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Cold, snowy afternoon in the hinterland. Bored in the house... Please post up some pics of semi-recently taken public land mule deer. You don't even have to mention what state, just curious what you guys are finding out there on public ground....
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Character bucks, thanks for posting!
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Gallatin County, Montana. Public land 10 minutes from Bozeman
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Same ol' pictures I have posted before...but what's one more time?
This buck lives on a river bottom in Idaho. He bounces back and forth between private land and public land (mostly BOR, but some BLM and county irrigation district lands).
Wyoming BLM
Wyoming BLM, but very close to private hay fields (yes, I had to cross this in my underwear).
Montana Forest Service-GREAT buck for the area which traditionally has not had the genetics for big antlers
Two different Montana Forest Service bucks from the same area-much more typical for the unit
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Wyoming BLM-never could find him again.
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If 2010 is "semi-recent" then this Montana buck can be thrown in.
Guess I could throw this 2011 Montana buck in too. Not big, but very typical for the unit behind my mom's house.
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Inman, An old Krag and 99 Savage. Man you're living life right. I've got all kinds of respect for ya, nice deer too. Chuck
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Timbermaster and T-Man, thanks for sharing nice bucks! Style points for the old school rifles!
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Some studs there for sure...
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Saskatchewan. Thanks. He was pretty happy with it for his first.
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Saskatchewan. Thanks. He was pretty happy with it for his first.
That ain't public for anybody but you!!!! Great bucks.
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Golden............
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Public land is great, how many years to draw a tag on those lands is another thing all together.
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Huntingd and Davidlea, nice bucks, great mass on those guys! Thanks for sharing the pics, fun to see the different types of antler characteristics.
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1minute, very nice pics. Those have got to be in a very limited draw area? In season or not decent bucks around here don't sit still for pics.
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My first mule deer.
My most recent mule deer.
Both taken on public land in Idaho.
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Damn Pointer-great bucks. Good on you!
Golden............
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Damn Pointer-great bucks. Good on you!
Thanks!
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Snowymountaineer- Super list! I still dig your "camo". One of these years I need to burn my WY deer points...
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Great pics and really nice bucks, thanks for posting you guys! Little different country than what you find around here!
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My most recent mule deer.
DAMN!
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These are a few of the bucks around my place which is mostly national forest.
The one on the left is the same buck as above.
This younger buck was running with them, but LOOK at the height of those antlers.
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Last year
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I gotta ask, did you process him there or kick him over the edge and pick him up at the bottom?
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2015 Montana left over tag south of Ft. Peck reservoir.
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My best desert mule deer:
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a couple AZ muzzleloader bucks
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I hope to reply to this thread with photos one day.
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Awesome bucks and pics everyone, thanks for posting! bkmcdani, mule deer country is generally a nice place to be....
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This was packing out my partner's big 2x2 last year. You can just see the head on the last llama. He got it about 3 miles back so the llamas got some trail duty. It doesn't take 3 of them for a deer. I just took 3 to give them some exercise. 1 can do a small deer. The lead one just carried my rifle and lunch.
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I hope to reply to this thread with photos one day.
Same here! Hopefully this fall if the draw works in my favor.
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Here is my 2016 buck.
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That'll do pig, that'll do....
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Here is my 2016 buck.
Nice! What season/ time of year?
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Super bucks, thanks for posting!
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My pard shot this one in ID on public land in Oct a few years back. The nuts had never dropped, ie cactus buck.
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Guided these two AZ OTC bucks in January:
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A lot of very nice deer in this thread.
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My friend's son killed this one last week in Utah on a general season muzzleloader hunt.
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Three years ago:
Walking up to legs in the air...
Loaded up...
Same buck a year later:
Last year's (though on private land, taken within a few hundred yards of the one above that was on public land):
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Got this guy last week in WY. Only legal buck I had seen.
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You've killed some really nice bucks Inman. The last one is no exception. Keep posting those muley pics fellas........can 't get enough!
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Wyoming BLM-never could find him again.
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If 2010 is "semi-recent" then this Montana buck can be thrown in.
Guess I could throw this 2011 Montana buck in too. Not big, but very typical for the unit behind my mom's house.
Wish I could see all these pics but Photobucket has me and other blocked if we dont pay there fee.....
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Nice bucks gents. Not to hijack but, T_Inman, if you don't mind could you post the specs on that rig? Thanks Keep the pics coming guys.
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Nice bucks gents. Not to hijack but, T_Inman, if you don't mind could you post the specs on that rig? Thanks Keep the pics coming guys.
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Wyoming BLM-never could find him again.
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If 2010 is "semi-recent" then this Montana buck can be thrown in.
Guess I could throw this 2011 Montana buck in too. Not big, but very typical for the unit behind my mom's house.
Wish I could see all these pics but Photobucket has me and other blocked if we dont pay there fee.....
Photobucket is being a bugger no doubt.
I have switched to Imgur, as recommended by several on this site.
I will see if I can upload some of the mulie pictures to that site and repost them here. No promises as I am not exactly a computer genius
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I got others but can't find them right now.
Mule deer are very possibly my absolute favorite critter to chase around, even more so than tail in a lot of cases...
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T Inman, Great Pics! thanks for posting. Some of those are pretty nice especially the 8th on down. that one is fantastic. May I ask what State these were shot in.
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T Inman, Great Pics! thanks for posting. Some of those are pretty nice especially the 8th on down. that one is fantastic. May I ask what State these were shot in.
The 8th one down was a WY buck. The rest are either WY, MT or ID. All but the velvet buck were taken on general seasons or unlimited tags. I will take a 2x2 muley over an average 5x5 whitetail. I don't know why but I like them way better.
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Thanks dude.
Good luck with that MT elk tag. I passed a rag bull last week-hope I don't regret it.
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Thanks dude.
Good luck with that MT elk tag. I passed a rag bull last week-hope I don't regret it.
I'm going to need it and a pair of track shoes to keep up with my partner!
I'm guessing you won't regret it.
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Didn't look ridiculously big.......then he turned.........schattttt11111
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God damn, once he turns his head.... wow!!! Thanks for sharing that clip....
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25-06'd him at 212 yards. Nosler 115 Blue Cyclone Ballistic Tip did the job, again.
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Nicely done indeed! good looking buck and rifle too.
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Our favorite public lands to hunt mule deer is within the southern portion of Black Hills of western South Dakota. Sherwood
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We had some luck with our public land mule deer hunt this year... I and my buddy pack video cameras around and shoot footage here and there,then when we get home, I try to make something out of it...Remember guys,this is strictly amateur and mostly for fun..
For those that like to talk bullet performance and caliber it goes like this,
First buck was at 433 yards..260ai with 135 Berger classic hunters..3100 fps MV..
Second was extended range with a 28 Nosler..180 Berger VLD's and started at 3200 fps...While it appears the shot was back,actually it wasn't..Took out one lung and the liver..He was found right where he backed into the mahagony's ..
The third buck is the weird one..Also a 260ai,but shooting 143 ELD-X's..The bullet hit the shoulder square at 350 yards,then deflected up and out the top of his back,somehow missing the spine..You can then see it impact the hill above the buck..It looks like the shot was high,but that is where the bullet exited...Just flat bounced off..
We are rethinking the ELD-X's..LOL
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