Blacktail Deer (Columbian) · State-by-state

Blacktail Deer (Columbian) hunting regulations.

Columbian blacktail deer occupy the wet Pacific coastal forests from the Cascades west to the ocean, from Northern California through Oregon and into Washington. They are a subspecies of mule deer, smaller-bodied, and adapted to dense Douglas fir and coastal brush. Hunters who know whitetail patterns find blacktails frustratingly different — they live in cover so thick that visibility is measured in feet, and they move on patterns shaped by clearcut age, elevation, and rainfall.