Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: groundhog on December 17, 2008, 12:42:09 PM
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His white face gave him away.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/all_of_clints_08_pics_385.jpg)
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A little closer
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/all_of_clints_08_pics_387.jpg)
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Not a shooter but a nice buck.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/all_of_clints_08_pics_379.jpg)
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Nice and plump. Look at that neck! (https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/all_of_clints_08_pics_382.jpg)
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nice buck. shooter in my book but i havent taken anything bigger then a 2pt in 13years of hunting. so a spike is still a shooter to me if legal to do so. :chuckle:
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How do you like this '08 CO buck. This buck is only 25" wide, but has 20" G-2's and a 15" G-4. Grosses 197 4/8 with a 21" mainbeam! Would have grossed 206" typical if both sides matched. To think that I drove by this buck every morning during the 3rd season???? My buddy and brother tried to convince me to sit on a nice rimrock over-looking the area this guy called home, but I would not listen......
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I like that buck a lot!!! Great G-2s, G-3s ands G-4s. He is the kind we were looking for. His main beams are a little short but it is pretty rare to find one that has it all. With backs and fronts like that I would not have looked at him for very long. We saw a lot of bucks with either good backs and crab fronts or weak backs and good fronts this year, how about you?
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Nice buck, Great pic's.
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great pics thanks for sharing
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I saw 5 buck 170-180", nothing that I got too excited about. My brother saw a 190" gross typical and another buddy saw a 190" buck with crabclaw fronts - a huge 32-33" frame. It was a tough year.
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Sounds like you did better than we did. I never saw a buck that would go 180. Lots of 160 type bucks. Here is a buck one of my friends shot while we were there ( he lives there) this year. I didn't see anything this good. We roughed him at 185.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/all_of_clints_08_pics_303.jpg)
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Nice long tines Groundhog, I wish it wasnt strait armed but I can see a 185 gross :tup:
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160's.....That sounds like my week in Montana. I do not even know how many 150-165" bucks I saw in MT. Just couldn't find that 180"+ buck. The game wardens I spoke to said that it was the worst year they could remember.
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We saw a couple hundred 150-180 bucks as well but only a couple I would put in the 190 range, they put all their growth this year into their bodies, don't know how they can make the choice :dunno:
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I have to agree to the weak antler growth this year. If you are seeing mulitple 180"+ bucks in MT, you are hunting a great area. Have you ever whacked a 180"+ buck in MT? I have only seen two, but one was after legal shooting light and the other was hauling ass at 500 yards :'(
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If you are seeing mulitple 180"+ bucks in MT, you are hunting a great area. Have you ever whacked a 180"+ buck in MT?
Just a few ;)
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You should start a thread an post all your big MT bucks.....to help me through the withdrawals of the off season :chuckle: I would love to see some pics of big MT deer.
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You should start a thread an post all your big MT bucks.....to help me through the withdrawals of the off season :chuckle: I would love to see some pics of big MT deer.
I've posted a couple in the past, most are piled up on the floor of the garage
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Fair enough.....what is your address, I'll be over in five minutes! LOL. I really do enjoy you pics, keep taking and posting them.
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You dont wont to look in his garage. :bdid: Most of them are bigger then anything i have on my wall. :bash: :bash:
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I have a basement like that - that is why I will not kill a deer under 180". No room in the basement, plenty of room on the wall!
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my profile pics show a couple of them.
So back to the topic, does it take a long time to draw Colorado and is there very much public land to hunt?
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There are a lot of good units that you can draw with one or two points. There is also a bunch of public land. CO is the best state for mule deer right now. Almost every unit produces 180"+ bucks. If you are a serious mule deer hunter, you should hunt CO every year. I hunted public land on a landowner tag and will do the same until I have enough points to draw a 4th season tag. I will kill a 190"+ typical within the next two years. There is a reason we ran into Dennis Winch, Nate Jacobson, and Mike Brownlee on our hunt. Have you seen the new issues of Hunting Illustrated or Muley Crazy? If yes, then you know who I am talking about. Get 'er done Phool!
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So you dont loose points if you go the landowner route? What does an out of state license cost?
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No, you don't loose points. You can also draw decent units on second and third choices without loosing points. The cost is $324 for out-of-state and then whatever you pay for the landowner voucher. This gives you the "right" to buy a license and also the "right" to hunt that landowner's land. They cannot keep you off and cannot charge you an additional trespass fee. Most of the tags are sold for about the same price for season/unit and most are handled between the Huntin Fool and Alan Pennington. There are some awesome units/seasons drawn with 4 points. If you buy a landowner tag, make sure to request a map showing the landowner's property. This is often overlooked by the buyer and never mentioned by the broker. I saw some big deer on small pieces of property!
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Those are some nice bucks. I really want to hunt Colorado. With 5 deer and 5 elk points I'm getting closer to something good. A friend was telling me he hunts it and I could draw a good tag now, maybe not 4th season. If they don't draw they get the second chance tags and don't lose their points. They also buy over the counter bull elk tags and hunt both at the same time. I don't know if any of that is accurate, JJ does that sound right :dunno: I'll have to do some research and rally some troops to head there. Sounds like a blast!
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How about this Colorado buck
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So you dont loose points if you go the landowner route? What does an out of state license cost?
You can draw a decent tag with minimal points (compared to what you see at home). Hit me up when it gets closer to app time for a little info.
