2024 OFFICIAL Mule deer meat pole thread

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Oregon 2024.

Shoutout to @robby denning and @Travis Hobbs for hammering home the idea of getting to your glassing knob well before shooting light on the Rokcast. "Sunrise isn't early, it's late" I believe is a quote.

Spotted this buck still bedded 20 minutes before shooting light. Second best buck I've seen in the unit in 8 days of glassing, and the other was on private. Watched him feed around the ridge, snuck down and was able to get a shot before the sun crested the ridgeline. Bang flop, but he rolled 400' vert down the ridge. Very thankful he didn't break anything off.

 

[robby denning]

Oregon 2024.

Shoutout to @robby denning and @Travis Hobbs for hammering home the idea of getting to your glassing knob well before shooting light on the Rokcast. "Sunrise isn't early, it's late" I believe is a quote.

Spotted this buck still bedded 20 minutes before shooting light. Second best buck I've seen in the unit in 8 days of glassing, and the other was on private. Watched him feed around the ridge, snuck down and was able to get a shot before the sun crested the ridgeline. Bang flop, but he rolled 400' vert down the ridge. Very thankful he didn't break anything off.

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yaaaa man!!! way to make it happen! Thanks for the mention

 

[Travis Hobbs]

Oregon 2024.

Shoutout to @robby denning and @Travis Hobbs for hammering home the idea of getting to your glassing knob well before shooting light on the Rokcast. "Sunrise isn't early, it's late" I believe is a quote.

Spotted this buck still bedded 20 minutes before shooting light. Second best buck I've seen in the unit in 8 days of glassing, and the other was on private. Watched him feed around the ridge, snuck down and was able to get a shot before the sun crested the ridgeline. Bang flop, but he rolled 400' vert down the ridge. Very thankful he didn't break anything off.

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[nobody]

2024 Utah General Season Muzzleloader deer. Buck was taken at 4:30 PM on Thursday, September 26th 2024.

Glassed the buck up from the top of a cliff at about 250 yards. Wind was coming from north to south, and I glassed him up from above him to the south. Made note of where he was bedded using a downed log as a point of reference, and backed away from the cliff. Worked my way down above him, and ditched my pack at the top of the cliff. I then worked my way down the cliff face with just my binos and my muzzleloader, and he stood up and started feeding. Got to a good sitting place and waited about 5 minutes for him to feed to where I could get a good shot on him. He stepped out, and I leveled off on his bread basket and let one fly. He took about 5 steps, laid down, and passed within about 15 seconds. I had to scale back up the cliff, walk the edge to the opposite end, and drop off the other side of the ridge to get down to the bench where he was.

When I got to him, he was covered completely in mange to the point his skin was crumbling away, had an open broad head wound in his gut (that was spilling stomach contents out of it), and was nothing but skin and bones. There’s no way he would’ve made it through the winter, likely not through the next month even. He was a good one to take off the landscape to free up the feed for other deer.

He’s not a giant, but he’s a cool funky deer. He’s a 7 on the right and a 4 on the left with eyeguards on both sides. His meat is currently being processed and he made a gnarly euro mount!

 

[tikkashooter88]

Great first family deer hunt. This was my wife's first hunt and we definately have a new family tradition to look forward to for many years to come.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Great first family deer hunt. This was my wife's first hunt and we definately have a new family tradition to look forward to for many years to come. View attachment 774987

Give that lady a high five! Great memories for you guys.

 

[Geewhiz]

Oregon 2024.

Shoutout to @robby denning and @Travis Hobbs for hammering home the idea of getting to your glassing knob well before shooting light on the Rokcast. "Sunrise isn't early, it's late" I believe is a quote.

Spotted this buck still bedded 20 minutes before shooting light. Second best buck I've seen in the unit in 8 days of glassing, and the other was on private. Watched him feed around the ridge, snuck down and was able to get a shot before the sun crested the ridgeline. Bang flop, but he rolled 400' vert down the ridge. Very thankful he didn't break anything off.

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Congrats on a great buck! Out of curiosity, are you Steve, or one of the Crig boys? lol

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Congrats on a great buck! Out of curiosity, are you Steve, or one of the Crig boys? lol

Thanks! One of the Crig boys. We came up with a lot of dumb stuff in college...

 

[Austin Kaufman]

2024 Nebraska archery buck. Super excited to get this one lab aged. Have history with him for 3 years. He was missing a few top teeth and his bottom teeth were worn out. Pretty cool old heavy buck.


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[Jason277]

Oregon 2024.

Shoutout to @robby denning and @Travis Hobbs for hammering home the idea of getting to your glassing knob well before shooting light on the Rokcast. "Sunrise isn't early, it's late" I believe is a quote.

Spotted this buck still bedded 20 minutes before shooting light. Second best buck I've seen in the unit in 8 days of glassing, and the other was on private. Watched him feed around the ridge, snuck down and was able to get a shot before the sun crested the ridgeline. Bang flop, but he rolled 400' vert down the ridge. Very thankful he didn't break anything off.

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Awesome Job!!!

 

[idahomuleys]

Idaho OTC opener. I spotted him across canyon, skylined, 10 minutes before shooting light and my heart sunk as he fed over the top. I repositioned a bit closer and he looped back around to the face I was watching. Perfect shot from 450 and he dropped in his tracks.

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[LostWapiti]

Idaho OTC opener. I spotted him across canyon, skylined, 10 minutes before shooting light and my heart sunk as he fed over the top. I repositioned a bit closer and he looped back around to the face I was watching. Perfect shot from 450 and he dropped in his tracks.View attachment 776203

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Beautiful deer. Just a nice classic big boy.

 

[b0nes]

 

[b0nes]

Day after opening day, full rut.

 

[centershot]

Scratched the itch to get one with a handgun...........S&W 657 41Mag, Vortex 3MOA Venom Red Dot, 210gr XTP, 20gr of H110, a little under 40 yards. Idaho OTC, General hunt.

 

[V2Pnutrition]

We caught this guy early in the morning making his way over the ridge to bed in a timber pocket on the back side of the mountain after finding and passing on a few deer earlier on in the hunt.

It was smoky, hot, and bone dry (as were we after running out of water...). I couldn't imagine spending fall any other way.

Grateful for another great trip with a good buddy.

 

[Bachto]

Filled my Washington general season tag.

 

[WhatToHunt]

WY general tag. Was a challenging and fun hunt, and hard to dig up big bucks. A good buddy was with me when I caught up with this guy. Made for a rewarding finish and an even better memory.