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I hunted the third rifle season which turned out to be unseasonably warm. Short sleeves, 70 degrees in November at 9,000 feet. Who would have thought? On the fourth day of the hunt I saw this guy walk out of a patch of oak brush and bed down in a small sage flat 435 yards away facing me. I was above him glassing from a large rock knob looking over several small ridges. I thought I could shoot him from where I was but closer would be better. You never know how it is going to turn out but since he just laid down I figured I had a little time. I managed to climb through about 70 yards of oak brush which put me on another flat above and only 253 yards from the buck still bedded. I got prone resting on a small sage bush and centered the crosshairs on the front of his left shoulder as he was quartered to me. Took a few deep breaths and squeezed the trigger. I heard the impact and he never moved. Hit him just above the shoulder angled toward the off hip. The bullet didn't exit and probably came to rest somewhere in the paunch. He is only 26" wide but has really nice forks! Hunting public land on a relatively easy to draw tag I have no complaints. Shot him with a .270 (gasp I know) model 70 featherweight in a McMillan stock I picked up from the fire. 130 Partition did the trick. Andy
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That is an awesome buck! Nice job, congrats!
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Excellent. I don't anyone who would not want be be in your shoes with that trophy. The 270 is a killer. I've shot one since 64. It has never failed me.
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That is a perfect buck - one like I've been after and have yet to find - congrats to you.
The cape on that buck is about as nice as you could ask for!!
"Rather hunt Mule deer than anything else" "Team 7MM-08"
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Man that's a gorgeous deer. Love that big typical build, way to go!!
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Congratulations!
"only 26" wide" - gotta love that...
Really nice buck there. Dang. I'm just a tad jealous... Thanks for sharing the story & photo - that's GREAT!
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I would love to get a buck like that! Congrats.
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Nice clean typical there!
Love the chocolate colored antlers.
Beautiful muley regardless, and taken off public land only adds to the accomplishment. Well done!
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Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want!
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Beautiful buck and great photo - well done!
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Classic all the way around!
ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
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Beautiful buck friend. Amazing thing how the .270 kills stuff. Over the years we have developed bigger rounds, and somehow the idea has come about amongst hunters with little field experience, that the 270 is no longer suitable for big game. Fortunately, where I hunt, the deer and elk don't read and still fall over dead when I shoot them with my inadequate .270.
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Great buck and story! Like the part about getting the gun here on the 'fire-I wonder has there ever been a "shot this with a (whatever) that I bought on the Campfire". I think it would go at least 13 pages....
Good going!
Golden............
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Very nice, great looking deer. That warm weather was really something this year.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Nice buck and great story. I would love to whack one bedded down like that. Good job!
Regards,
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