DeerAddiction4
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I’ve been lurking this sight for a couple years now and decided I’d join in on the fun.
Here’s a collage of MuleDeer growth from year to year that I’ve put together. This buck first hit the scene in 2018 as a cool looking typical with a small cheater (170ish). In 2019 he became a great buck but we passed him because of the potential he had. In 2020 we planned to hunt him in September but he managed to shed his velvet and right after this trail camera pic he disappeared days before the first week of season (We had a hunter who planned to hunt him the second week). We found him again in mid October and kept a close eye on him for our hunter who was committed to hunt that buck and only that buck if he was still intact in December. He later broke a whole side off in late November a week before the December season started. In 2021 he was a great deer but we had our efforts focused on other giants. (A farmer picked his sheds up and we scored him at about 205ish). In 2022 we had the hunter who wanted to hunt him in the December of 2020 back to hunt with us in September of 2022. The buck wasn’t showing up on camera and we couldn’t find him. In late August he showed up and we figured he might have put on a few inches from the last year. He once again was not the first week client's choice so we knew that our second week client would love to harvest a deer he had history with. Fast forward to September and we killed a great high 190s buck the first week. We killed this buck the first day of his hunt. He surprised us and grossed 221 nontypical and 210 typical.
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Here’s a collage of MuleDeer growth from year to year that I’ve put together. This buck first hit the scene in 2018 as a cool looking typical with a small cheater (170ish). In 2019 he became a great buck but we passed him because of the potential he had. In 2020 we planned to hunt him in September but he managed to shed his velvet and right after this trail camera pic he disappeared days before the first week of season (We had a hunter who planned to hunt him the second week). We found him again in mid October and kept a close eye on him for our hunter who was committed to hunt that buck and only that buck if he was still intact in December. He later broke a whole side off in late November a week before the December season started. In 2021 he was a great deer but we had our efforts focused on other giants. (A farmer picked his sheds up and we scored him at about 205ish). In 2022 we had the hunter who wanted to hunt him in the December of 2020 back to hunt with us in September of 2022. The buck wasn’t showing up on camera and we couldn’t find him. In late August he showed up and we figured he might have put on a few inches from the last year. He once again was not the first week client's choice so we knew that our second week client would love to harvest a deer he had history with. Fast forward to September and we killed a great high 190s buck the first week. We killed this buck the first day of his hunt. He surprised us and grossed 221 nontypical and 210 typical.
Thanks for reading this story
