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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #75 on: January 07, 2025, 09:06:39 PM »
Mule deer taste like sage brush.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #76 on: January 07, 2025, 09:14:17 PM »
 
Mule deer taste like sage brush.
Get out of your Prius ya flatlander and hunt the mountains. They taste a little different from up there. 8)
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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #77 on: January 07, 2025, 09:54:17 PM »
Does anyone else look back and realize just how good the 20-teens were across the West for mule deer as compared to the last 4-5 years?

I wonder if the 20-teens will end up being the heyday of my hunting career…?
I started hunting mule deer “seriously” in 2016, I look back on those years a lot. I definitely kick myself for losing opportunities on big bucks for my lack of experience. Oh well, as you stated I hope that’s not the last heyday.

Keep up the strong work on your goals!

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #78 on: January 07, 2025, 10:24:49 PM »
Mule deer taste like sage brush.
Get out of your Prius ya flatlander and hunt the mountains. They taste a little different from up there. 8)

Ive killed lots of muleys in sage and never have noticed a sage taste to any of them

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #79 on: January 07, 2025, 10:26:50 PM »
Does anyone else look back and realize just how good the 20-teens were across the West for mule deer as compared to the last 4-5 years?

I wonder if the 20-teens will end up being the heyday of my hunting career…?
I started hunting mule deer “seriously” in 2016, I look back on those years a lot. I definitely kick myself for losing opportunities on big bucks for my lack of experience. Oh well, as you stated I hope that’s not the last heyday.

Keep up the strong work on your goals!

Went on my first deer hunt in about 1955.  Seen lean years and good years.  Some areas we hunted back then have maintained  fairly well, other areas not so much.  Been debated numerous times on this forum what the overall cause of the downturn in numbers is, and there is no one answer. The 20 teens will probably be your " good old days" but not necessarily only because of the deer numbers.  They are the days when you were younger, could hunt harder and longer and usually with friends and family.  You get older and that zeal to hunt hard is still there, but your body says whoa.  Many of those friends and family have quit hunting,or worse, passed on. I miss the old days, partially because we saw and shot a lot deer, but mostly the places I saw and the people I saw them with.  I still get out every year, still enjoy it  but it ain't the good old days.  Make the most of yours while you can.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #80 on: January 07, 2025, 11:18:05 PM »
Buck I saw posted on fb . A giant and a once in a lifetime buck for anyone.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #81 on: January 07, 2025, 11:23:22 PM »
Mule deer taste like sage brush.

 None of mine have. :twocents:
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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #82 on: January 07, 2025, 11:44:27 PM »
It was a joke you city slickers.
Kind of.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #83 on: January 07, 2025, 11:49:38 PM »
It was a joke you city slickers.
Kind of.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #84 on: January 08, 2025, 04:45:27 AM »
Does anyone else look back and realize just how good the 20-teens were across the West for mule deer as compared to the last 4-5 years?

I wonder if the 20-teens will end up being the heyday of my hunting career…?
I started hunting mule deer “seriously” in 2016, I look back on those years a lot. I definitely kick myself for losing opportunities on big bucks for my lack of experience. Oh well, as you stated I hope that’s not the last heyday.

Keep up the strong work on your goals!

Went on my first deer hunt in about 1955.  Seen lean years and good years.  Some areas we hunted back then have maintained  fairly well, other areas not so much.  Been debated numerous times on this forum what the overall cause of the downturn in numbers is, and there is no one answer. The 20 teens will probably be your " good old days" but not necessarily only because of the deer numbers.  They are the days when you were younger, could hunt harder and longer and usually with friends and family.  You get older and that zeal to hunt hard is still there, but your body says whoa.  Many of those friends and family have quit hunting,or worse, passed on. I miss the old days, partially because we saw and shot a lot deer, but mostly the places I saw and the people I saw them with.  I still get out every year, still enjoy it  but it ain't the good old days.  Make the most of yours while you can.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #85 on: January 08, 2025, 04:46:23 AM »
Buck I saw posted on fb . A giant and a once in a lifetime buck for anyone.
Awesome buck! Thanks for sharing

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #86 on: January 08, 2025, 05:01:12 AM »
Someone needs to kill that one and start another 30 pager  :chuckle:

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #87 on: January 08, 2025, 07:06:57 AM »
We did a bucks over 180” thread on here several years ago.  Be cool to do another one.  Pictures and state killed only.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #88 on: January 08, 2025, 07:10:03 AM »
Does anyone else look back and realize just how good the 20-teens were across the West for mule deer as compared to the last 4-5 years?

I wonder if the 20-teens will end up being the heyday of my hunting career…?
I started hunting mule deer “seriously” in 2016, I look back on those years a lot. I definitely kick myself for losing opportunities on big bucks for my lack of experience. Oh well, as you stated I hope that’s not the last heyday.

Keep up the strong work on your goals!

Went on my first deer hunt in about 1955.  Seen lean years and good years.  Some areas we hunted back then have maintained  fairly well, other areas not so much.  Been debated numerous times on this forum what the overall cause of the downturn in numbers is, and there is no one answer. The 20 teens will probably be your " good old days" but not necessarily only because of the deer numbers.  They are the days when you were younger, could hunt harder and longer and usually with friends and family.  You get older and that zeal to hunt hard is still there, but your body says whoa.  Many of those friends and family have quit hunting,or worse, passed on. I miss the old days, partially because we saw and shot a lot deer, but mostly the places I saw and the people I saw them with.  I still get out every year, still enjoy it  but it ain't the good old days.  Make the most of yours while you can.

That’s damn good perspective right there…I didn’t think about it in those terms.

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Re: WA bucks over 180”?
« Reply #89 on: January 08, 2025, 07:14:35 AM »
 :yeah:  Indeed it is.  To quote Idabooner “Golden years my ass”

 


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