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So filled my mule deer tag with this guy Sunday late morning. The unit I hunted in used to be one of the better units in Oregon for muleys but like most places the numbers are down. I had no intentions of trophy hunting going into it, just figured I'd have a nice camping trip and if I lucked into a buck I'd be tickled to take him.

So Sunday this guy showed up with a small bunch of does and another small spike by fork buck. This buck was peeking out from behind a big Ponderosa Pine with only his head/neck showing and maybe 6 inches of his chest. Shot was maybe 90 yards, hit him just in front of the front left leg and existed just behind the right off shoulder. I must of hit an artery because he was spewing blood 30 yards before he went down. Rifle is a 7MM-08 built by Shaen Rifles which is fast becoming my lucky rifle

So here is my non-typical fork - that funky stuff around the bases kinda looks caribou ish;)