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Weste
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2012 Archery Mule Deer
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October 09, 2012, 09:51:34 AM »
Well, after hunting hard with my bow for 15 years, I finally had it come together on a trophy mule deer. I have been chasing this buck all season and have been inside 30 yards two times earlier in the season. A friend of mine had taken up bowhunting this year and I have been trying to help him harvest his first deer. Both times he was with me and I was trying to get him a shot at this deer (Quite frankly, I thought this deer was 170" buck) and I was willing to hold out for something a little bigger. On Saturday, we set out again to get to find this buck and work a sneak in on him. After a 2 mile hike in the dark, we were near where the buck was living. We seen him and 3 other bucks within the first 5 minutes of legal light and the hunt was on. We followed him around for about 3 hours in the rolling hills and ended up about a mile from where we had located him in the morning. After another 2 mile hike to set an ambush, playing the wind and avoiding other deer from busting us, we were inside 50 yards on him. At this point, he was only with 1 other buck, and he was sleeping with his head sideways on the ground. After a short wait, he either seen or smelled something that he didn't like and was alert. He stood up and was looking in my direction, I loaded my bow and ranged his antlers at 44 yards. Unfortunately he was in a hole and his vitals were not visible for a shot. After a brief second he walked a couple yards to his buddy and gave me a clear shot. The arrow found the mark and he was on the ground in a few seconds. His body size is one of the biggest I have ever seen and certainly helped me under estimate the size of his antlers. Once I got to hold him, then I realized how big this deer really was. Let's just say there was a some field celebrating over the next few minutes. LOL Anyway, he has great mass with over 22" in mass on each side with a total gross score of 195".
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Paul
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Re: 2012 Archery Mule Deer
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October 09, 2012, 09:55:36 AM »
Fantastic buck Rick, well deserved, congrats!
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sporthunting
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October 09, 2012, 10:21:20 AM »
Great buck congrats!!
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wildmeat
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Re: 2012 Archery Mule Deer
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October 09, 2012, 10:45:29 AM »
very nice rick... congrats... hard work and patience pays off again!!!!
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Sonny
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October 09, 2012, 01:47:16 PM »
Wow what a beast...congrats.
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Deputy sheriff
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October 09, 2012, 03:06:48 PM »
Buck of lifetime, will look great on your wall.
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walleyes
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October 09, 2012, 04:37:14 PM »
Wow what a beuty.. Awesome read and pics to go along with it.. Thx for sharing..
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jboutdoors5
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October 09, 2012, 05:38:50 PM »
NICE BUCK!! Thanks for the story and the pics!
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chicken
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October 09, 2012, 07:13:51 PM »
Great mulie, congrats!
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Primal
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October 09, 2012, 07:43:27 PM »
Wow, what a buck. Congratulations!
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Doug N
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October 09, 2012, 07:55:21 PM »
Very nice!!
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OL_JR
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October 09, 2012, 08:21:59 PM »
What a friggin stud huge congrats to you!
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Pottymouth
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October 09, 2012, 10:07:32 PM »
sweet muley buddy ! congrats
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CAN_bigbore
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October 09, 2012, 10:15:55 PM »
very nice deer! Congrats
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badback
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October 09, 2012, 11:12:00 PM »
Right on Rick!!!
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diamonddave
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October 10, 2012, 07:54:01 AM »
That is a great Mule buck Rick, congratts on a well earned trophy!!
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Springer
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October 10, 2012, 08:26:09 PM »
Thats a Brute of a Muley . Congrats Weste.
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Weste
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October 10, 2012, 10:37:43 PM »
Thanks all. I am still having a hard time believing that I got him with my bow! LOL and I passed him up twice!! What was I thinking???
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JIMMY 808
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October 11, 2012, 11:43:40 PM »
Heck of a deer…
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Weste
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February 06, 2014, 09:48:32 AM »
Well got the big guy back from the taxidermist and I am very happy with the result. He seems bigger than I remember. LOL A big thanks to Levi and Kevin Wiebe at Top Notch Taxidermy in Coaldale, AB. They did a great job.
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