Muley or Whitetail?

[Jonathan_S]

A few decent looking bucks out of a group of eight or so that pass through here daily.  Think this WT will end pretty heavy?

[Jonathan_S]

Just to clarify, the question I was asking was "which one to go for in September?"

[PNW_Hunter]

IMO it doesn't get much better than taking a nice hog of a muley...

with regards to the cam pics, hopefully that buck sticks around!

[_TONY_]

IMO it doesn't get much better than taking a nice hog of a muley...

 

[buglebuster]

  but out of those 2 bucks the whitetail for sure...

[blacktailcody]

 

[PNW_Hunter]

but out of those 2 bucks the whitetail for sure...

Agreed! 

[oneshot12]

    thats for sure 

[huntnnw]

avg thickness...still early and look thicker now than they will look in 3 weeks. If you see a truly heavy bucks in velvet its staggering the mass.

example of a buck that looked heavy, but once shedded it was avg at best


shed from him

[ellensburgpo]

That's still a great buck for most guys NW.

[MtnMuley]

Mass in the velvet is very deceiving as stated above.  Personally, I'd say the whitey you posted won't have any mass.

[Jonathan_S]

That's still a great buck for most guys NW.

Yeah I think NW is in a league above me.  I'd be more than thrilled to pattern a buck like the one he's got in that picture.

I'm more interested in taking a clean kill mature buck at close range for my first bow kill. 

Thanks for all the replys, sounds like the whitetail will be not as impressive as I initially thought but I think he'll still make my hit list.

[MtnMuley]

Best of luck tagging him.  I'm guessing you will probably even have more impressive options on your trail cam come Sept.

[oldleclercrd]

Another example. This buck looked a lot smaller after the velvet was gone.