to the west coast??

NY/Al

Beats me man...

Matt/TN

It's a monster. It will be 180" + when he converts it to whitetail inches

TEmbry

Its equivalency is different based on which scoring books you use. Boone and Crockett considers it equal to a very high 160's inch whitetail while P&Y considers it into the 180's.....either way a pig of a deer.

A monster that will be hard to top but a good goal to set out for each year.

Double Creek

The blacktail he killed is huge. I think it's a Columbian Blacktail

Vabowman

no doubt it's huge, but is it different than the Alaskan blacktail??

MdDave

im confused to.. whats the dif bewteen a blacktail an a mule deer.. they look the same?

Matt / PA

Looks like according to the NW Big Game records there are actually 3 different "subspecies"? of Blacktail deer found in Oregon alone.
Cascade, Columbian, Northwest.

http://www.nwbiggame.com/top_10.cfm

nctaxi

MdDave - a mulie is actuallly a cross of whitetail and blacktail with a little evolution thrown in for good measure.

kwilson16

There are places in CA where blacktail and mulie inter-breed. The dnr sets different zones and the deerare recorded in the books according to its location and subsequent classification as mulie or blacktail. At least that's how it worked when I lived in Eureka, CA six years ago.