200” deer- Muley or Whitetail?

[Hnthrdr]

My wife has a typical 39 1/2" wide, 213" G/211" N mulie. She was pissed it wasn't 40".

Send em! Let’s get some pics going on this thread!

 

[BBob]

Can I have a 200” Coues deer please?
If not I’ll take the mule deer

 

[Joshk358]

I was insanely lucky and killed a 211" non typical mule deer while bowhunting back in 2001. Never again, I know that. lol.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I was insanely lucky and killed a 211" non typical mule deer while bowhunting back in 2001. Never again, I know that. lol.

Picture!

 

[Texasbuckeye]

I once shot at least a 200 inch mule deer but then someone stole it before I could recover it.
It was for sure a BOAL

 

[Hnthrdr]

 

[longspeak74]

Whitetail, all day...but I'm from Wisconsin.

 

[Dos Perros]

Since I was a little boy all I wanted to do was shoot this mug.

 

[Texasbuckeye]

 

[98XJRC]

Whitetail, but being from the east coast and not hunting Mule deer I'm a bit biased. That said I'm now here for the memes that this thread is about to dive off into.

 

[Elkangle]

Is that based on a scientific study? What is your source for that? Not to challenge, but I'd like to see that study and what underlies the data.

Idk bout a study but mulies are generally more sensitive then whitetails.. whitetail culture is way ahead of western culture and i think theres better management for the whitetails age self imposed by alot of hunters... mulies get managed by the state and honestly i doubt the majority of mulie hunters know the difference between a 3 year old buck and 5 year old buck

Mulies need 7 years and whitetails need 5...just that alone is a disadvantage

With all that said i think the whitetail is the "smarter deer" and a huge accomplishment if one goes and targets a big one and kills a big one

Speaking in generalizations of course, please dont get offended

 

[Texasbuckeye]

 

[Tourguide]

200" Mule deer are going to be a thing of the past or dang near it in 25 years. Whitetails are getting bigger in every state year by year.

This

 

[Joshk358]

Picture!

Well, a picture of a picture. Didn't have fancy Iphones and what not back then.

 

[ddowning]

200” typical northwest Montana mountain whitetail. You can’t buy one of those!

Based on a lot of conversations, that is like finding sasquatch. Even in Iowa, a 200" whitetail is not easy to find. They are even harder to get access to hunt.

 

[Texasbuckeye]

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Well, a picture of a picture. Didn't have fancy Iphones and what not back then.

Nice deer!

I am utterly shocked your camo is mismatched tho. Didnt know you could hunt that way and be successful.

 

[Joshk358]

Nice deer!

I am utterly shocked your camo is mismatched tho. Didnt know you could hunt that way and be successful.

I know, that's why I said I was lucky. How on earth could I have blended in like that!!

 

[BuckRut]

Once upon a time it would have been the whitetail but I am currently a little obsessed with killing a big mule deer.

 

[RELIANT]

Either would be a BOAL but I selected white-tail

 

[Hnthrdr]

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Well, a picture of a picture. Didn't have fancy Iphones and what not back then.

Awesome buck!