Any updates on your hunt @waoutdoorsman?
Well Nov 8th I ran over for the day and my vacation was the following week for over there, but then I found on the way there that was the last day I had to hunt-life happens ugh. I made the best of it, passed on some incredible bucks that morning, one for sure migratory buck 2x3 w eyeguards and probably a 28-30” spread. The bucks were chasing each other and gathering their harems and rutting hard. The weather was nice and no snow in the forecast, I passed on 15-20 bucks that day.drove between a small 3pt and his does and that sucker jumped up on the road and squared up for a second before crossing over to his does it was an incredible experience. Fast forward 1.5 hours of daylight left, I passed on a small crabby 4x4 and a wide 3x3 that was crabby. Lots of does lots of bucks. Last hour of daylight at this point I’m realizing I’m going to eat my tag lol. Then we spot a group of does and pushing them looked to be a nice buck they were on the move. Last hour of daylight I decide this is the one, I was after the experience of hunting rutting mule deer bucks and I felt fulfilled w the limited amount of time I had. I felt like I was moving pretty quickly after them as the went up a steep draw. Then I spot a deer, throw the binoculars up and I can see a deep forked 3 on one side, he was a ways out there, i ranged him at 280 yards, and he was on the move I had seconds before he would be out of sight. I throw the rifle on him standing offhand w no rest, I’m probably going to miss-he’s walking quickly now. I squeezed off and he jumped vertically at least 3 feet off the ground, and tumbled down 150 yards. It was a steep ravine and a steep angle shot I was shocked I hit him. Double lung across the heart. Perfect shot. Not the biggest mulie I’ve killed but by far my favorite
