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[Aclossman]

How did his rump look? Did he have the whitetail "flag"?

All signs pointed to mule from that end.

 

[Andrew12gauge]

I guess what time saying is the G2 doesn’t split or fork like a typical mule deer and he has pretty substantial brow tines. I’m from the east coast and have killed my fair share of whitetail, but this is only my second mule deer. To me, his antler structure reminds me of a whitetail more than a mule deer.

Lots of 3 point muleys where the G2 doesn’t split. Good brow tines. I once saw a guy shoot a muley with a 10 point whitetail rack, I have no doubt that deer was a hybrid. On any 3 point muley it’s just too hard to say one way or another


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[J.B.]

MT - He looks more and more like a whitetail every time I look at him. He was with mule deer does but there were whitetail does within a mile. Maybe a hybrid?
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Looks full muley to me. Lots of 3pts like that, and Ive taken a couple with 3-4” brows.
True hybrids are rare, and usually the rump, tail, and glands on the hind leg will show characteristics of both species.
If his butt looked full muley, he probably was.