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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: bowhunterforever on August 25, 2009, 10:13:22 PM

Title: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: bowhunterforever on August 25, 2009, 10:13:22 PM: Today while out scouting me and my buddy saw a nice 4x4 muley rubbed clean already.He was defenitly a mature buck.Seems there sheding earlier this year then i have ever seen. :dunno: Any of you guys seen any rubbed muley bucks yet?
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: Buckmark on August 25, 2009, 10:21:37 PM: Yeah ive seen a few, usually by this coming weekend i'll se about 50/50 of velvet and rubbing/rubbed off
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: SHANE(WA) on August 25, 2009, 11:15:24 PM: no mulies, some whiteys tho
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on August 25, 2009, 11:57:37 PM: Never seen a muley out of velvet before 8/27. Not saying it doesn't happen.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: bowhunterforever on August 26, 2009, 12:09:02 AM: Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on August 25, 2009, 11:57:37 PM
Never seen a muley out of velvet before 8/27. Not saying it doesn't happen.
This is the earliest i have ever seen one one rubbed! I bet i will be seeing more rubbed in the next few days.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: SHANE(WA) on August 26, 2009, 02:54:58 AM: Everything seems early, we have elk bugling everywhere early, muleys outta velvet early and whitetails out super early. must be global warming or stress from wolves :chuckle:
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: bearpaw on August 26, 2009, 04:45:37 AM: good one.... :chuckle:
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on August 26, 2009, 05:43:42 AM: Quote from: SHANE(WA) on August 26, 2009, 02:54:58 AM
Everything seems early, we have elk bugling everywhere early, muleys outta velvet early and whitetails out super early. must be global warming or stress from wolves :chuckle:

Aha! Global wolfing!
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: SHANE(WA) on August 26, 2009, 06:06:53 AM: :chuckle:
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: bowhunterforever on August 26, 2009, 10:08:31 PM: This evening i saw another nice 3x2 muley just about rubbed, he had just alittle velvet hanging. :whoo: 6 more days. :archer:
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: shoot-em-dead on August 26, 2009, 10:24:29 PM: More like 5 and a half. :whoo:
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: Whitenuckles on August 27, 2009, 06:41:44 PM: Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on August 25, 2009, 11:57:37 PM
Never seen a muley out of velvet before 8/27. Not saying it doesn't happen.

Same here, I never see hard horns during the early season.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: boneaddict on August 27, 2009, 07:36:26 PM: I've killed on Sept 3rd, 5th and 8th, all hard horned. First one muley latter two whitetails.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: bow4elk on August 27, 2009, 07:38:39 PM: blacktails around my neck of the woods were rubbed clean the last week of August. I have yet to see one or get one on my trailcams that is out yet. It always varies a bit but it's an interesting thing to track from year to year.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: royalbull on August 27, 2009, 09:03:07 PM: was over at little naches yesterday seen 2- 4x4 and 1- 2x3 all appeared to be in full velvet
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: fishunt247 on August 27, 2009, 09:05:50 PM: Saw a 3pt right across from the 76 station in Goldendale that was just starting to peel.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: WArookie on August 27, 2009, 09:06:28 PM: I have trail cam pics of a muley out of velvet on 8-23 of last year.

Brett
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: turkey slayer on August 28, 2009, 06:33:38 PM: Seen a spindly 3 point this afternoon with velvet hanging hanging off the one side
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: tlbradford on September 03, 2009, 07:44:07 AM: All bucks I saw yesterday were hard horned. Ranging from spikes to five points. This was Grant County.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: MtnMuley on September 03, 2009, 07:50:49 AM: I havn't seen a hard horned one yet!! 6 bucks yesterday in full velvet with no signs of rubbing. :dunno:
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: mossback91 on September 03, 2009, 08:33:00 AM: seen mainly velvet.......a hard horned forky and watched one rub his horns a bit yesterday morning......
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: let.it.fly on September 03, 2009, 08:37:42 AM: saw a few in the methow area this past week that were all bone. one i realy wanted, a 2x3 that was probly 28 inches tall with only d say a 15 17 inch spread. i liked it. i saw alot of wall hangers
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: MtnMuley on September 03, 2009, 12:08:26 PM: A ha! Just saw a nice hard 3 pt!
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 03, 2009, 12:09:33 PM: all still velvet here in the blues
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 03, 2009, 12:16:16 PM: Just talked to CoryTDF. The whitey he shot last night's velvet came off in his hands when he started to drag him. He just pulled it off and rubbed dirt and blood on it. It's hard bone now.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: boneaddict on September 03, 2009, 12:23:48 PM: I saw 15 or so bucks(muley) and only two were hard, one was just rubbed white with brown strips. Mine was more dark with few white spots and had a little velvet on the burr still. His fronts were dark from rubbing on whitepine I think. COOL STUFF. I didn't want to shoot a velvet buck.
Title: Re: First hard horned muley of the year
Post by: MichaelJ on September 03, 2009, 12:29:59 PM: Seen 10 bucks along the breaks of the Snake Rvr last on tuesday... half were hard horned....

Michael