Methow Valley Beast! 210 3/8 Gross

[Griz231]

That buck will gross between 205 and 210.  pm me if you need help with scoring him.  What a buck!!!!!!!

So we got 207 4/8 gross
We did it with a sewing tape measure so prob not accurate, we'll see what taxi comes up with.

[Griz231]

Hey wea300mag how far do you think he traveled roughly?

Using my mapping software, he expired about 17 miles (as the crow flies) from my camera.

He has the same notch in his left ear as the buck in your trail cam pics. I'm positive it's the same buck. 

[Romulus1297]

  

[Karl Blanchard]

Hey wea300mag how far do you think he traveled roughly?

How cool is that!

Using my mapping software, he expired about 17 miles (as the crow flies) from my camera.

He has the same notch in his left ear as the buck in your trail cam pics. I'm positive it's the same buck. 

[Sneeky66]

Awesome buck!!

[kodiak 907]

Holy guacamole!! I'm a blacktail guy, but that monster makes me want to head east and hunt muleys. Awesome'

[haugenna]

Hey wea300mag how far do you think he traveled roughly?

Using my mapping software, he expired about 17 miles (as the crow flies) from my camera.

The big question I have been trying to answer. What made that guy travel 17 miles from his summer range to his winter range. It's not weather. Is it the rut?  Is it feed?  If you answer the rut, I would imagine there are still does in his summer range that he could breed. Weird year.

[Timberstalker]

Hey wea300mag how far do you think he traveled roughly?

Using my mapping software, he expired about 17 miles (as the crow flies) from my camera.

The big question I have been trying to answer. What made that guy travel 17 miles from his summer range to his winter range. It's not weather. Is it the rut?  Is it feed?  If you answer the rut, I would imagine there are still does in his summer range that he could breed. Weird year.

Makes a guy wonder if we are going to actually have a winter?

[boneaddict]

They migrate because of weather and rut.  This year is weird.  They broke early.  It spelled success for many hunters in the field.  Depleted cover and big bucks moving in.  Anecdotal at why at this point.  Full moon, weather coming, fewer doe density in the high country.  I have ideas, but obviously God only knows.   Everything has been early this year. 

[blindluck]

Dandy mulie!  What was the spread on that thing?

I found my wifes sewing measure tape.  I got 29" at the widest point.

So do you just count from the back, G2, G3, G4, G5 then Main beam?

Was 29" what you ended up with? I guessed it hit the 30" mark.

[Wea300mag]

Everything has been early this year.

This was the first thing to come to my mind. The deer were a month early into the high country. I normally install my cams on Memorial Weekend, I was able to get into there late April this year. I think that bucks seasonal clock told him to move down. That clock could have been driven by feed conditions.

[grundy53]

They migrate because of weather and rut.  This year is weird.  They broke early.  It spelled success for many hunters in the field.  Depleted cover and big bucks moving in.  Anecdotal at why at this point.  Full moon, weather coming, fewer doe density in the high country.  I have ideas, but obviously God only knows.   Everything has been early this year.

I was over in Conconully this weekend and there were a ton of bucks killed. Quite a few big ones too. I've only been hunting over there for eleven years but I've never seen this many bucks killed over there. My dad has been hunting over there for thirty years and he said the same. They are definitely rutting. Maybe not full bore but every buck we killed was really stinking and their necks were swollen. Every doe I saw had a buck with her (usually a two point). I definitely saw a lot more bucks then I usually do.

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[boneaddict]

Everything has been early this year.

This was the first thing to come to my mind. The deer were a month early into the high country. I normally install my cams on Memorial Weekend, I was able to get into there late April this year. I think that bucks seasonal clock told him to move down. That clock could have been driven by feed conditions.

Idabooner wondered about food and water (drought).   That might certainly influence it.   What you are saying too. 

[Griz231]

Dandy mulie!  What was the spread on that thing?

I found my wifes sewing measure tape.  I got 29" at the widest point.

So do you just count from the back, G2, G3, G4, G5 then Main beam?

Was 29" what you ended up with? I guessed it hit the 30" mark.

I want to get one of those cable tapes. I'm hoping the taxi has one but I got 29 2/8 outside spread.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Gorgeous buck! One of the very nicest mulies I've seen taken in Washington.

PS this thread is killing the "Destruction of the Methow herd" thread.