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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: buglebuster on October 14, 2025, 05:11:54 PM

Title: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: buglebuster on October 14, 2025, 05:11:54 PM: After 2 miserable days of high wind and rain, a few close calls but no luck, monday was a beautiful morning. We spotted 2 bucks coming over the ridge onto property we could hunt. We were roughly 1000 yard away. We put the spotter on them and saw one 4x4 and one 2x2 who was equally as big. Perfect, one daughter has an any deer permit. We make our way across the draw and up to them. When we got there we found no bucks, and a big coyote standing right where they were. We had no way to know where they had gone but I guessed the continued on the same path as a few does we had seen farther to the east. We hiked up the ridge to find nothing. We continued on and I decided to peek over the ridge while my daughter was putting her jacket back on and there they were 200 yards below me with a bunch of does. I ran up to my girls and got them and we snuck down and setup. The big buck saw me before I could get a range but I knew they weren’t far enough away we needed to dial. They started nervous walking away and the 4pt got in the middle of the herd with no shot. Eventually he found his way to the back and broadside. Rylee touched off the 6.5 PRC and down he went! I yelled at my oldest daughter to get on the gun and make the 2x2 but they went over a small rise and we could only see his head. By then they jumped the fence into property we couldn’t hunt, but we had one buck down! 12 years old and Rylees second buck, third deer! Of to fill my oldest daughter, Payton’s tag this weekend. Here’s a bunch of pics, some that I took and some that she took. One picture of the spine off of her buck from last year. Shot in the same canyon. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20251015/ab05e3b3e93254cfa221a04715f0241f.jpg)
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Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: C-Money on October 14, 2025, 05:19:34 PM: Way to go!!
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: Pathfinder101 on October 14, 2025, 05:36:45 PM: Way to go Rylee! (and nice job Dad... 8) )
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Post by: hunter399 on October 14, 2025, 05:39:15 PM: Heck ya !
Congrats.👍
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Post by: Bob33 on October 14, 2025, 05:42:15 PM: Way to go. That's a beautiful animal.
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Post by: NWBREW on October 14, 2025, 05:55:45 PM: Outstanding!! Congrats to the young hunter!
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Post by: Sandberm on October 14, 2025, 06:00:52 PM: Wow!

Dad of the year material right there.

Strong fathers make daughters into Strong women.
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: fishngamereaper on October 14, 2025, 06:03:14 PM: :tup:
Good job all.....way to raise them.
Good clean living right there...well done
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: jason stevens on October 14, 2025, 07:07:18 PM: I'm amazed every season with this family. Great hunts, great stories. Raising them right. Brother your doing an amazing job !!! So proud of you.
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 14, 2025, 07:15:40 PM: Nicely done young lady.👍
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Post by: Gentrys on October 14, 2025, 07:16:40 PM: Congrats family!
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: jason stevens on October 14, 2025, 07:34:46 PM: Next up will be Payton an her deer then we are off to elk. Looking forward to the pics an stories. Hoping one day it will be cats an bears to round it off. We all know they now have the fishing figured out also. So happy for yall!! These kids will never worry about food!!!
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: jason stevens on October 14, 2025, 07:35:47 PM: Buglebuster you have an open invitation for bears an cats anytime!
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: Alchase on October 15, 2025, 07:51:58 AM: Beautiful Typical 4x4 Muley, congratulations Rilee!

Buglebuster, great job on the skinning, and nice and clean.
Love the pic showing the Backstraps already taken. :tup:

I would want to get that mounted :hello:
Title: Re: Rylee’s first Mule deer!
Post by: Schmalzfam on October 15, 2025, 08:45:09 AM: Good job! That's awesome. 😊