As a first generation hunter, I really appreciate any help as I learn to hunt. Thank you to the Bow Rack and the Endicotts for all the help over the years. I have been able to introduce my son, Jonathan to Elk hunting as well as other young men. Great video, good music and great content. Thanks. Jeff Dahl, Eugene, Oregon.
Thank you, Jeff 🙏🏽 I love to hear that! Hopefully I’ll have time to make more tactics films, maybe still hunting blacktail, spring bear, and Roosevelt elk. My dad has invested a career in helping people bow hunt and I’m of the mindset that we are all in this together and anything I can do to help is the least I can do. Thanks again for the kind feedback!
Really good information for anyone wanting to hunt Oregon. Oregon resident all my life and I thought this was very well put together and being a blacktail hunter these guys know these critters well.
Thank you! Glad you liked the film. It was a fun challenge to provide a film that was both informational and entertaining with a blend of short hunts. Good luck this fall!
Love this video, mature blacktail bucks are by far the hardest to animals to kill in the NW and don’t get enough attention. Keep making Blacktail videos.
🤙🏽 Evan tagged out on a 139” blacktail this rifle season, my dad has trail cam photos of an absolute monster, and Wyatt always does big things. These guys know blacktail! Thank you and I’ll try to keep improving my films and working to promote hunting and education!
I started bow hunting western Oregon Blacktail in 2005, Arrowed my first buck in 2007. Bought my first treestand in 2010 and have been religiously hunting from a tree ever since. It's really cool watching deer that don't they're being watched at close range. When it comes to the bow hunting tips in this video I feel that I apply most of what was said but it was a long road of learning from my mistakes to reach that point. My personal motto has become "you can't be in the right place at the right time unless you're there all the time", My butt is in the tree at least 1 hour before sun up, especially in late season. 13 bucks in 16 seasons, but I started letting smaller bucks walk about 7 years ago and I have taken some very nice bucks since.. 13 more days until 2022 Oregon Late Bow opens.. I'm ready.
@@NathanEndicott_Films Cameras will be rolling for sure. I will definitely send you some pics if I whack one. I got some monsters out there. Checked trail cams yesterday and have a couple nice ones on there. None of my target bucks from last year captured on trail cam yet but I'm sure they are out there. The bucks starting showing some rut behavior 2 days ago on the 4th.; In my area (foothills near Lebanon, Or.) I've noticed the rut peaks between the 14th to 22nd or so. Seems like the big boys always show up out of nowhere by the 14th or 15th of Nov, every year.
@@SoloCamXTOutdoors yes, please do! Also, I would agree with that! Rut seems to peak in the foothills before late archery starts. I’ve got one cell camera out that had bucks chasing starting Nov. 7 last year but nothing yet this year. That camera is up high though.
@@NathanEndicott_Films I ended up taking a stud Blacktail yesterday morning at 8 yards.. He rolled in hot right after I rattled. Pretty crazy. Didn't have time to get the video rolling but I have a ton of pictures. What method should I use to send you some pictures?
Good stuff...I miss coming in to the Bow Rack and picking Wayne's brain on deer hunting and even shed hunting...I used his suggestions and really increased my success! Good job on video...
Hey, Nathan, happy to see a new post! Hope you had a successful season last year! We had fun up here in N. Idaho, I got a bucket list checked off with my first mountain lion on a solo hunt. It was a highlight for me. Was fortunate to get a 4x5 whitetail in November. Good luck this year!
@@NathanEndicott_Films hey Nathan. Its pretty good hunting here. Im in the comox valley and hunt the local mountains/timber. Alot of the older growth is loggec which sucks but there is still some good second growth left. Noticed deer numbers in last few years are down. Some say its AHD. But im still getting 2 bucks mostly 2x2’s every season. I hunt 60 outta 90 days lol. Im a grey ghost addict like you haha. But ya wish we had the big bodied genes you have in wash and oregon. There are some biggies around but hard to kill in some if this terrain. Nocturnal mostly but during rut they slip up. Ya your vids are great. Ill be watching more soon. My youtube link is 2whiteboxers. Mostly trail cam footage but some good ones. Check it out if ya have time. Hey thanks for chiming in and merry xmas bud. Cheers.
Nathan Cool video and a great buck. I was noticing the rifle your were using because I have the same rifle which was my father's and it looks like the exact same scope. I grew up in Sweet Home and after high school joined the Navy where I spent 20 yrs, where I Retired and now live in Virginia. I'll be out early next year and I will be stopping by your dad's shop. Great hunt and congrats!!
Oh wow!!! I love all of that. The gun is my father-in-laws and I bought the scope, ha! My wife has shot a couple bear with that rifle and made outstanding shots. Those are some of my earlier films. I hear that Virginia is the Oregon of the East coast? Let me know when you come on out to Oregon and the Bow Rack!
As always, another excellent video! Great information on how to harvest a mature blacktail. The dates are spot on. My most successful day is Halloween. I love late October with heavy rains. Good luck this upcoming season. Looking forward to another video.
I hunted hard for several days a couple seasons ago and a tall and wide 3 pt jumped up below me on an old road. Of course my rifle was strapped to my pack as I had worked the area 45 minutes prior. I had to watch him slwoly trot off until he disappeared, truly painful. This video is great andhelp me get over it..kinda haha
Dang it! Heart breaker! I could talk for 40-minutes about the big one that got away… but that’s what keeps your working hard and getting back out there to try again!
In my hunting vest, I carry a hunting knife set, toilet paper, Sig range finder, glasses, cheese sticks and a 5x7 light-duty tarp in the big butt pocket, and walk with a Trigger Stick tripod, binoculars with the strap shortened just enough to bring to my eyes, and my Beretta 96 .40 strapped to my chest for hungry cougars. I don't carry a backpack to snag on vine maple and fir branches, it isn't needed more than mobility. I also carry a hand truck, nylon wrap sack (old bbq cover) and duct tape in my vehicle for recovery and transport and fetch it after gutting the buck.
A Trigger Stick tripod or bipod makes shots more accurate, and is great to support binoculars while scoping clearcuts, it's also great when still-hunting through cat trails as third-leg assists through sticks and brush; I don't leave home without it.
I didn’t really touch on that but I know guys that bait and do really well. Typically, before they strip velvet, they can be patterned and killed in a tree stand or blind. It’s really difficult outside of that.
@@NathanEndicott_Films I was in the trask unit, followed what you all said about finding game trails ,walking far off roads, I found a small natural meadow and fresh deer scat, went there early in the morning scouting and a doe and fawn came walking up close to the meadow before snorting and spooking off! Definitely a good place to put a tree stand up, all the information and tactics you’ve shared I greatly appreciate, and may have got my tag fulfilled!🤞
Thanks for all the insight you provide to Blacktail hunters, and really cool film. Would love some more insight on the slow hunting in big timber or the ground blind game..=). Been living in up Mckenzie area Springfield for year but just recently got into bowhunting. I had my first late season archery last year, and even though I didn't get anything I have a ton of fun learning. Got close to a couple does but no bucks. This year I am shed hunting and have found some big horns and getting very excited. Thanks for all you and your Dad do!
Nathan - Any thoughts on what to do with this snow right now?? I have a stand up right at 2000' elevation and went on Tuesday and didn't see a thing after seeing deer everyday the previous 3 days (just nothing came close to me)....There was about 2 inches on the ground but I think there is probably close to a foot by now...My stand probably covered in snow...You think still worth it to sit in stand with a foot of snow around it? Anyways, sorry to bother hope your tagging one! I live our Leaburg (Holden Creek) and been hunting out towards the cascade foothills...
I’m 60, and started hunting BT’s when I was 16 in the Tioga, Powers and Melrose units with a ‘78 vintage compound. I think much of the advice here is sound tactics generally, but the NW units like the Trask and Stott Mtn. are somewhat different tactically than the Melrose, Powers and Evans Cr. units, they’re more densely timbered and brushy, and have more competition, and idiots who think shooting’s ok in the middle of hunting units during open season. Imho, another hunt tactic that addresses where bucks are drawn to are riparian zones in draws and basins, with mostly maples and alders, brush and ample escape routes into the timber. Locate trails under the tree cover and set up a stand with a trusty brush gun, the ranges will be 0-50 yards, and the ground will be constantly damp to wet, with intermittent swamp, so they will move past like ghosts. Stands are great in high-pressure units because you are the one to select the best field of fire in the best habitat, while everyone else hunts around or toward your position, thereby funneling deer into your FoF. I enjoyed this video, it brought back my early days in the late 70’s.
I love this comment and hearing your knowledge! I was in California this year hunting blacktail and those deer have adapted to their terrain and hunting pressure very uniquely compared to what I’m use to in Oregon. That said, every place you hunt blacktail will take a lot of time and effort to learn and the tactics would need to adapt as well. Sounds like I need to make a blacktail tactics film about some of these more difficult places. A shorter film that builds upon this one. Do you have Facebook or Instagram and would you be interested in messaging me to share some knowledge?
Thank you for making this! 2021 was my first season hunting blacktail, and it became painfully clear how much I didn’t know about how to hunt these deer. Lots of great info in this video.
Amazing and very helpful video - I live and plan to hunt in the same area as you, and have been meaning to check out the Bow Rack. Any chance you'd be willing to help a beginner out? I'd even be willing to put my inexperience on film if you want to make a video 😂
@@Chagsis thank you 🙏🏽 😂 I have a buddy who says the same thing often lol. It’s a great idea! I don’t have a ton of helpful advice. My advice is to enjoy the struggle. Basically, if you can overcome the attrition of failed attempts and mental self defeat, then you will find satisfaction in your efforts. 🤙🏽
@@NathanEndicott_Films can’t wait. I’ve killed big bulls, big Mule Deer bucks, but the BIG Blacktails elude me. And I live in the middle of Blacktail country here in the valley. Sure I’ve seen a few, but……
@@NathanEndicott_Films I’ve never archery hunted. Been too stubborn I guess. With a certain tag (when drawn) that allows me too hunt all of November in the valley, you would’ve thought I could’ve got a few bruisers over the years. Oh well. I love hunting them.
First time bow hunting in September for blacktail in Washington !!!! I usually do rifle and become successful every year with a rifle but I have a question is ! What are blacktail doing during September do I need to call or anything ?
@@itsjaysYT September there is not a ton of daylight movement but the bucks can be found where the best feed is. Often they get lazy and bed down in a big unit and stay there for the day. High country is much different, they are high and below alpine, tucked into a good bed, and feed locally until mid October when they start to move a little more.
Thank you for making this video 👍🏼 I’m from Hawaii and we also hunt Blacktail here. I’ve harvested a few with rifles before but currently trying to get one with my bow. Hopefully I can get it done this season 🏹
Good video for beginners. I shot my first buck in 1992 in the Alsea. Not a fan of archery at all though. I will say you don't need expensive name brand crap to glass for animals. Get the Vortex UHD binos, half the price of Swarovski and same quality glass in my opinion, plus it comes with a lifetime warranty. Nobody mentioned wind in this video. That's probably the most important thing you can do. Watch those thermals around 930 they start heading up the mountain. And last probably the most important for Oregon with all the rain is get yourself some good rain gear. I'd recommend First-Lite. You stay dry, you stay warm.
Thanks for the comments! I didn’t think that rifle hunters cared to much about the wind 😜. My dad (Wayne) mentioned I carry Vortex and we covered a few others. I would say, to each their own when it come to manufacture but our point is that glassing is important and we shared what we use. You’ve probably taken a couple great bucks with all those year of experience! Are you on Instagram?
One good or bad thing is, they don’t update their maps often enough. Especially now while companies like Weyerhaeuser are decimating all of their timber,,,
Good to know! That would make it tricky. Still nice to have public access in timber ground. Places like Texas is all private making tough unless you have access.
I made one short trip to Idaho and missed a bear with my bow 😭. It was a close shot but my arrow deflected from a limb. Hopefully next year I’ll have more time for spring bear!
The Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus) is one of three extant deer species within the genus Odocoileus, the others being the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and the White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), there are two extant subspecies of black-tailed deer, the Columbian Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus columbianus) and the Sitka Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus sitkensis), the Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus) is most closely related to the White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) while the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is basal to both.
It can be similar in terrain. However, blacktail and mule deer have different tendencies in their preferred spots to live, so it’s not exactly the same. The west coast is a little more thick as well, hard to glass up deer.
Nothin like a nice Blacktail buck to get my excited. I’ve killed plenty of Mulies and a handful of nice Whitetails but Blacktails are different.. not exactly sure why
A late season blacktail just has that pure look. Like the Sitka, super pretty deer. Also, they live in dense vegetation and not as visible so that adds to their mystique. 🤙🏽
@@guaporeturns9472 that’s awesome!! I’ve never been to SE AK but I plan to fish POW this year and hunt Sitka there next year!! I’d like to see your bucks!
@@NathanEndicott_Films I’m afraid all evidence is long gone. I didn’t get pics and who knows where the skulls are. I was living in Craig at the time(for a minute) but basically lived a very transient lifestyle.. everything I owned was in a bag on my back , working on boats and logging camps for 10 years before cell phones were common(late 80s early 90s)
Hi. Do you mean is it illegal for the use in hunting? That would be illegal. The drone footage I used was flown outside of all hunting seasons. Good question though! Also, I don’t personally fly any drones and use it for examples or intros in a few of my films.
Eric. First, if I had that kind of influence on the ODFW commission then I would quit my day job and go lobby for our general seasons. BTW, were you at the commission meetings to testify over the last few years? What is the difference between a film and a book on blacktail tactics? Do you have the same opinion about Bowhunting Trophy Blacktail by CRH? Do you make the same comment on his posts where he SELLS books for profit? Lastly, based on your comments, I know you didn’t watch the film.
As a first generation hunter, I really appreciate any help as I learn to hunt. Thank you to the Bow Rack and the Endicotts for all the help over the years. I have been able to introduce my son, Jonathan to Elk hunting as well as other young men. Great video, good music and great content. Thanks. Jeff Dahl, Eugene, Oregon.
Thank you, Jeff 🙏🏽
I love to hear that! Hopefully I’ll have time to make more tactics films, maybe still hunting blacktail, spring bear, and Roosevelt elk. My dad has invested a career in helping people bow hunt and I’m of the mindset that we are all in this together and anything I can do to help is the least I can do. Thanks again for the kind feedback!
Really good information for anyone wanting to hunt Oregon. Oregon resident all my life and I thought this was very well put together and being a blacktail hunter these guys know these critters well.
Thank you! Glad you liked the film. It was a fun challenge to provide a film that was both informational and entertaining with a blend of short hunts. Good luck this fall!
Love this video, mature blacktail bucks are by far the hardest to animals to kill in the NW and don’t get enough attention. Keep making Blacktail videos.
🤙🏽 Evan tagged out on a 139” blacktail this rifle season, my dad has trail cam photos of an absolute monster, and Wyatt always does big things. These guys know blacktail!
Thank you and I’ll try to keep improving my films and working to promote hunting and education!
mann o mann try island blacktail they aree harrdddd
Absolutely fantastic video! Thanks for putting it together. A trove of useful info.
Thank you!! I had fun making the film and still watch it myself to pick up tips. Hopefully more films like it in the future.
been going to the Bow Rack for years grew up in Springfield the Endicotts have always been a great help.
@@OregonOutdoorAdventures thank you 🙏🏽
I started bow hunting western Oregon Blacktail in 2005, Arrowed my first buck in 2007. Bought my first treestand in 2010 and have been religiously hunting from a tree ever since. It's really cool watching deer that don't they're being watched at close range. When it comes to the bow hunting tips in this video I feel that I apply most of what was said but it was a long road of learning from my mistakes to reach that point. My personal motto has become "you can't be in the right place at the right time unless you're there all the time", My butt is in the tree at least 1 hour before sun up, especially in late season. 13 bucks in 16 seasons, but I started letting smaller bucks walk about 7 years ago and I have taken some very nice bucks since.. 13 more days until 2022 Oregon Late Bow opens.. I'm ready.
Right on! I like that motto!
Good luck this year! Send me a photo if you end up successful!
@@NathanEndicott_Films Cameras will be rolling for sure. I will definitely send you some pics if I whack one. I got some monsters out there. Checked trail cams yesterday and have a couple nice ones on there. None of my target bucks from last year captured on trail cam yet but I'm sure they are out there. The bucks starting showing some rut behavior 2 days ago on the 4th.; In my area (foothills near Lebanon, Or.) I've noticed the rut peaks between the 14th to 22nd or so. Seems like the big boys always show up out of nowhere by the 14th or 15th of Nov, every year.
@@SoloCamXTOutdoors yes, please do! Also, I would agree with that! Rut seems to peak in the foothills before late archery starts.
I’ve got one cell camera out that had bucks chasing starting Nov. 7 last year but nothing yet this year. That camera is up high though.
@@NathanEndicott_Films I ended up taking a stud Blacktail yesterday morning at 8 yards.. He rolled in hot right after I rattled. Pretty crazy. Didn't have time to get the video rolling but I have a ton of pictures. What method should I use to send you some pictures?
@@SoloCamXTOutdoors oh wow! Congrats!! Do you have Instagram or FB? Or email nathanendicott@gmail.com
Thanks for another great video! Great information!
Those guys hammer on the blacktail and they know their stuff! Evan killed a giant already this rifle season
Really well done. Chock-full of great takeaways.
"Private land" comments had me rolling. Like timber company land is some high fence ranch LOL
Thanks buddy!
Haha! Wyatt handled it well, lol.
This was awesome. At 48 planning on hunting for my first time this yrar.
Am training body, mind and bow strength!
Thanks for the video
Subbed!!
Glad you liked the film! Best of luck to you this coming year.
Good stuff...I miss coming in to the Bow Rack and picking Wayne's brain on deer hunting and even shed hunting...I used his suggestions and really increased my success! Good job on video...
Thank you 🙏🏽.
Appreciate it the feedback!
Hey, Nathan, happy to see a new post! Hope you had a successful season last year! We had fun up here in N. Idaho, I got a bucket list checked off with my first mountain lion on a solo hunt. It was a highlight for me. Was fortunate to get a 4x5 whitetail in November. Good luck this year!
Oh wow! Congrats!
A cat is still high on my list! Hope all is well for you. 🙏🏽
Great info guys!! I'm on Vancouver Island and love hunting these ghosts.
Keep up the great work!!!
Thank you! How’s the hunting on the island? I bet there are some untouched areas!
@@NathanEndicott_Films hey Nathan. Its pretty good hunting here. Im in the comox valley and hunt the local mountains/timber. Alot of the older growth is loggec which sucks but there is still some good second growth left.
Noticed deer numbers in last few years are down. Some say its AHD.
But im still getting 2 bucks mostly 2x2’s every season.
I hunt 60 outta 90 days lol.
Im a grey ghost addict like you haha.
But ya wish we had the big bodied genes you have in wash and oregon.
There are some biggies around but hard to kill in some if this terrain.
Nocturnal mostly but during rut they slip up.
Ya your vids are great. Ill be watching more soon.
My youtube link is 2whiteboxers.
Mostly trail cam footage but some good ones. Check it out if ya have time.
Hey thanks for chiming in and merry xmas bud.
Cheers.
@@2whiteboxers532 oh right on! That sounds awesome! I like tens to have a rink for old forky bucks.
I’ll check out your TH-cam!
Really great stuff. This is exactly what I was hoping for.
You bet! Hopefully more films like it in the future. Thanks 🙏🏽
Nathan
Cool video and a great buck. I was noticing the rifle your were using because I have the same rifle which was my father's and it looks like the exact same scope. I grew up in Sweet Home and after high school joined the Navy where I spent 20 yrs, where I Retired and now live in Virginia. I'll be out early next year and I will be stopping by your dad's shop. Great hunt and congrats!!
Oh wow!!! I love all of that. The gun is my father-in-laws and I bought the scope, ha! My wife has shot a couple bear with that rifle and made outstanding shots. Those are some of my earlier films.
I hear that Virginia is the Oregon of the East coast?
Let me know when you come on out to Oregon and the Bow Rack!
Very helpful man! Great video
Glad you liked the film! These guys know blacktail!
Thanks again Nathan
@@lynneberhardt8818 absolutely!
As always, another excellent video! Great information on how to harvest a mature blacktail. The dates are spot on. My most successful day is Halloween. I love late October with heavy rains. Good luck this upcoming season. Looking forward to another video.
Glad you liked it! Wyatt, Evan, and my dad combined have such a good perspective on all things blacktail.
I hunted hard for several days a couple seasons ago and a tall and wide 3 pt jumped up below me on an old road. Of course my rifle was strapped to my pack as I had worked the area 45 minutes prior. I had to watch him slwoly trot off until he disappeared, truly painful. This video is great andhelp me get over it..kinda haha
Dang it! Heart breaker!
I could talk for 40-minutes about the big one that got away… but that’s what keeps your working hard and getting back out there to try again!
In my hunting vest, I carry a hunting knife set, toilet paper, Sig range finder, glasses, cheese sticks and a 5x7 light-duty tarp in the big butt pocket, and walk with a Trigger Stick tripod, binoculars with the strap shortened just enough to bring to my eyes, and my Beretta 96 .40 strapped to my chest for hungry cougars. I don't carry a backpack to snag on vine maple and fir branches, it isn't needed more than mobility. I also carry a hand truck, nylon wrap sack (old bbq cover) and duct tape in my vehicle for recovery and transport and fetch it after gutting the buck.
All good tips ..thank you!
Glad you liked it! Thank you 🙏🏽
A Trigger Stick tripod or bipod makes shots more accurate, and is great to support binoculars while scoping clearcuts, it's also great when still-hunting through cat trails as third-leg assists through sticks and brush; I don't leave home without it.
That’s a great point and we didn’t really touch on that. Thanks for the comment.
A lot of great information, I’d like to learn more techniques for early season about August 27 through September for general archery western Oregon
I didn’t really touch on that but I know guys that bait and do really well. Typically, before they strip velvet, they can be patterned and killed in a tree stand or blind. It’s really difficult outside of that.
@@NathanEndicott_Films I was in the trask unit, followed what you all said about finding game trails ,walking far off roads, I found a small natural meadow and fresh deer scat, went there early in the morning scouting and a doe and fawn came walking up close to the meadow before snorting and spooking off! Definitely a good place to put a tree stand up, all the information and tactics you’ve shared I greatly appreciate, and may have got my tag fulfilled!🤞
@@DAKIIRK that’s great to hear! Sounds like you found a good spot. Enjoy your time out hunting this year and good luck!
Thanks for all the insight you provide to Blacktail hunters, and really cool film. Would love some more insight on the slow hunting in big timber or the ground blind game..=). Been living in up Mckenzie area Springfield for year but just recently got into bowhunting. I had my first late season archery last year, and even though I didn't get anything I have a ton of fun learning. Got close to a couple does but no bucks. This year I am shed hunting and have found some big horns and getting very excited. Thanks for all you and your Dad do!
Right on! That’s awesome!
I have a couple podcasts on the topic I could send you. Are you on Instagram?
@@NathanEndicott_Films thank you. I haven't posted much lately but yes @svfloridian
Nathan - Any thoughts on what to do with this snow right now?? I have a stand up right at 2000' elevation and went on Tuesday and didn't see a thing after seeing deer everyday the previous 3 days (just nothing came close to me)....There was about 2 inches on the ground but I think there is probably close to a foot by now...My stand probably covered in snow...You think still worth it to sit in stand with a foot of snow around it? Anyways, sorry to bother hope your tagging one! I live our Leaburg (Holden Creek) and been hunting out towards the cascade foothills...
Gotta love Oregon:) time and legs is always a must as well,optics yeah but it thick and that's where you'll find alot
Gotta love to hike and beat the brush at times!
Great video, I love Blacktail hunting, they can truly kick your but, you definitely earn them..
That’s the truth!
Nicely done…Soon, very soon! 👊🏻🏹
Almost that time!! 🙌🏽
Wow. This was great.
Thank you! Appreciate the comment!
I’m 60, and started hunting BT’s when I was 16 in the Tioga, Powers and Melrose units with a ‘78 vintage compound. I think much of the advice here is sound tactics generally, but the NW units like the Trask and Stott Mtn. are somewhat different tactically than the Melrose, Powers and Evans Cr. units, they’re more densely timbered and brushy, and have more competition, and idiots who think shooting’s ok in the middle of hunting units during open season.
Imho, another hunt tactic that addresses where bucks are drawn to are riparian zones in draws and basins, with mostly maples and alders, brush and ample escape routes into the timber.
Locate trails under the tree cover and set up a stand with a trusty brush gun, the ranges will be 0-50 yards, and the ground will be constantly damp to wet, with intermittent swamp, so they will move past like ghosts.
Stands are great in high-pressure units because you are the one to select the best field of fire in the best habitat, while everyone else hunts around or toward your position, thereby funneling deer into your FoF. I enjoyed this video, it brought back my early days in the late 70’s.
I love this comment and hearing your knowledge! I was in California this year hunting blacktail and those deer have adapted to their terrain and hunting pressure very uniquely compared to what I’m use to in Oregon. That said, every place you hunt blacktail will take a lot of time and effort to learn and the tactics would need to adapt as well.
Sounds like I need to make a blacktail tactics film about some of these more difficult places. A shorter film that builds upon this one. Do you have Facebook or Instagram and would you be interested in messaging me to share some knowledge?
I'm happy to share knowledge, but with everyone, so how about right here?@@NathanEndicott_Films
Thank you for making this! 2021 was my first season hunting blacktail, and it became painfully clear how much I didn’t know about how to hunt these deer. Lots of great info in this video.
Thank you 🙏🏽. Glad you found it helpful! Let me know how you do this year!
Amazing and very helpful video - I live and plan to hunt in the same area as you, and have been meaning to check out the Bow Rack. Any chance you'd be willing to help a beginner out? I'd even be willing to put my inexperience on film if you want to make a video 😂
@@Chagsis thank you 🙏🏽
😂 I have a buddy who says the same thing often lol. It’s a great idea!
I don’t have a ton of helpful advice. My advice is to enjoy the struggle. Basically, if you can overcome the attrition of failed attempts and mental self defeat, then you will find satisfaction in your efforts. 🤙🏽
Well done. Thank you
Appreciate your support 🙏🏽. I am planning a Roosevelt Elk tactics film with some really good hunters and hopefully that will be ready this summer!
@@NathanEndicott_Films can’t wait. I’ve killed big bulls, big Mule Deer bucks, but the BIG Blacktails elude me. And I live in the middle of Blacktail country here in the valley. Sure I’ve seen a few, but……
@@jcv8718 it will happen! Are you hunting archery or rifle this year?
@@NathanEndicott_Films I’ve never archery hunted. Been too stubborn I guess. With a certain tag (when drawn) that allows me too hunt all of November in the valley, you would’ve thought I could’ve got a few bruisers over the years. Oh well. I love hunting them.
First time bow hunting in September for blacktail in Washington !!!! I usually do rifle and become successful every year with a rifle but I have a question is ! What are blacktail doing during September do I need to call or anything ?
@@itsjaysYT September there is not a ton of daylight movement but the bucks can be found where the best feed is. Often they get lazy and bed down in a big unit and stay there for the day. High country is much different, they are high and below alpine, tucked into a good bed, and feed locally until mid October when they start to move a little more.
A noble effort. Hopefully I can hunt them one day.
Where are you from? SE, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California are all OTC as of now. Hope you can too!
Thank you for making this video 👍🏼 I’m from Hawaii and we also hunt Blacktail here. I’ve harvested a few with rifles before but currently trying to get one with my bow. Hopefully I can get it done this season 🏹
Fun! That sounds incredible! Good luck!
Good video for beginners. I shot my first buck in 1992 in the Alsea. Not a fan of archery at all though. I will say you don't need expensive name brand crap to glass for animals. Get the Vortex UHD binos, half the price of Swarovski and same quality glass in my opinion, plus it comes with a lifetime warranty. Nobody mentioned wind in this video. That's probably the most important thing you can do. Watch those thermals around 930 they start heading up the mountain. And last probably the most important for Oregon with all the rain is get yourself some good rain gear. I'd recommend First-Lite. You stay dry, you stay warm.
Thanks for the comments! I didn’t think that rifle hunters cared to much about the wind 😜. My dad (Wayne) mentioned I carry Vortex and we covered a few others. I would say, to each their own when it come to manufacture but our point is that glassing is important and we shared what we use.
You’ve probably taken a couple great bucks with all those year of experience! Are you on Instagram?
@@NathanEndicott_Films yeah who needs to play the wind it's not important lol I'm also a huge fan of the vortex furys. No I'm not on Instagram.
One good or bad thing is, they don’t update their maps often enough. Especially now while companies like Weyerhaeuser are decimating all of their timber,,,
Good to know! That would make it tricky. Still nice to have public access in timber ground. Places like Texas is all private making tough unless you have access.
Good Tips 👍
Thank you! Always something to be learned from others and these guys are great hunters.
Great hunt as expected, Nathan. Thank you for taking us along on your adventure! Out of curiosity, did you get to hunt some bears this last spring?
I made one short trip to Idaho and missed a bear with my bow 😭. It was a close shot but my arrow deflected from a limb. Hopefully next year I’ll have more time for spring bear!
The Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus) is one of three extant deer species within the genus Odocoileus, the others being the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and the White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), there are two extant subspecies of black-tailed deer, the Columbian Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus columbianus) and the Sitka Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus sitkensis), the Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus) is most closely related to the White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) while the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is basal to both.
But can you tell me which one tastes the best and why?
Lowland pre rut Blacktails that survive on nuts and farm food. And farm living whitetails.
So it’s just like mountain mule deer hunting?
It can be similar in terrain. However, blacktail and mule deer have different tendencies in their preferred spots to live, so it’s not exactly the same. The west coast is a little more thick as well, hard to glass up deer.
@@NathanEndicott_Films is it like the difference between Roosevelt and mountain?
@@colepriceguitar1153 haha. I’m not sure about that. Animal adapt to their terrain, climate, and feed so I guess it just all depends on that.
Nothin like a nice Blacktail buck to get my excited. I’ve killed plenty of Mulies and a handful of nice Whitetails but Blacktails are different.. not exactly sure why
A late season blacktail just has that pure look. Like the Sitka, super pretty deer. Also, they live in dense vegetation and not as visible so that adds to their mystique. 🤙🏽
@@NathanEndicott_Films Yes , the steep and deep areas you find them is part of the draw. Got some nice Sitkas on PoWI Afognak and Baronof island.
@@guaporeturns9472 that’s awesome!! I’ve never been to SE AK but I plan to fish POW this year and hunt Sitka there next year!!
I’d like to see your bucks!
@@NathanEndicott_Films I’m afraid all evidence is long gone. I didn’t get pics and who knows where the skulls are. I was living in Craig at the time(for a minute) but basically lived a very transient lifestyle.. everything I owned was in a bag on my back , working on boats and logging camps for 10 years before cell phones were common(late 80s early 90s)
@@guaporeturns9472 sounds like an amazing experience overall.
Isn’t drone footage illegal?
Hi.
Do you mean is it illegal for the use in hunting? That would be illegal.
The drone footage I used was flown outside of all hunting seasons. Good question though! Also, I don’t personally fly any drones and use it for examples or intros in a few of my films.
It was a general season until you posted this
Eric. First, if I had that kind of influence on the ODFW commission then I would quit my day job and go lobby for our general seasons. BTW, were you at the commission meetings to testify over the last few years?
What is the difference between a film and a book on blacktail tactics? Do you have the same opinion about Bowhunting Trophy Blacktail by CRH? Do you make the same comment on his posts where he SELLS books for profit?
Lastly, based on your comments, I know you didn’t watch the film.
they're not giving up they're just falling back to their base model.... stuffing the ballet box
Not about blacktail I assume…
Ive noticed that grunt works best if u find a doe who looks like she has been be servised
Good tips! Been hearing lots of grunting.
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