This unique region also hosts an impressive array of other wildlife, including blacktail prairie dogs, gray foxes, and piglike javelinas. |
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Deer mice and jumping mice were frequently found at both Blacktail and Crystal. |
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Blacktail Deer Creek is a third-order montane stream with a narrow, well-defined riparian area bounded by sagebrush and open forest uplands. |
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I would recommend looking for a darker set of antlers, possibly a good set of blacktail horns or even a nice Texas whiteail rack. |
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Now the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is trying to persuade blacktail hunters to actually pull teeth from deer they harvest. |
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To my surprise I found myself within range of what was clearly a heavily antlered blacktail. |
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Four of them still wore velvet headgear, while the lone hard-horned blacktail was a forky. |
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Not more than a foot in front of me was a very docile Southern Blacktail rattlesnake. |
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However, at Blacktail, after several years of vole exclusion, legumes became more common in exclosures than in control plots that were accessible to voles. |
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However, blacktail buck hunting is usually best late in the season, after leaf drop has occurred and the rut has started. |
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Too, I've taken a pair of Northern California Columbia blacktail bucks with compounds before and judge traditional gear a logical progression. |
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Although we saw several Columbia blacktail deer, hogs, and turkeys during our brief tour of a small portion of the ranch, we did not see any other large Tule bulls. |
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