wiltznucs just texted me a photo of a big mulie he killed. Score? .

Nice. That's a beast.

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My wife saw it in Pollock about a week ago.

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So many comments to be made if we were on the OT...

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OT

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At least it's not as fat as Kate Upton

Thanks Wick,

This area of Nebraska isn't known for turning out giants but has a good population of whitetails and mule deer. I've seen 40-50 or more mule deer a day. Been a lot of fun but we weren't seeing many older bucks.

This morning that changed. After missing a narrower but taller mule deer this morning I was pretty dejected. It was an off hand shot at a moving deer at 100 yards and I missed by a country mile.

We spotted this guy a short time later bedded down on top a little ridge near some does. We could tell he was wide and decided to give him a go. He was half a mile out and we tucked into a canyon and snaked around to the finger we thought he was on.

As it worked we popped up to the top and he was on the adjacent ridge. He was standing with a dozen does and extending his neck to scratch his shoulders using his rack. Pretty picturesque scene.

So we quickly dropped the bipod down and steadied up for the shot at about 150 yards. With all the does around the only shot I could get was head on so I dumped a 180gr Barnes X from the 300 Weatherby right in his chest. He made two steps and broke down. Pretty amped for my first mule deer.

As for score I have no idea. When I checked him in at the check station the Warden indicated that 150 B&C or better make it into the state record books. He indicated this deer would have no problems.

Where is the snow? Not sure if I believe pic with no snow.









Congrats man, that's a good one.

Nice deer. Guided or on your own?

Looks like the big guy from the outdoor show The Bone Collector!

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Nice deer. Guided or on your own?

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I've hunted with this outfitter for turkeys for the past 2-3 years. Me and the outfitter hit it off pretty well. The area hasn't been hunted for big game other than the local farmer who owns it. This year they decided to try their hand at outfitted deer hunts. Myself and two others were the guinea pigs.

The farmer actually acted as the guide along with outfitter. All three hunters ended up filling tags. Two solid whitetails and this muley. The whitetail guys hunted from stands and my hunt was spot and stalk.

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Did it exit?

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No, didn't recover the bullet but looks like it got held up around the hip.

Those rounds are mean. Great deer. Congrats.