Article-Blacktail Rifles by Glenn Summers

With success rates far, far below the 50th percentile range, it's fair to say that a majority of
blacktail hunters, regardless of experience, could use some information to help them
change their luck. I tend to believe hunters make their own luck, and in that way I've been
pretty lucky. In 33 years of hunting blacktails, I have filled at least one, and sometimes
three tags a year.

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DAY OF THE BUFFALO

COLUMBIA RIVER WALLEYES

RETURN OF THE RAM!

BLACKTAILS --THE REST OF
THE STORY

MONSTER OF CELILO

by Glenn Dee Summers

Whether you're a seasoned pro or a rank amateur, studying the basics of blacktail deer will help make you a better hunter.
If you already know everything there is to know about blacktail deer hunting, you may want to turn to the page. Or maybe
not.

My first blacktail buck came as the result of a modest
little hunt taken after my move to Oregon in the early
1970s. From my home in The Dalles I had traveled over
to the west side of the Cascades to the area near Lava
Lake. The September weather was salubrious - ideal for
camping - with the exception that it had been abnormally
dry. The yellow jackets were ravenous.

I soon found a 5-year-old clearcut at the edge of the
Sisters Wilderness. Sign in the cut was neck-deep: trails
covered with elk, bear and deer tracks, some made by
inordinately large blacktails. I was an experienced
whitetail and mule deer hunter, so I knew what I was
about. Logic told me to get on stand between bedding
areas and feed grounds. The clearcut was the feed
ground and somewhere back in the timber were the
bedding areas. This was simple logic dictated by basic
deer behavior.

Come along with me getting started (or taking a
refresher course) on blacktails. Perhaps by reading
about these experiences you'll pick up a tip or two
that uncovers the nature of these wily deer.

Read the entire article Getting Started on Blacktails
here.