Bucks over 30"

[TheTone]

As far as hunting close to home.. Never had more than 1-2 points for deer = never will and to this point have never hunted another state for well anything.

Work over decades and making the conscious decision to have the ability/sacrifice to have large chunks or well months of time every year ~ is why I well have the pics I do..

Also I was lucky enough to be born in an amazing central spot for giant Co deer.. Might hunt wyo one day but can’t figure out how to get there to scout 20-30 days so figure I would not do the tag justice…

Another 30” that I never hunted…

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Cool buck! I’ve always liked the look of a 3 point with back forks and no fronts. Not sure I’ve ever seen one while hunting. Had a coworker shoot one years ago that was probably a 180 buck

As for 30 inch bucks I’ve never killed on even close and can say I’ve seen less than 5 in my entire life. Have seen lots of great bucks but very few with lots of width

 

[king402]

Why the erasing? This buck was on the cover of muley crazy a few years ago wasn’t it

It was. I didn't want to detract from the buck with mine and my friends good looks.

 

[Dioni A]

Posted scouting pictures of this guy earlier. Decided he was worth putting a tape on. Regrettably he's an inch shy of 30 but I don't feel too sorry for myself.

 

[The grunt]

Nothing stays the same or from where I sit things fair to say have changed quite a bit since the 80’s for deer here in Co anyway. Heck changed even more from the 50’s when my grandfather was chasing bucks around Eagle…

I frequent quite a few of the best units in Co every year. Look over 300-400 bucks just in the early season again every single year and have kept track of numbers since 2008.. Got a couple or well one friend who does the same and we honestly share info between well a few of us.

To a man all of us would say the upper age class of deer is disappearing in Co. My real numbers as late as 2016 were 1 great buck for about every 100 we looked over. In 2016 the group of 5 of us killed 5 bucks the smallest was a 193” 32” wide typical.. Last year it was 1 out of 400 to find bucks of a similar caliber out of the same 5 guys to a man we all ate our tags that were spread out over different units. Talking about folks here who know how to hunt not big but giant mulies.. Taking WOW bucks here but undeniably there are a lot less out on the landscape especially in the last 3-4 years.

Is it still a great time yea it is. Has the landscape changed = yep a bunch here in co anyway. Is there a wow buck out there somewhere = it is probable that I already have seen well a couple …. All this with no tag yet..

Just my 2cents and as I will say my opinion might be worth less than that.

Anyway here is another one right at 29 3/4 but I call it 30”.. No brows almost saved this guys life… Right after I snapped the pic my mom literally told me “you can’t eat horns and tracks don’t make soup” .. She is not wrong!!


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You could always tell you mom that soup ain't no fun to look at and remember once it's been fully processed

 

[The grunt]

I've only really hunted mule deer one year and don't have anything close to 30 but a friend did send me this a couple days after season

 

[ColoradoV]

This guys is just over 32” with matching in lines, great mass, and a tripod to boot!!

 

[RaggedHunter]

I'll play, this is as close as I've come to breaking the 30" mark. This buck was 29 and change. I just couldn't quite get the tape stretched to 30 no matter how badly I wanted it.

 

[Pistolpete28]

I always thought this buck would go 30”, but I ended up taking the buck he was running with instead.
This buck also seemed like he would be close to 30”.

 

[Geewhiz]

Two thirty one inch deadheads I found back in the 80's.View attachment 747310View attachment 747311

Some very nice deer! I thought everybody over on that other forum hated rokslide? haha Anyway good to see you over here and welcome.

 

[KyleSS]

36.5” outside spread

 

[KyleSS]

30.75 inside

 

[cutty98]

It was. I didn't want to detract from the buck with mine and my friends good looks.

I think you mean Kyles good looks.

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[king402]

Amazing bucks!! Thanks everyone for sharing. Keep 'em coming!

 

[IggyTheTurtle]

This thread is amazing. Only have seen a couple of bucks over 30", but both were together in a group of 5. Wish I had a digiscope back then

 

[Jaker_cc]

32” wide buck from ol Mexico. He was killed back
In the late 90s

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[Pharmseller]

My brother’s first buck.






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[JGRaider]

Great thread! I've been hooked on mule deer since 1971, the first year my dad took me hunting. I never get tired of looking at big muley bucks! Never killed this buck from a couple of years ago.

 

[JGRaider]

I killed the buck on left (34.5") in 2008, the top 30" drop tine buck in 2010, and the 36" buck on right in 2006.

 

[JGRaider]

37" buck in 2016

 

[JGRaider]

Right at 30" in 2018