Pretty nice Whitetail buck

[LOVEMYLABXS]

Had givin thought to going out for a while yesterday but it was raining like a cow peein on a flat rock and with our elk trip just days away I decided getting soaked and possibly catching a cold I'd just wait. Had to go to town when I spotted 3 bucks on the road , 2 small spikes and a nice 4x4. They hoped a fence and I stopped and got out . Had the camera so even though I didn't have the Hawkins and he was on private land that I don't have permission to hunt I was able to shoot the Kodak  Maybe in the late season he'll show himself again. Last 2 pics he's maybe 30 yards.

[buckfvr]

Id almost bet that guys still got his milk teeth........Id be shocked if hes going to be 2 1/2 in nov.  Id sure like to see him in another 3 or 4 years............

[MountainDevil54]

yep nice buck but needs a few more years.

[HornHoarder]

Nice pictures! Davenport area is beautiful, but also very open. I'd doubt that buck makes it through hunting season.

[LOVEMYLABXS]

I'm not very good at "Catch and release" on anything, if the state says it's legal I'm putting it in the freezer so had I been hunting I would have popped a cap on him.

It's tuff enough as it is just to figure out what is legal or not sometimes ( does he have 3 on oneside or is that 3rd point long enough or in elk is that other point less then 4 inches above the skull). I get pretty confused why only spikes on elk and 3 point or better on deer? I hear it's because they want the big bulls for breeding so why do they let us shoot the big breeding bucks? We already have a problem with the mule deer around here never getting more then a 2x2 and that is why they went to a permit drawing for 2x2 muleys to try and take some of them out of the gene pool.

Some say let that whitetail grow or give him a few more years. I know for a fact that I wouldn't pass on a spike elk cause he's only a year and a half old? If it's legal I'm going to try and put meat on the ground.

I got several pictures of this muley buck over a couple of years and because of his body size he was easy to identify. He does have a 3rd point but with out optics it would be hard to see then the question would be is it long enough?

[scottfrick]

  and wow looking straight on that 3rd point is near impossible to see. At first I thought you were referring to the eye guards

[Boss .300 winmag]

Yep he would be dead if I saw him, nice fat muley buck!   

[troyspinetar]

I'm not very good at "Catch and release" on anything, if the state says it's legal I'm putting it in the freezer so had I been hunting I would have popped a cap on him.

It's tuff enough as it is just to figure out what is legal or not sometimes ( does he have 3 on oneside or is that 3rd point long enough or in elk is that other point less then 4 inches above the skull). I get pretty confused why only spikes on elk and 3 point or better on deer? I hear it's because they want the big bulls for breeding so why do they let us shoot the big breeding bucks? We already have a problem with the mule deer around here never getting more then a 2x2 and that is why they went to a permit drawing for 2x2 muleys to try and take some of them out of the gene pool.

Some say let that whitetail grow or give him a few more years. I know for a fact that I wouldn't pass on a spike elk cause he's only a year and a half old? If it's legal I'm going to try and put meat on the ground.

I got several pictures of this muley buck over a couple of years and because of his body size he was easy to identify. He does have a 3rd point but with out optics it would be hard to see then the question would be is it long enough?

  I'm a meat hunter!

[buckfvr]

the mule would be legal without the crab claw..........eye guards get counted if over an inch.

[pashok23]

 

[LOVEMYLABXS]

I can't quite figure out how to blow this up but zoom in and tell me you really think these eyeguards are over an inch??? Not me If they're a 1/2 inch I'd be surprised    I'm sure the crab would make him legal but without the zoom of the camera and lookin thru open sight I don't think you'd even see it/??

[deaner]

no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2

[bowhunterforever]

no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2

[LOVEMYLABXS]

no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2

And somebody with a 2x2 tag would be busted because of the little crab claw  point that you might not see???

[Sabotloader]

I blew the picture up, and the EG on the right antler really could be an 1" long the one on the left is a nub but with a tape measure it could be close... anyway that is what I see

[deaner]

could be, might be, could be close with a tape measure... you dont shoot at something that unsure.  not good enough for me anyway.  if its that close, that much of a question as to whether it may BARELY qualify as being legal you dont shoot it. 

[deaner]

no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2

And somebody with a 2x2 tag would be busted because of the little crab claw  point that you might not see???

its still a 3pt min area for general, so does the special tag say 2x2 ONLY?  i really doubt thats the case but i could be wrong.  either way it all comes down to know your target.  dont just shoot something and HOPE its legal.  if you cant be positive hold your trigger finger in check

[LOVEMYLABXS]

I also wanted to say I have a neighbor that use to have horses and rode this country and after this 3 point rule came into affect he found several 2x2 that had been shot and I can only say we GUESS that some one shot them figuring with a rack like that they just had to have the 3rd point but didn't and just walked away to let them rot!!!!!!

[LOVEMYLABXS]

no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2

And somebody with a 2x2 tag would be busted because of the little crab claw  point that you might not see???

its still a 3pt min area for general, so does the special tag say 2x2 ONLY?  i really doubt thats the case but i could be wrong.  either way it all comes down to know your target.  dont just shoot something and HOPE its legal.  if you cant be positive hold your trigger finger in check

Deaner if you get draw for one of the 25 2x2 that's what it means not a 2x1 or a 2x3 but a 2x2 otherwise I think they'd say 2x or better

[HornHoarder]

That muley looks like he's on steroids

[JJB11B]

That muley looks like he's on steroids

Arnold Mulenaggar

[MountainDevil54]

Its easier when they look likethis 

[LOVEMYLABXS]

Deaner I miss read your post and I'm sorry. Went back and looked at the regs and you're right during the reguakr muzzey season a 2x3 would be legal but after the reg season it would have to be a 2x2. Just like drawing an any bull tag you could shoot a spike but in this case after the 6th you could only shoot a 2x2 . I guess that untill the 6th it gives you the option of shooting a 2x2 and still being legal???

[LOVEMYLABXS]

Its easier when they look likethis 

1st off REALLY NICE BUCK but you got a scope and it don't look like a muzzleloader so I think it don't count in this thread. No dought he meets the 3 point but we're talkin about open sites and under 1 inch points and seeing them then seeing if they have enough points...

[MountainDevil54]

Its a Traditions Strikerfire .50cal muzzleloader.

Always have a good set of binos on you. That was a new mexico buck and they must have at least 2 points to be legal.