2024 OFFICIAL Mule deer meat pole thread

[mnbuckfinder]

After 5 archery mule deer tags the past few years, I was finally about to connect with my first beauty of a velvet high country buck

 

[Jaker_cc]

Here’s my 2024 NM Archery muley I arrowed today. First ever velvet muley. Listened to Robby’s advice on picking units closer to home where I can spend more time scouting and days in the field.
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Stud buck!!! I’ve been successful in 3 different units in New Mexico. Love how different each part of that state is

 

[nm_nomad]

Stud buck!!! I’ve been successful in 3 different units in New Mexico. Love how different each part of that state is

Thanks man! Yeah lots of different terrain to cover

 

[V-TRAIN]

Southern Alberta
Watched him off and on for 4 days hoping hoping he would bed in decent spot.
On the 4th day found him after 3 hours of glassing moving across a flat at 10 am, then finally bed across a canyon on the far hill side in a very small patch of willows. The way the wind was had to come in from below, at 2:00 was 45 yards from him. At around 4:00 he got up and slowly went out the back, no shot, but re-bedded about 60 yards from where he was. At 5:00, I was 45 yards from him again. At 7:15 he got up and started moving away, and I was able to make a perfect quartering away shot, between willows, on a slow moving target. Hammered him with a Sevr 1.5.

 

[Smkj21]

Nice work, great buck!

 

[benbhunter]

1st archery buck not in velvet. NV buck on day 10 of hunting. Next up elk.

 

[wannabemtnman]

Opening day CO buck, first archery muley but definitely not the last!

 

[pjh183]

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Off to a good start!
Got another picture of him over in the best buck picture thread.

Amazing buck

 

[strousek]

CO buck with plenty of character.

 

[yellowbeard]

Y'all have killed amazing deer and taken amazing photos, I'm mightily impressed.

I'm posting my effort hoping to make any other mere mortals lurking here feel better about themselves.

Total baby, and what a photo, ass full of poop towards the camera!

But I don't care. My first archery buck and last day of the season.

Slight disappointment because he was with a pretty nice 3x3. But I had told myself before the season that I'd take the first legal buck possible. The 3x3 was obscured, they were only 20 yards away, and had almost caught my wind. Still happy to have taken him.

Look forward to more awesome photos from everyone.

 

[Tim Johnson]

My nephew and his hunting buddy in 2022

 

[nmarchr]

This is my 16 year old son’s first archery buck. New Mexico. 34 yards, Mathews V3, goldtip xt hunter, grim reaper fatal steel.

 

[elkenstein]

I usually wait to hunt the rut, but you don’t pass up free meat. 36yds.

 

[ThreeOhSeven]

WY rifle opener this morning. All the early morning scouts paid off big time.

 

[Sierra Hunter]

WY rifle opener this morning. All the early morning scouts paid off big time.View attachment 764781
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Good to see WY still has deer

 

[MT_Fin]

WY rifle opener this morning. All the early morning scouts paid off big time.View attachment 764781
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Great buck. Congrats!

 

[LostWapiti]

Lots of 2 and 3 year old bucks running around NV right now. Got within 150 yards of some nicer bucks but couldn’t get a clear shot. Ended up taking this small 3x4 but it’s a trophy to me as it’s my first muzzleloader buck. Bonus photo of my buddies deer from the trip of similar size.

 

[dancyr3]

WY rifle opener this morning. All the early morning scouts paid off big time.View attachment 764781
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Super heavy, great looking buck!