Old Mulie

[Northern Rancher]

I laid this old campaigner low on Thursday A'M-I wish I could say I stalked him all day etc but I was taking the boys out to start still hunting saw him laying in his bed-got a good rest and doublre lunged him when he got up. I had to reach out a bit to him(420 of Ty's steps) but I had a good rest. He won't net score squat but he's got a 190 inches of horn-an old sdandhills buck on the downside of life. Saw some reall good young bucks later that day.

 

[Angus Cattle Shower]

There ya go NR, shooting all of the little ones on me . lol.



Glad you had a good time, and glad to see it went better than mine. Did you taste him yet?

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Pretty nice buck. I bet some of those younger buck you saw were his.
Britts been walking alot she has her sights on this big boy that's cruising around.

 

[PureCountry]

Great buck Northern! His beams look like a Mulie, but those close tines look like a Whitey.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Great buck Northern! His beams look like a Mulie, but those close tines look like a Whitey.

I think we have some Hy-breds in this country.

 

[Mike]

Two year-old mule deer are most frequently mistaken for hybrids. This is because of their smaller antler development and the fact that the dichotomous branching, producing the big "forks", usually does not occur until the buck is 3 years old. Young mule deer sometimes give the appearance of a very large white-tailed deer, especially if it's tail has a dark stripe down the back, as sometimes occurs. Mule deer in some areas, like southern California, have a dark band running down the back of their tails.

 

[Northern Rancher]

How about ten year olds lol. I think he was just so old he was getting junky.

 

[Southdakotahunter]

He is a beautiful deer..................very very nice. I shot one a few years back that scored 165 after deductions and 170 gross. Yours looks as big if not a little bigger. He would be considered a hog here in SD.

 

[Northern Rancher]

He grosses right at 190 I haven't figured out his net at all yet-he'll look p[retty nice in a European mount. If you get in good country and spend some time there are a fair number of this class of buck out there. South Dakota-check out that 'whitetail warrior' a few posts down-he's truly a hog.