Opening morning muley buck

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Got this little 6x6 about 4 hours into my hunt. Now I get to sleep in tomorrow.

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Great deer! It's a dream of mine to hunt mule deer they are a tad larger than my local white tails ha!
 
Hey man, that's a beauty! Great going...

Where are you hunting? What caliber? Details man.... details! :D



Hey...wait a minute. I don't see any blood. Are you sure you didn't walk up on a sleeping buck?


j/k


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This buck was about 15 miles east of where I live (Wilson creek, WA, located in the Columbia basin) I got him with my remington 700 chambered in 308. He was hanging out at the bottom of a bowl and I peeked over the edge and there he was. He took off running but he decided to go up the rock slide. He was quartering away and I was above him so I had a nice good look at his back. I just put the crosshairs on his spine behind his shoulders. The bullet hit the spine and exited right out his chest. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. The shot didn't kill him instantly though so I did have to finish him with my 1911.

I should've gotten a pic of my knife all covered in gore, I used my trusty Bradley mayhem butterfly to gut him out. It was a little gunky when I was done and it took a little more momentum but it still flipped close for me.

I was by myself so I didn't get the nice posed picture in the field. I had to settle for my buddies yard.
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Here's a side view of the antlers. They're pretty interesting.
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Kdstrick, what part of Texas are you from? I was born in Corpus Christi.
 
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I am in Grant County WA.

I have not been deer hunting since I was about 17/18.

I keep saying every year, that I am going to do it again, but for some reason never do.

I went out shooting this morning with all my family. But no hunting.
 
Muzzle loading is in here in Ohio and spent the day in a tree stand..No deer, but on arriving home I found 5 beside the house...To late for shooting...........Beautiful muley..............carl.
 
No antelope up in these parts. Gotta head to Montana if you want one of those. My dad lives in MT so I might go get one next year.
 
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