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Buzzcook · September 28, 2009, 08:37 PM

100 pounds and up to about 140 is the average size for the blacktail most folks see. They do get bigger but you have to be pretty darn lucky to get a shot at them.
I took almost all of mine with a .30-06. Not a lot of meat damage, at least no more than the .30-30 I started with.

September 28, 2009, 08:37 PM	#35
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 6,126	100 pounds and up to about 140 is the average size for the blacktail most folks see. They do get bigger but you have to be pretty darn lucky to get a shot at them. I took almost all of mine with a .30-06. Not a lot of meat damage, at least no more than the .30-30 I started with.