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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Alan K on March 20, 2009, 01:03:28 PM

Title: Nice Colorado Buck
Post by: Alan K on March 20, 2009, 01:03:28 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/11911/PICT0349.JPG)

This is a nice buck we bumped into in Colorado a couple years ago. We were driving the border road between our unit and another and unfortunately he was about 100 yards up the hill in the wrong unit. What makes it worse was that his tracks came out of our unit!

It's by far the biggest buck we've seen in the area, and we've always wondered how wide he was. Had we been there 15 minutes earlier we might have been able to measure it ourselves. . . What do you guys think?
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Post by: MuleySniper on March 20, 2009, 01:15:34 PM: Yup, there are some dandy's from that state.. A friend of mine took these pictures off her back porch two years ago. Too bad you didn't catch that guy on the other side of the road.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl89%2FMuleySniper%2FAUG2007018.jpg&hash=0a20a547075cf2c4ed08b0f384f7dcf087826694)
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Post by: firecrotch on March 20, 2009, 01:29:16 PM: definately some monster bucks there!
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Post by: Craig on March 20, 2009, 02:11:13 PM: Nice buck. Is he a big forkhorn?
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Post by: Alan K on March 20, 2009, 02:19:30 PM: He had small fronts for sure, the snow was pretty heavy. How wide do you guys think he was?
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Post by: firecrotch on March 20, 2009, 02:24:19 PM: from the way im looking at it the main beam doesn't form much of a basket it looks to me to be around 32-35 inches wide
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Post by: jackelope on March 20, 2009, 02:27:49 PM: tough to say how wide he is walking away like that with his ears pinned back. definitely pretty wide, but i don't think he's 30"...thats the worst way to judge a deers width as pictured.
Title: Re: Nice Colorado Buck
Post by: Alan K on March 20, 2009, 02:35:36 PM: I attached a zoomed picture. Yeah I know it's not a great view to judge it. I only took two pictures, and the other one was blurred. I figured a mule deer's ass is 16-18" wide, so I guessed his width at around 34-36". I don't really field judge, or even measure animals after I've killed them. This being the widest buck I've ever seen I had to make a guess though!
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Post by: firecrotch on March 20, 2009, 02:36:57 PM: he's a bruiser thats for sure and lotsof mass.
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Post by: 7mag. on March 20, 2009, 04:18:55 PM: I am definately no expert, and I can't feild judge to save my life, but looking at this obviously healthy, big bodied deer, he has to be at least 32"? :dunno:
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Post by: rasbo on March 20, 2009, 04:24:35 PM: looks old over 30 for sure
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Post by: bowhunterforever on March 20, 2009, 10:09:45 PM: Nice buck for sure about 31!
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Post by: boneaddict on March 21, 2009, 09:35:54 AM: Very hard to tell but from experience I would put him at or almost 30. First thought was shy of 30 but his fronts do flare, so close.
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Post by: bucklucky on March 21, 2009, 09:37:47 AM: What does your math table thingamajig say Bone?? I thought 32 but I know I'm off ;)
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Post by: boneaddict on March 21, 2009, 09:42:38 AM: No ears to reference it, and I haven't measured too many muley tails, LOL Just going off from big bucks from behind that have tremendous shrinkage when they turn around and look at ya. Honestly my first thought was about 28, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt with those flaring fronts.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 21, 2009, 09:50:42 AM: If I put his ears just shy of his g2s, make them 23 Then its 30 and a hair over an 1/8 inches wide.
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Post by: bucklucky on March 21, 2009, 09:54:06 AM: I was actually looking at that velvet drop tine buck, I didnt see the one in the snow :bash:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 21, 2009, 09:59:05 AM: Thats funny, I am at work and that one is blocked for me. :chuckle: What are your thoughts on the snow one.
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Post by: bucklucky on March 21, 2009, 10:11:57 AM: I would have said it looks like 31 from the back so about 29. They always look wider from behind.
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Post by: M_ray on March 21, 2009, 10:55:31 AM: 28.5 (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fclueless%2F1.gif&hash=5c56fb98bdab161e718514ef5bfc9b63aac3a12a)
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Post by: bucklucky on March 21, 2009, 10:56:54 AM: Mark, knock it off :chuckle:
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Post by: M_ray on March 21, 2009, 10:58:45 AM: :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhunter1972 on March 22, 2009, 05:07:07 PM: i hunted alot in colrado and never get enough of the bucks got a nice cow elk out of there :IBCOOL:
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Post by: C-Money on March 22, 2009, 05:22:20 PM: Great buck! To bad he was on the wrong side of the road.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 23, 2009, 02:08:42 PM: Quote from: bucklucky on March 21, 2009, 10:11:57 AM
I would have said it looks like 31 from the back so about 29. They always look wider from behind.

:yeah:
ALways look wider from behind. DOn't know why that is..