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What do you think about this mulie?
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02/17/19 10:53 PM
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This buck was killed by a mountain lion. He was on the ranch we hunted in Chihuahua in January. So I want to know do you think this deer was; a cull? a trophy? or just a fork horn? I would have loved to have had a chance at him. I haven't hunted a lot of mule deer but I have not seen anything like him. Sorry for the big pics.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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#7436717
02/17/19 11:18 PM
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That's a lot of mass for a young buck....
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/17/19 11:27 PM
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Looks like he had potential to become a monster.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 12:46 PM
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I beg to differ and think he needed to be removed from the herd. Bases too large for a young Deer and the one long brow tine make me think it was an older Buck.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 01:09 PM
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Agree with Don. Just because a mulie doesn't look like a Rocky Mountain typical, doesn't mean it's young.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 01:38 PM
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 02:17 PM
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Old buck past his prime, maybe? Definitely would have taken him on the last day, but not a first-day trophy for me.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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#7437190
02/18/19 02:22 PM
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Old one. I'd have liked to have seen him in the field
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 02:31 PM
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Depends on the nature of the hunt. A paid hunt, I would have passed on him until the last day and then I would have probably passed on him even then. My ranch, I would have had a friend or kid take him out. If that deer was around, you can bet there are others that are considerably better. I think he was past his prime--an old man in human terms.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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#7437226
02/18/19 02:56 PM
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An old and genetically unusual buck IMO.
He would make an awesome euro mount in my eyes.
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02/18/19 04:11 PM
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Old buck probably on his way down.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 04:17 PM
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That's not a young buck, just the opposite IMO. Definitely a cull.
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02/18/19 04:30 PM
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Looks like a big old cull. Awesome deer regardless
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 04:36 PM
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Older buck for sure. Why didn't they clean it up before putting it on the wall? That's just nasty.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 09:46 PM
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 11:44 PM
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Older buck for sure. Why didn't they clean it up before putting it on the wall? That's just nasty. They had just found him. He isn't on the wall just propped up for a picture.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/18/19 11:46 PM
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i guess I would call him a cull trophy. He's big, he's heavy and he's unique but I wouldn't want a ranch covered up by his offspring.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/19/19 12:04 AM
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There is a reason he was targeted by the lion, he was probably the oldest in the area and easiest to kill.
If that’s a WT deer with bases like that, everyone on here would agre he was old and on the decline. No question he was old and needed taken out, nature just did the job for ya!
Still a cool find. His width doesn’t show on the wall, I was kinda surprised when I saw the photo with you and the head, much bigger than the first pics showed.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/19/19 12:24 AM
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There is a reason he was targeted by the lion, he was probably the oldest in the area and easiest to kill.
If that’s a WT deer with bases like that, everyone on here would agre he was old and on the decline. No question he was old and needed taken out, nature just did the job for ya!
Still a cool find. His width doesn’t show on the wall, I was kinda surprised when I saw the photo with you and the head, much bigger than the first pics showed. That's one of the guides holding him up. I agree that with that pic you can see how big that old mulie was.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/19/19 03:07 PM
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Would have been a trophy to me.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/19/19 05:29 PM
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Would have been a trophy to me. I agree, I killed a very similar buck "not nearly that much mass" years ago with a muzzleloader and it was a trophy to me. Older buck past his prime.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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#7438798
02/19/19 08:50 PM
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Would have been a trophy to me. Same here. I love it.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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#7438841
02/19/19 09:30 PM
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A Trophy is the consideration of the man or woman that killed it. I grew up in NM hunting #34 and around......this is a NICE deer. I would have been proud to shoot it.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/19/19 09:40 PM
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That is a heavy cull that needed to go. I would have busted him.
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Re: What do you think about this mulie?
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02/20/19 04:54 AM
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That is a "trophy cull."
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