CAN YOU?
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Time was when most men hunted and few women were among the ranks. Today, male mule deer hunters are a minority – maybe 10-15% of the populace of any western state. Oddly, women mule deer hunters are on the increase. That is not to say that female hunters are plentiful. It should be noted that there are less than half the total number of mule deer hunters there were some twenty years ago. It is anyone’s guess as to the reason for increasing numbers of female hunters, but I welcome it. I don’t know which kind of woman appeals to me more, one driving a four wheel drive pickup or one posing with a trophy buck. Either way, I like both. Feast your eyes on these sights, gentlemen.
A beautiful Henry Mountain Buck:
Looks like Mule Deer Hunters need to head east:
Carl Malone, of the Utah Jazz, killed this huge Mule Deer Buck:
Photo submitted by Paul Baxter
This buck was taken in Wyoming during the 2009 season:
Photos submitted by Paul Baxter
Mike Thompson of British Columbia killed these monster bucks. Note the size of the necks. Mike also does his part in saving mule deer by killing predators. Mike video records his hunts – to see these, visit 4everhunting.com
A few big mule deer bucks to whet your appetite:
Freaky Non-typical buck
Tripod fronts buck
Monster Muley Keene Buck
Whopper Non-typical Buck
Not Wide but lotsa Points Buck
Is this for REAL?
Born Again Buck
While bowhunting this year, I met this gentleman who told me that if I was born again, I could get a nice buck like the one he got – which incidentally, is a monster buck. He handed me this photo and I took a picture of it. He was delighted about the changes that had come into his life by being born again and attributed his hunting success to these changes. I had some shots at very nice muley bucks, but did not connect, leaving me in the unenviable position of not being a chosen one.
What do you think? Is this a new world record typical mule deer buck?
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Email submitted by Paul Baxter
This deer was shot 12 miles east of Monticello, Utah by Max Johnson in
1968. He kept it at his home and didn’t think much about it until his
son took it to the 2009 International Sportsman’s Expo in Utah. The
Safari Club staff had a booth near by and asked if they could measure
it. According to it’s method of scoring, it was 228. The Safari Club
folks returned it and announced that it was now the Club’s new world
record.
Max’s son is Keele Johnson, a good friend of mine and a former Utah
legislator, is one of the guides on the moose hunt with me in Alaska.
RG
A 22 year-old hunter from Globe Arizona arrowed this nice buck mule deer on the second day of the Unit 12 bowhunt. He was standing near a meadow in a rain storm watching two bucks feed past him. He shot the smaller of the two - claiming that the larger buck was huge. The larger buck never presented an acceptable shot so he shot the smaller one instead. This is his first archery buck and he may have a hard time doing better.
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