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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Bluemoon on July 24, 2017, 11:22:27 AM

Title: Home from the Taxidermist.
Post by: Bluemoon on July 24, 2017, 11:22:27 AM: I was very excited when I got the call on Friday that this guy was ready. He was at a Taxidermist in Great Falls and I just happened to be going through there with the first half of my Training/Hunting camp. So a quick stop at a U Haul and he's home where he belongs. When I spotted him there were two others just as wide and just as tall but this was the only one that had all the stickers on him. For the biologist that say Mulies and Whitetail don't cross breed I think this guy will prove them wrong. His body was 100% Mulie, his rack is wide open for discussion.
Title: Re: Home from the Taxidermist.
Post by: JDHasty on July 24, 2017, 12:04:35 PM: Quote from: Bluemoon on July 24, 2017, 11:22:27 AM
I was very excited when I got the call on Friday that this guy was ready. He was at a Taxidermist in Great Falls and I just happened to be going through there with the first half of my Training/Hunting camp. So a quick stop at a U Haul and he's home where he belongs. When I spotted him there were two others just as wide and just as tall but this was the only one that had all the stickers on him. For the biologist that say Mulies and Whitetail don't cross breed I think this guy will prove them wrong. His body was 100% Mulie, his rack is wide open for discussion.

In that country there is a lot of hybridization going on. I have three cousins who ranch a lot of that area and they are seeing more and more of these crosses all the time. The mule deer have moved into areas they weren't in in the past and the whitetails likewise.

Nice deer!
Title: Re: Home from the Taxidermist.
Post by: kball4 on July 24, 2017, 12:19:25 PM: I immediately thought whitetail when I saw the pic.
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Post by: White Pass Outfitters on July 24, 2017, 12:23:24 PM: Real Nice Buck ! Back in Montana they use to call them cactus bucks sometimes they wouldnt lose there velvet and have no sack.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on July 24, 2017, 12:28:11 PM: Quote from: kball4 on July 24, 2017, 12:19:25 PM
I immediately thought whitetail when I saw the pic.
:yeah:

Gorgeous buck. :tup:
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Post by: SeaRun1 on July 24, 2017, 12:39:22 PM: Very nice looking mount. Congratulations!

SR1
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 24, 2017, 01:05:52 PM: Turned out great.

The bios that say that doesn't know what they are talking about. Mule deer and whitetail do cross breed.
We have killed several over the years.
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Post by: elkrack on July 24, 2017, 01:17:20 PM: Dandy :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on July 24, 2017, 03:59:20 PM: Looks great :tup:
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Post by: hal on September 01, 2017, 11:22:59 AM: we have a camp in 204. It is now really more common than not to see both species mixed. Last year we shot a mulie buck with 3 whitetail does and a whitetail buck with two mulie does. 10 years ago the mulies stayed high in the medows and the whitetail along the creek btms. but no more. Probably a direct result in denser populations and higher #'s
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Post by: Mark251 on September 09, 2017, 05:26:55 PM: What a beauty :tup:
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Post by: Stein on September 09, 2017, 05:40:22 PM: Great animal and mount, from my home city to boot.
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Post by: The Fin on September 09, 2017, 07:44:27 PM: Sweet! :tup:
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Post by: fishnfur on September 10, 2017, 10:02:52 AM: Nice! You're going to need a bigger house!
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Post by: hunting4sanity on September 10, 2017, 11:47:29 AM: Great buck and taxi work.