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Offline Dan-o

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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #90 on: December 17, 2025, 10:04:49 PM »
That's a masher!

Congratulations!
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #91 on: December 18, 2025, 04:12:21 AM »
Way to go, Jeff. Look forward to seeing your story.
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #92 on: December 18, 2025, 05:38:02 AM »
Excellent buck! Congrats on your tsg and success! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #93 on: December 18, 2025, 05:39:29 AM »
Hell of a buck, congrats man!! 
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #94 on: December 18, 2025, 07:11:27 AM »
That’s a wooohooo buck
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #95 on: December 18, 2025, 07:21:39 AM »
Congrats beautiful buck!
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #96 on: December 18, 2025, 07:23:36 AM »
Thats whats up!!!!! Congrats
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #97 on: December 18, 2025, 07:51:44 AM »
Wow!  Stomper buck!
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #98 on: December 18, 2025, 08:16:01 AM »
Awesome buck! I'm sticking around for the story
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #99 on: December 18, 2025, 09:47:15 AM »
Great buck!  Mass and trash get me every time!
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #100 on: December 18, 2025, 09:50:39 AM »
Great Buck! love the character in addition to the size and mass, well done
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #101 on: December 18, 2025, 10:36:37 AM »
Hell of an effort and fruit of you labor!  Huge congrats!
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #102 on: December 18, 2025, 11:29:40 AM »
Oh man, that picture in the dark shows the true glory for me. Awesome job and thanks for sharing with us!!
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #103 on: December 18, 2025, 12:22:01 PM »
 Fantastic buck Jeff, congrats! :tup:
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Re: WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit
« Reply #104 on: December 18, 2025, 03:28:49 PM »
What an awesome experience, getting to hunt units during times when there are no other hunters with a rifle is neat, but getting to be in there when no other humans have tags and being able to come up with a plan and try to execute it is very fun.

When I bought the tag, like most, I had dreams of finding a 200" buck (they exist but are hard to find), and hopefully find a buck that I was at least sure went 190".  I knew I was going to focus on the 200 GMU's.  Unfortunately for me, I hadn't spent much time in any of those units.  It was truly awesome to see how many people reached out to offer suggestions.  What a great community of people.

I hunted at least one day every weekend other than a couple (and both days most), for the entire season, focusing on different areas at different times.  It truly was just a fantastic experience.

As most of you are aware the weather wasn't ideal this year, and that had me panicking a couple times.  I knew to the extent possible, I wanted to find a buck from a distance and get as many photos and video as possible, really study them and make sure that I was going to be happy ending this unique experience.

Luckily, I only found 2 bucks that would have been for sure shooters had I just had the late tag for that individual unit and this tag.  The first, was just a nice heavy 4x4 but with nothing really special, a younger deer and I have taken bigger typical bucks, so he was a pretty easy pass.  The second was the day I finally killed my buck and will be part of the write up later.
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