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they are so farm raised and genetically culled to me it isn't that special a trophy anymore. This shows your experience in hunting whitetails...
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they are so farm raised and genetically culled to me it isn't that special a trophy anymore. This shows your experience in hunting whitetails... It really is helpful if a guy actually hunts an animal to get a full taste for what's involved.....but swings and misses are free and easy, on the Internet. 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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is a whitetail even considered a trophy anymore?? they are so farm raised and genetically culled to me it isn't that special a trophy anymore. to a lesser extent elk too a 380 bull is alot more common that a 200 mule deer.
IMO the biggest trophy in the US is a giant mule deer. simply because there just isn't that many truly big ones anymore. Two thoughts on this post: 1. WT comment is retarded 2. MD comment I generally agree with
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Given the opportunity, though, others might have a different answer.
What would be yours? Axis buck is my differing opinion. Probabaly not too many of them free ranging in the Northwest.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Muley, hands down. Why? Because the best muley hunting was in the 50's and 60's and they are in decline, and they inhabit a lot less of the lower 48 than whitetails do... plus a big whitetail has eluded my wall, therefore they must be bad!
God Bless America!
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Mule deer for me, I've killed alot of white tail.
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I want just one big muley buck with dark chocolate antlers.
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It would have to be a big whitetail. Why? Because if I'm going Muley hunting I'm putting on a lot of miles to begin with plus spending some serious money getting there. For me. I'm not going to piss that all away on something I can shoot in Michigan.
Keep your powder dry and stay frosty my friends.
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I've taken both good WT and MD. I have to say the MD wins in my book just for the overall hunt. Not taking anything at all from the WD, but usually in most parts of the country WD are scouted then hunted from a stand or blind. MD can be scouted but you are more than likely in for a good stalk. Then if you dont get busted by does, the wind doesn't change or one of a dozen other things doesnt screw up, you gotta make the shot. May be just my personal preference but you just gotta love putting' the good sneak on and getting them in their bedroom so to speak. Then you get to wrap your hands around that big, cool, muley style rack. Dang, is it November yet?!
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I've never hunted Muley's or made it out "west" to hunt yet. When I think of hunting "out west" I think of big Mule Deer, Elk ,Moutain Lion and Grizz. I'm not going to cheapen it with a whitetail I can get at home.
Keep your powder dry and stay frosty my friends.
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No question, I'd pass the whitetail and hold out for a muley, unless the whitey was pushing 170.
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You guys are all killing me. I have spent my whole life chasing blacktails were anything over 150lbs is a monster and a 3x3 with a 20-22" spread is considered a wallhanger.
Cannot wait to make my move to Billings and get started. A few friends have been harping on me to do a lot of scouting so I can see what a "real deer" looks like and dont dump the first 2 year old 4x4 I see...
Hunt hard, kill clean, waste nothing and offer no apologies.
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No preference. They both taste good.
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a hunting license and that's pretty close.
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I have plenty of opportunity to shoot big whitetails because of where I live. Big mule deer are scarce here and most everywhere else I recon. So I'd enjoy seeing a big whitetail but I'd hold out for a muley.
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