Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Need some mule deer pics

Here is a pair of West Texas bucks.

http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy107/lynntelk/P1020063.jpg

No kidding, he and Drummond will make you pack your pics up and go home....

134" gross and change.

But it was a public land deer so I figure that's at least worth a 50 point handicap.

I dont know jack about muleys but but it looks good without the handicap sam

Couple i had handy.

181.5:



I've only seen 2-3 mulies over 180 in the field. They definitely stand out as most 160-170 class bucks look really big too me, but when they break over 180 they are in a totally different class. You'll know after you've seen some good bucks.

Good Luck on your hunt.

THAT is a freaking toad.

All of these deer are strong. Deep forks and mass look to keep score healthy.

I'll add one

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/JeremyKS/deerhunt12-04-07039-1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/JeremyKS/th_NT.jpg[/img]

RHutch;
You have already been shown a lot of very, very good mulie bucks. Congratulations to all the successful hunters on the wonderful examples.

Though you may not have time to look over the prospective buck for too long, sometimes one gets a bit of a longer look with mule deer - though admittedly sometimes from quite far away.

Anyway, one of the ways that we've found make it easier to judge antler size is knowing what the average ear width spread should be on an adult buck in the area you'll be hunting.

From talking to folks in the know I've been given to understand this can vary a fair bit actually from region to region. For instance we're quite hot here in southern BC, so the ear spread on an adult buck will typically be about this:



If the buck's antlers are inside or outside the ears then, one can get a rough spread quite easily.

As well it will follow that knowing the approximate length of the individual ear will give you a quick comparison gauge for tine length.

In the end though in all likelihood I'd be just as happy with a bit of a character rack with a bunch of kickers even if it didn't add to a numerical target - but that's just me. So I'd encourage you to have a good time and shoot a buck that satisfies your personal goals - whatever they may be.

Hopefully that makes sense and is some use to you on your hunt. All the best luck to you in what sounds like a great place to start hunting mule deer.

Regards,
Dwayne

Killed this one about 13 years ago biggest to date 189 something.