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Based on his reaction to me, I think he may have never seen a human in his little area. He almost had a "WTF is that thing up there on the ridge?!" reaction to me, as opposed to bolting like most mature muleys do. 500 acres of publicly accessible BLM that was surrounded by literally thousands of acres that was either landlocked BLM or owned by one of two families.

I figured he was old just based on his body size and his hooves. They looked like my toes, they were so beat up. I'll post pics once I start processing him. Young deer don't look like that.
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3rd season bump.

Bucks are rutting. Nothing really good yet. Buddy hunting our place for the first time killed this buck.



173 gross. I'd kind of liked him to get a year older, but the hunter was pretty pumped. His twin showed up the next night, so no harm.
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Dang, that's a great looking buck! Very clean!
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Glad his twin is still alive! I look forward to shooting him next year
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This twin you speak of.....
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Got back from my 3rd rifle deer hunt. Went out scouting 2nd weekend of 2nd rifle and then got out a couple days early to scout before 3rd. Got to look over quite a few deer and frustratingly watched a couple of really, really nice bucks get shot on the same hillside I was hunting on Sunday morning.

Spotted the buck I shot and a larger buck messing with some does early in the morning ~1.5miles away. The bigger one dropped over the ridge with the does while the one I shot bedded right near the top in a juniper bush. There was a chunk of private to work around between me and the deer, so hiked around to hopefully find the larger buck and does on the backside or find the other buck still bedded.

2.5 miles later, I popped out from behind a rock totally unprepared and was surprised to find the bedded buck staring me down at ~100yds in that same juniper bush. I back tracked to get ready to shoot and started to crawl back into position when my buddy said "bigger buck on the opposite hillside" so I looked over, found the buck and made the shot. In reality, it was only the one buck. He had just covered ground quick and got to the opposite hillside. Overall, had a great time and was super pumped to get this buck.



Buck right before he bedded down



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Awesome job and great buck! Congrats!
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Nice!
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Nice buck! Congrats.
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Well done!
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Nice deer. Congratulations!
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AgLA06 said:

This twin you speak of.....

I have not been able to get a decent picture of any of the deer we are seeing, but here are a few poor ones.







This next buck is different. He is the one I'm trying to kill now. He is still in velvet, which is indicative of a blue tongue/EHD infection. Not transferable to humans and he is basically a steer. Best eating deer there are.



This is the same deer as the 3rd picture.
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Awesome job!
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Do they make a buck identifying as a doe tag?
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I'll take one for the team and help you with the "scrub" bucks.
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Had a busy day yesterday. I finally caught up with the cull buck I was after, Fuzzy. He is still in velvet because he has blue tongue. Or EHD. It doesn't kill mule deer, but it effectively castrates them. Not transferable to humans, and the best eating deer you will ever have.






My buddy killed a decent 3x4 cull, then he and his daughter ran to our other property where her elk tag was still valid and managed to find an elk.


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What a great day!

Fuzzy is pretty awesome too. Great buck time cull, and cool conversation piece. Great job! You gonna mount him or euro?
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Euro. After my goat hunt, the taxidermy budget is a little thin.
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BradMtn346,

If I remember right, you drew a CO mountain goat tag last year or this year. Were you able to get your goat or did I just miss your hunting report on Texags? Thanks for the great pics! My brother was hunting near Carbondale and took a very impressive and heavy muley yesterday. Do you have any hunters for 4th season?
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Heck of a day. Fuzzy looks pretty dang cool, that'll be a neat Euro
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Cool looking muley. Glad both got their tags punched. Thanks for posting.
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mtngoat3006 said:

BradMtn346,

If I remember right, you drew a CO mountain goat tag last year or this year. Were you able to get your goat or did I just miss your hunting report on Texags? Thanks for the great pics! My brother was hunting near Carbondale and took a very impressive and heavy muley yesterday. Do you have any hunters for 4th season?


Goat was this year. Write up is on page 14 of this thread. We have one deer hunter 4th. I have friends hunting elk 4th, but our place is very hit or miss, mostly miss for elk this late. The one we got yesterday was a shocker.
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Cowdoc any luck in NM?
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First night in CO - Wednesday can't get here soon enough! Good luck anyone else that's hunting this week!
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

First night in CO - Wednesday can't get here soon enough! Good luck anyone else that's hunting this week!


Good luck!
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Thank you! Service is questionable but I'll text pics and then post, if I am successful
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I see awesomeness in your future
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

First night in CO - Wednesday can't get here soon enough! Good luck anyone else that's hunting this week!



Get 'em brother!!!!!
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I'll post story later but opening morning was a success for 4th rifle!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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That's a monster ! Congrats !
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Helllll yeah!
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

I'll post story later but opening morning was a success for 4th rifle!



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