BAKPAKR
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Utah general season. Hunted solo this year it was a grind to get him and camp out but very rewarding experience!!
Took him with 6.5 CR 143 eldx at 414 yards.
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Great buck and nice camp. Congratulations!
2018 Mule Deer Meat Pole
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Great buck and nice camp. Congratulations!
Robinhood21
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Dos Perros
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Left Kansas solo on Thursday night, drove all night. Hunted an area I had never been to, fairly minimal OnX scouting. Hunted Friday, Saturday, and took my first mule deer buck Sunday morning after seeing literally a 100 does without a mature buck. Got home at 430 this morning. Made it to work with the biggest smile.
Jacob Chapman
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Left Kansas solo on Thursday night, drove all night. Hunted an area I had never been to, fairly minimal OnX scouting. Hunted Friday, Saturday, and took my first mule deer buck Sunday morning after seeing literally a 100 does without a mature buck. Got home at 430 this morning. Made it to work with the biggest smile.
Really like that bed of the truck pic!
Ridge Ghost
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Was able to take my first deer and first big game animal ever this past weekend. The last 3 seasons of working my tail off finally paid off! Thanks to everyone on here, I've learned a ton!
First big game animal ever?? Holy smokes, way to break the ice in a big way!
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That’s a great buck!
I had as much fun on this one as I’ve ever had hunting.
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I had as much fun on this one as I’ve ever had hunting.
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Yeah the taxi taped him at 142. I don’t really know anything about mule deer. My goal was any decent/cool buck the first two days and it better be a 4x4 to take a deer on my drive home day (since I’d be getting in so late). I saw him and immediately got the feelings so decided he was mine.
It was a really fun hunt and I think it’d be a blast to do with a another guy or three.
The score doesn't do that buck justice. He's all character! Such a cool buck.
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Oh yeah agreed. I love how wiggly he is. A few years ago a buddy found a shed that is all wiggly like that and we named him Wiggles. So to kill a buck that looks like him is really cool. And I spent money I didn't really have to get him mounted.
I hadn't really looked at this thread because I've been way more into elk hunting, but man mule deer are really cool and this group does a really good job of killing nice ones.
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Who makes those pants? Cool country and great buck!
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Looks like they are Skree gear pants
Haha that's what I'm saying! My buddy I've gone elk hunting with unsuccessfully the last couple seasons about had a heart attack. Made me score him via face time.
I feel like all the hard work finally paid off!
Gunnersdad49
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My weekend buck. 9 day season, starting on a Saturday, work cut it down to two days. Public land, DIY.
Had to leave my house at 5am Monday for a work trip. I hunt about 4 hours drive time from home. Drove up with a buddy Friday night after work, set up camp in the dark, had a quick dinner and went to bed.
Opening morning we saw 19 deer, but only smaller bucks. My buddy said he would be cool with any legal buck, just wanted meat. I told him I'd prefer any mature buck, regardless of antlers. We put on about 6 miles, spotting and then stalking small groups of deer in the sage. As we walked back towards the truck, we split up by about a hundred yards, and 5 minutes later, I hear him shoot his buck. It died about 100 yards from the truck. Go figure, right? He scored a little fork-horn, that we gutted and dragged to hang whole.
The next morning, we tried a couple of spots that each seemed to have grown a hunter infestation. After watching deer a long ways off, we went for a drive, visited the spot where my Dad's ashes are scattered, and had lunch. That afternoon, we started glassing again, and within minutes, had 3 different groups of deer spotted. They were all feeding into and out of a river bottom, and we saw one deer bedded by a tree that looked huge, but we couldn't see his head. We decided to go check him (or her) out before I hit the road for home.
We stalked up the river bed, and I pointed out to my buddy how perfect the conditions were. Soft ground, about a 10 mph wind in our faces, and rattling leaves for cover noise. Just then, 5 previously unseen deer materialized at 45 yards, and we were able to get to within 23 yards of them. We watched as they fed off, completely oblivious to our presence. We worked closer to the Mystery Deer and heard some leaves crunching beneath us. Four more previously unseen deer magically appeared climbing the far side of the river bottom. As the first one crested the top, the last one showed himself and my partner said "The last one is a buck. Shooter!" I dropped to a knee, and settled the crosshairs on him.
We ended up getting him cut up and the 2 miles out to the truck as dark fell, and I got home about midnight. Plenty tired the next day, but I wouldn't change a thing.
Had to leave my house at 5am Monday for a work trip. I hunt about 4 hours drive time from home. Drove up with a buddy Friday night after work, set up camp in the dark, had a quick dinner and went to bed.
Opening morning we saw 19 deer, but only smaller bucks. My buddy said he would be cool with any legal buck, just wanted meat. I told him I'd prefer any mature buck, regardless of antlers. We put on about 6 miles, spotting and then stalking small groups of deer in the sage. As we walked back towards the truck, we split up by about a hundred yards, and 5 minutes later, I hear him shoot his buck. It died about 100 yards from the truck. Go figure, right? He scored a little fork-horn, that we gutted and dragged to hang whole.
The next morning, we tried a couple of spots that each seemed to have grown a hunter infestation. After watching deer a long ways off, we went for a drive, visited the spot where my Dad's ashes are scattered, and had lunch. That afternoon, we started glassing again, and within minutes, had 3 different groups of deer spotted. They were all feeding into and out of a river bottom, and we saw one deer bedded by a tree that looked huge, but we couldn't see his head. We decided to go check him (or her) out before I hit the road for home.
We stalked up the river bed, and I pointed out to my buddy how perfect the conditions were. Soft ground, about a 10 mph wind in our faces, and rattling leaves for cover noise. Just then, 5 previously unseen deer materialized at 45 yards, and we were able to get to within 23 yards of them. We watched as they fed off, completely oblivious to our presence. We worked closer to the Mystery Deer and heard some leaves crunching beneath us. Four more previously unseen deer magically appeared climbing the far side of the river bottom. As the first one crested the top, the last one showed himself and my partner said "The last one is a buck. Shooter!" I dropped to a knee, and settled the crosshairs on him.
We ended up getting him cut up and the 2 miles out to the truck as dark fell, and I got home about midnight. Plenty tired the next day, but I wouldn't change a thing.
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