Blacktail Deer

Conservation and Management of Mule and Black-tailed Deer

By Emily Latch – Purdue University and now at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Gene Rhodes – Purdue University Jim Heffelfinger – Arizona Game and Fish Department and Boone and Crockett Profes...

B&C World's Record - Non-typical Sitka Blacktail

In 1987, at 4 a.m. on a foggy August morning in southeast Alaska, William B. Steele had a decision to make: continue driving for 20 miles on gravel roads to reach his Sitka blacktail deer hunting area...

B&C World's Record - Typical Sitka Blacktail

Bob Graham was visiting a shop in British Columbia, Canada, when he spotted an impressive Sitka blacktail deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) mount. Graham offered to buy the rack, but the owner, Pet...

B&C World's Record - Non-typical Columbia Blacktail

I started hunting in the Black Rock Mountain area near Valsetz, Oregon when I moved from Washington to the Beaver state. A friend of mine, who's a logger, had hunted that area for years with good succ...

B&C World's Record - Typical Columbia Blacktail

On a dank October morning in 1953, Lester H. Miller found himself face-to-face with an extraordinary Columbia blacktail deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus). He'd waited for this moment a long time....

Field Judging - Mule Deer and Blacktails

Mule deer may not have as much going on above their heads as other members of the deer family, like elk and moose, but judging them in the field can be just as tricky. Accurately field judging...