Big MT Muley

[Wea300mag]

I'm starting to get the itch to deer hunt again after being totally spoiled in the month of Dec. Here is a pic I found from a couple years ago from our Montana camp. This is a pic of a pic so the quality is not so good. If we would have used the trick of having the hunter position himself well behind the deer (long-arming), it would look even bigger. The deer is 29+ wide and rough scored around 190. Those of us in camp call it the attack deer.

[NORRISKI2]

Good grief! nice buck..

[jackelope]

wow...what a stud.

[Bearhunter]

What a toad, is that you in the picture?

[50CalJim]

It's kinda hard for Freddy too use the long arm tactic when he's only about 5' 4" tall.

[Wea300mag]

Bearhunter, no that is not me, I still look a little younger than the hunter in the pic.

50Cal, that's enough short jokes, he taught you how to hunt.

[jake]

lol is that its antlers or bananas arranged to look like a rack, the mass of this thing is amazing

[PacificNWhunter]

Great looking buck, I was hoping you would knock one like that down during your December hunt.

[huntnphool]

Nice buck indeed, do you have any mounted pics?

[Skyvalhunter]

Do you still go over to hunt in Montana 300?

[Muleyslyr]

......attack deer??  Gotta tell us why.  Great lookin' buck though!!

[boneaddict]

I'm glad you guys did a regular pose with him.  Thats awesome.  That there is the perfect buck.

[Hornseeker]

Very nice...I've lived here for 9 years now and never seen anything like that!!

[Wea300mag]

PacificNWHunter:  I had a print of this pic at my motel and looked at it every morning, guess that's why I ate tag soup, I set the bar too high.

huntnphool: You are not going to like this answer. The horns and skull are lying weathered next to a barn in Montana. I tried to convince the hunter to let me get it mounted but he wanted to take care if it himself. I know, it makes me sick too.

Skyvalhunter: Yes, I go every year they draw my name for the Big Game Combo. Here is link to 07's hunt coverage. http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2849.0.html

Muleyslyr: I wish I wouldn't have put that part in. Let's just say you should make sure the animal is down and out before getting too close with the knife.

Bone: This is the most perfect deer I have ever had the pleasure to put my hands on. It was perfect in symmetry, had great width, height, and awesome dark color.

[gray brow]

300- same for me.  That was the nicest muley I've handled.  I've laid my mitts on a few wider ones back in the the ol' stomping grounds at the ranch on the breaks.  But they were not as heavy and had that gray color typical for the area.  Much prefer the beautiful dark chocolate color this rack had, it was almost black.

50Cal - you've got a point, but that buck looked big compared to the pickup!  I bet that old coot can still out pack any of us pound for pound...

[huntnphool]

"huntnphool: You are not going to like this answer. The horns and skull are lying weathered next to a barn in Montana. I tried to convince the hunter to let me get it mounted but he wanted to take care if it himself. I know, it makes me sick too."

  pick one!!!!

[50CalJim]

Yes Graybrow your right about his walking ability. For example whats the Gravelly Range about 9,500' or so? I have yet seen anybody be able to keep up with him when chasing Elk at that elevation when he's on a hot track. Normally when he's hunting he'll have a cig hanging out of his mouth & not even breathing hard when the rest of us are dieing from that burning lung filling you get from high elevation. I think the only Elk hunting skill he has is to basically find a track and run it down.  

[dbllunger]

Nice buck, and real hunters don't like posed photos.  Yes a posed photo looks good, but most hunters can tell pretty quick what it would really like.  A buck like that need no posing.