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Offline tonymiller7

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2019, 11:24:31 AM »
Get us a picture and we could tell you with a lot more certainty. Based on your description though, it sounds like the body is mostly whitey and the horns are muley, is that correct? In that case, I'd call it a muley according to the law.
I'm not asking for your buy off on whether or not it's a cross, strictly for the legality.  I give a pretty thorough description of what it looks like above. Unless wdfw tells him something different he's going with the 3 pt. Rule. 

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2019, 02:37:37 PM »
What I was trying to say is that the wardens would probably base the decision on the antlers. If it's a whitetail rack, it's a whitetail and legal. If it's a muley rack, its a 2 point and not legal.

I didn't see a description of the antlers at all. You described the body as whitetail like, so I assumed the antlers were mule deer like because you're asking about hybrids.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2019, 02:42:14 PM »
Get us a picture and we could tell you with a lot more certainty. Based on your description though, it sounds like the body is mostly whitey and the horns are muley, is that correct? In that case, I'd call it a muley according to the law.
I'm not asking for your buy off on whether or not it's a cross, strictly for the legality.  I give a pretty thorough description of what it looks like above. Unless wdfw tells him something different he's going with the 3 pt. Rule.

You say no mistake about it. That's pretty sure. How do you know? And if you know, why the question?

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2019, 03:20:00 PM »
Get us a picture and we could tell you with a lot more certainty. Based on your description though, it sounds like the body is mostly whitey and the horns are muley, is that correct? In that case, I'd call it a muley according to the law.
I'm not asking for your buy off on whether or not it's a cross, strictly for the legality.  I give a pretty thorough description of what it looks like above. Unless wdfw tells him something different he's going with the 3 pt. Rule.

You say no mistake about it. That's pretty sure. How do you know? And if you know, why the question?

I know because I have looked at tens of thousands of game camera photos from this area, I know what whitetails and mule deer look like, I have also seen whitetail bucks running with mulie does here so I know it's a possibility. My question lies in the fact that because it is neither a whitetail or mule deer, do antler restrictions apply or not?

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2019, 03:22:42 PM »
Species fluid? Editing my post as I looked above. There's all kinds of abnormalities that exist. You just seemed damn sure. My curiosity has more to do with the actual rarity vs the perceived. Call a game warden or WDFW. No one here has that answer.
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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2019, 03:26:03 PM »
What I was trying to say is that the wardens would probably base the decision on the antlers. If it's a whitetail rack, it's a whitetail and legal. If it's a muley rack, its a 2 point and not legal.

I didn't see a description of the antlers at all. You described the body as whitetail like, so I assumed the antlers were mule deer like because you're asking about hybrids.

That's not a good enough answer for me, it has muley coloring and larger ears so it could be mistaken if only looking at the head.  We're not trying to hide anything or sneak something by a gamewarden.  I want an answer and not an opinion.  I was hoping someone on here had come across this before which is why I posted.  The regional WDFW office couldn't even give me a good answer, they will get back to me after speaking to someone in enforcement.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2019, 03:29:49 PM »
Species fluid? Curious, how do you know?
Well obviously whatever answer I provide you will be insufficient, So I will say it is a very educated guess.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #22 on: October 07, 2019, 03:35:04 PM »
looking at page 16 of the regs, which shows how to tell the difference (of pure breeds) it looks like the determination would come down to the tail and metatarsal glands...since it's a 2 point the antlers are of little help. If the tail shows it's a whitetail then you would be legal (there is no way to measure a metatarsal gland on a live deer by a hunter so that is a mute point). Personally, if it has a whitetail's tail then it would fall under whitetail regs IMO. Just be sure to have the tail if stopped by a warden, and maybe a copy of the regs, especially page 16.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #23 on: October 07, 2019, 03:36:31 PM »
looking at page 16 of the regs, which shows how to tell the difference (of pure breeds) it looks like the determination would come down to the tail and metatarsal glands...since it's a 2 point the antlers are of little help. If the tail shows it's a whitetail then you would be legal (there is no way to measure a metatarsal gland on a live deer by a hunter so that is a mute point). Personally, if it has a whitetail's tail then it would fall under whitetail regs IMO. Just be sure to have the tail if stopped by a warden, and maybe a copy of the regs, especially page 16.

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That's part of the problem, the tail has the size and shape of a white tail but the bottom half of it is black.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #24 on: October 07, 2019, 03:38:43 PM »
There's all kinds of abnormalities that exist. You just seemed damn sure. My curiosity has more to do with the actual rarity vs the perceived. Call a game warden or WDFW. No one here has that answer.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #25 on: October 07, 2019, 03:41:05 PM »
There's all kinds of abnormalities that exist. You just seemed damn sure. My curiosity has more to do with the actual rarity vs the perceived. Call a game warden or WDFW. No one here has that answer.
I am damn sure, your sureness in my sureness isn't the point of my post.  I'm sure enough that it won't get shot without an official answer.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #26 on: October 07, 2019, 03:41:11 PM »
I'd hate for his first buck to get him into hot water and leave him in a legal bind. I'd pass on it.

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In this case I would just go by the 3 point minimum rule.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #27 on: October 07, 2019, 03:42:11 PM »
looking at page 16 of the regs, which shows how to tell the difference (of pure breeds) it looks like the determination would come down to the tail and metatarsal glands...since it's a 2 point the antlers are of little help. If the tail shows it's a whitetail then you would be legal (there is no way to measure a metatarsal gland on a live deer by a hunter so that is a mute point). Personally, if it has a whitetail's tail then it would fall under whitetail regs IMO. Just be sure to have the tail if stopped by a warden, and maybe a copy of the regs, especially page 16.

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That's part of the problem, the tail has the size and shape of a white tail but the bottom half of it is black.

Thats actually very common for whitetails to have black at the end of the tail.  Some have none, many have a little, some have a lot.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #28 on: October 07, 2019, 03:50:38 PM »
I think this has pretty much run it's course, this post was not supposed to be whether I did or did not get pictures of a hybrid.  If it was there would be pictures attached.  Thank you for your thoughts on the legality.  As it sits unless we get something from WDFW this deer gets a pass.

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Re: Hybrid bucks and point restrictions???
« Reply #29 on: October 07, 2019, 03:50:44 PM »
There's all kinds of abnormalities that exist. You just seemed damn sure. My curiosity has more to do with the actual rarity vs the perceived. Call a game warden or WDFW. No one here has that answer.
I am damn sure, your sureness in my sureness isn't the point of my post.  I'm sure enough that it won't get shot without an official answer.

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