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Title: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Machias on November 26, 2010, 06:41:55 PM: You just have to love it when all your hard work pays off. Scouting all year long, trail camera photos, endless hours waiting and watching for that special deer you've had your eye on all year. The physical fitness to loose 105 pounds so you can get up and down these hills. It's an awesome feeling that only folks who put in the time and effort know, guys like Boneaddict and others on here. Photos shortly.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Ironhead on November 26, 2010, 06:45:29 PM: Way to go Fred can't wait for the pics. All the hard work pays off, congrats.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Gringo31 on November 26, 2010, 06:53:20 PM: You lost 105 pounds :yike: WAY TO GO! That is a small whitetail right there. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Machias on November 26, 2010, 06:55:04 PM: Well this wasn't one of those deer. :chuckle: :chuckle: Sorry for the opening drama, just messing around. Sitting on the couch this morning waiting to take my wife shopping and a mulie ran past my dining room window. Got my muzzle loader, stepped out and had a shot at a nice sized mulie, but then he turned his head and it was a forkhorn, not legal. Two big does were up the hill and this little guy was standing there broadside, so he stayed with me. Button buck. Probably just set the record for the smallest deer taken by a HuntWa member this year......maybe ever! :rolleyes:

Taking my 18 year old out tomorrow so he can hopefully fill his muzzy tag.

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Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Machias on November 26, 2010, 06:55:45 PM: Yep, I'm down 105 pounds since May 7th. :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: agchawk on November 26, 2010, 07:00:32 PM: CONGRATS on the wieght loss! Also, that little guy will eat REALLY well. Been there, done that. I shot one about 15 years ago (Looked like a big doe from 200 yards). I only got a few pounds of meat off of it but it was some of the best eating venison I've ever had.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: elkaholic on November 26, 2010, 10:18:20 PM: Fred, awesome job. Get it done before we get pounded with mpre snow!
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: 724wd on November 27, 2010, 06:14:14 PM: Quote from: Machias on November 26, 2010, 06:55:04 PM
Probably just set the record for the smallest deer taken by a HuntWa member this year......maybe ever! :rolleyes:

i don't know about that,.... you should see the pocket sized doe fawn i shot with my bow! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Hornseeker on November 27, 2010, 07:24:47 PM: That was a good one Fred!!!!!!
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: ser300wsm on November 27, 2010, 07:28:38 PM: Congrats to you on a job well done... :brew:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: denali on November 27, 2010, 07:43:00 PM: Good job... I liked the second story better anyway !
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: bucklucky on December 06, 2010, 06:07:57 PM: Nice job Fred, you lost more weight than that deer ever had :chuckle:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: ribka on December 06, 2010, 06:16:44 PM: A big congrats. Some tender meat there
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Forrestrover on December 06, 2010, 09:19:02 PM: That's the cutest deer on this forum !
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Bigtine96 on December 07, 2010, 06:24:30 PM: No comment
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Machias on December 07, 2010, 08:08:42 PM: Quote from: Bigtine96 on December 07, 2010, 06:24:30 PM
No comment

Don't be shy, go for it. :hello:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 07, 2010, 08:17:03 PM: been there done that, boy do they eat well! congrats.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Sneaky on December 07, 2010, 08:17:57 PM: Quote from: Bigtine96 on December 07, 2010, 06:24:30 PM
No comment

Lol, this type of thing happens on an either sex hunt. Its life.

Congrats on an awesome deer machias! gonna be the best venison you've ever had.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Huntboy on December 07, 2010, 08:27:46 PM: Congrat's on the deer and the wieght, way to go Fred.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: ribka on December 07, 2010, 08:29:05 PM: Quote from: Machias on December 07, 2010, 08:08:42 PM
Quote from: Bigtine96 on December 07, 2010, 06:24:30 PM
No comment

Don't be shy, go for it. :hello:

I'll bring up the heavy duty steel cable if you need help dragging it out of the woods Fred ;)
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Machias on December 07, 2010, 08:34:58 PM: :chuckle: Bring the winch as well and a rag to wipe the milk from his mouth.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: ribka on December 07, 2010, 09:26:08 PM: Fred,

I have been in the same situation at the end of deer season. My hunting buddies gave me a hard time.
I would just say it's a "legal" deer and will taste better than their old rutted stinky bucks.

I would even venture to say that you shot the "tasiest, and "most tender" deer here on Hunt Wa this year ;)

Congrats
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Machias on December 07, 2010, 10:14:50 PM: Trust me, I have no issues with my deer. If some guys have problems with it, that would be they're problem. I am secure in my man...er hunterhood. :) I've killed 50-60 deer in my life and after two years of tag soup, this one will taste just fine...even though it'll be gone after three meals... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: C-Money on December 07, 2010, 10:33:34 PM: Heck, a deer is a deer. We all have killed a yearling at one point in life. No shame in it. Though the yearlings I have killed did not fill the freezer, it put a dent in the empty shelves! Congrats! :cue:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Band on December 08, 2010, 08:06:34 AM: Did you at least let mama lick the afterbirth off before shooting it? :chuckle:

Just kidding, you outdid my tag soup this year. Congrats! :hello:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Gutpile on December 08, 2010, 08:13:11 AM: I made a great stalk one year on a big fat dry doe. I saw it about a mile away and closed to about 150 yards or so. Anyhow, I got the 350 Rem Mag steadied and thumped her. Got up to the deer and just started laughing it was a tiny fawn sure glad I used the 350. I was a bit embarrased but it sure was an easy pack out and it was really good eating although there wasn't much there to eat.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Gutpile on December 08, 2010, 08:15:18 AM: Machias, did you happen to see my "1st muzzy kill" thread? I think were pretty close. :chuckle: Actually I think mine is smaller. :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: shoot-em-dead on December 08, 2010, 08:24:40 AM: No shame in that deer :tup: . My brother-in-law shot a button buck like that on the last day of the season about 5 years ago. We brought it home thinking the kids would be excited but his oldest boy (5 at the time) says " you should have let it growd up". Congrates on the deer.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Machias on December 08, 2010, 08:33:25 AM: Quote from: shoot-em-dead on December 08, 2010, 08:24:40 AM
" you should have let it growd up".

:chuckle: You gotta love kids, brutally honest!!!
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 08, 2010, 08:41:25 AM: Quote from: Forrestrover on December 06, 2010, 09:19:02 PM
That's the cutest deer on this forum !

:chuckle: :chuckle:
nice job filling the freezer Machias. 8)
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: 400out on December 08, 2010, 08:46:28 AM: very good eating there! You filled your tag ;) :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Band on December 08, 2010, 01:25:52 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on December 08, 2010, 08:41:25 AM
nice job filling the freezer Machias. 8)
Well, a small corner of it anyway. :chuckle:

Sorry, just having a little more good-natured fun with you. ;)
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: 6x6in6 on December 08, 2010, 02:02:31 PM: Bet a tenderloin will fit quite nicely on a hot dog bun. :chuckle:

Nice work! Got eats right there! :)
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 08, 2010, 02:03:54 PM: You guys are brutal...
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: stillhunter on December 08, 2010, 02:08:58 PM: Yep, that is gonna taste way better than my tag steak even after i hang it in the cooler to age and marinate it before I crock pot cook it. :tup: Good venison veal right there.
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: MHWASH on December 08, 2010, 02:20:49 PM: Quote from: Machias on December 08, 2010, 08:33:25 AM
Quote from: shoot-em-dead on December 08, 2010, 08:24:40 AM
" you should have let it growd up".

:chuckle: You gotta love kids, brutally honest!!!

My 8yo is really into big bucks. He hunted hard with me for two days. On the last day I told him I was shooting the first legal deer I could. He opted to stay home. When I brought my doe home he was not even interested in looking at it. Of course the 4yo loved it and wanted to eat some meat that stayed on the hide. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Unit 130 Muzzy Mulie
Post by: Gutpile on December 08, 2010, 05:10:45 PM: Quote from: MHWASH on December 08, 2010, 02:20:49 PM
Quote from: Machias on December 08, 2010, 08:33:25 AM
Quote from: shoot-em-dead on December 08, 2010, 08:24:40 AM
" you should have let it growd up".

:chuckle: You gotta love kids, brutally honest!!!

My 8yo is really into big bucks. He hunted hard with me for two days. On the last day I told him I was shooting the first legal deer I could. He opted to stay home. When I brought my doe home he was not even interested in looking at it. Of course the 4yo loved it and wanted to eat some meat that stayed on the hide. :chuckle:

Thats funny. You didn't tell me that. He totally dissed you? LOL!!