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Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/11/17 08:25 PM
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These big bucks have a way of disappearing for a while, like they know when the season starts...and ends. [img:left] [/img] [img:left] [/img]
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/11/17 08:54 PM
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Looking great ! Hope you all get a monster this year !
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 01:10 PM
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Nice! I'm going to hunt a Texas Miley someday!
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 01:56 PM
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Do you need any new friends? I'll be one, if so... Nice looking bucks!
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 02:17 PM
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Do you need any new friends? I'll be one, if so... Nice looking bucks! I second that! haha
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 04:48 PM
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 06:47 PM
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ErnestTBass
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Great looking deer. Where in West Texas?
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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#6918150
10/12/17 06:48 PM
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 07:05 PM
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Love the width on the top one. Good luck
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 07:08 PM
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Id like to know how much that bottom Mule deer weighs he is a hoss.
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 08:03 PM
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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#6918273
10/12/17 08:50 PM
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TexasUplander
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its amazing how they do that isnt it. its not uncommon for me to see 15-20 different bucks in a day or 2 and rarely if ever see a big mature one even though you know they are around. and people think muelys are stupid!!!
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 09:47 PM
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Id like to know how much that bottom Mule deer weighs he is a hoss. Very perceptive ST. These are sandhills bucks. We have been out there for going on 12 years now. For some unknown reason (to me) these bucks are huge bodied deer, much larger than Trans Pecos mule deer, and also the deer you find in Southern NM in the Guadalupe's. The mature bucks we killed were so large, we used to weight them on the ranch foreman's cotton scales. Many of them had a live weight (prior to field dressing) of 320lbs +/-. These are a good example too:
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/12/17 10:27 PM
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He would be my prime target.
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 12:20 AM
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goodness. you have some real monsters in your area. you must be FAR west tx near hobbs NM. Id like to know how much that bottom Mule deer weighs he is a hoss. Very perceptive ST. These are sandhills bucks. We have been out there for going on 12 years now. For some unknown reason (to me) these bucks are huge bodied deer, much larger than Trans Pecos mule deer, and also the deer you find in Southern NM in the Guadalupe's. The mature bucks we killed were so large, we used to weight them on the ranch foreman's cotton scales. Many of them had a live weight (prior to field dressing) of 320lbs +/-. These are a good example too:
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 03:01 AM
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To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 05:01 AM
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Those are two nice deer. The second one will out score the first one but his mass and width are really cool. If you locate and stay with the does through the rut, the biggest bucks in the area will eventually show themselves. They'll travel several miles during the rut.
I hunted the western Texas panhandle for 25 years for mule deer and 300 pound deer were not uncommon. Also horn size can surprise most people if not from the area. These are sand hill deer with surrounding farm ground. I've taken many 160-170 class bucks plus one non-typical that grossed 203" and the state record non-typical archery buck that officially scored 222 6/8's.
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 12:35 PM
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My dad and I use to have a place up north of Childress by the river years ago. They got this big. My dad took one over 300 lbs. It was the best kind of hunting....free.
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 12:44 PM
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Those are two nice deer. The second one will out score the first one but his mass and width are really cool. If you locate and stay with the does through the rut, the biggest bucks in the area will eventually show themselves. They'll travel several miles during the rut.
I hunted the western Texas panhandle for 25 years for mule deer and 300 pound deer were not uncommon. Also horn size can surprise most people if not from the area. These are sand hill deer with surrounding farm ground. I've taken many 160-170 class bucks plus one non-typical that grossed 203" and the state record non-typical archery buck that officially scored 222 6/8's. Post them up.......please!
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 06:00 PM
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xitnet
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Here you go Pitchfork: 203 Gross non-typical - rifle - 2014 222 6/8" non-typical - Bow - 2007
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 06:32 PM
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 06:37 PM
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Here you go Pitchfork: 203 Gross non-typical - rifle - 2014 222 6/8" non-typical - Bow - 2007 Incredible deer! Congrats.
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/13/17 07:11 PM
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Re: Couple of Good Muley Prospects
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10/14/17 03:47 AM
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Have they ever figured out if the panhandle mule deer are desert muleys or not? I've been told they are Rocky Mountain mule deer
I talked to a guy that had a buck in his truck that scored 211" and weighed 312 lbs on the hoof.
Said he killed it in the Sandhills in pecos county but I'm not sure where that is
Deer looked like a horse
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