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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/12/20 06:58 PM
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dkershen
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Very good story and stud of a muley! Congrats!!
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/12/20 07:14 PM
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Dodge_Rock
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2019 was a great year and I sure enjoyed reading about your hunt. It don't get much better.
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/12/20 08:24 PM
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duckhunter175
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Man that is an incredible deer!!
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/14/20 03:07 PM
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stxranchman
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Thanks again everyone.
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
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06/15/20 03:06 AM
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Very well done, both of you.
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: Stub]
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06/15/20 03:25 AM
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Awesome buck and great write up. Good to have good friends What do you think caused the small hole in the skull, maybe a poacher with a 22 or fighting another buck? Sorry Stub I missed your question. That hole probably is from fighting. That side of the rack had been broken into the skull in a previous year. You can see how it is larger at the base on that side and grew back differently after it healed up. My guess is he probably broke that hole antler side out of his skull at some time. I have seen WT bucks break an antler out their skull and grow weird antlers on that side for a year or two. I have seen them break that side out of their skull every year after the first year also. Some heal up and never break that antler side out again just have abnormal antler growth on that side. I think this bucks very nontypical left antler is a result from some type of skull/pedicle damage at some point in is his life.
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/15/20 04:06 PM
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stud of a deer and great write up ... I was visualizing completely, even a bit of buck fever leading up to the shot, then the adrenaline rush following the shot but not seeing the deer drop. Great friends are hard to come by but sounds like you have one for sure.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/18/20 03:39 PM
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Great story! Wonderful buck! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/18/20 05:38 PM
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Great write up and awesome buck! Had me on the edge of my seat. Well done to you and your friend. Friends like that are hard to come by these days.
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/18/20 10:35 PM
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Thanks again everyone
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/18/20 11:03 PM
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A couple of pics from the next morning. He had over 42" of mass and was 26.4 inside on spread. He dressed 185 lbs and only showed 5.5 on age from his toothwear but I knew he had to be at least 7 yrs old. holy cow, I mean muly
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
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06/29/20 04:44 PM
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That's a stud for sure! Great write up and awesome friend you have there!
Don't take life so seriously, you'll never make it out alive!
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/30/20 08:45 PM
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Thanks again.
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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06/30/20 11:42 PM
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All the way around that is a great tale. Did I miss the gross score?
Let'em grow old
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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07/16/20 08:29 PM
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Got my MD mount in the house finally and put it next to my WT mount...both were killed last year.
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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07/16/20 09:26 PM
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As has been said by many, they are both TREMENDOUS Trophies, but for what its worth, Ill take the WT ALL DAY LONG!!! Thanks for posting that setup. Helpful to have them in perspective with each other etc.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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07/16/20 09:31 PM
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kmon11
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STX great writeup and pics. Congrats on a very cool buck.
Nothing like closing the deal on a buck you have history with and sharing the hunt with a great friend.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
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07/16/20 10:15 PM
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Great story, deer and mount!
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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07/19/20 12:04 AM
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Brian C.
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Great year! Congratulations!
God Bless Texas!!! Godspeed our Military!
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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07/20/20 12:11 AM
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Great deer and just super write up. I felt I was almost there when you fired but could not see the deer. What else can one say about your friend and the hunt, Just great.
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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07/20/20 12:23 AM
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stxranchman
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Thanks again everyone
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
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07/20/20 02:20 AM
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Great story of a great buck! Congrats!
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Re: A great friend and my Mule Deer buck of a lifetime
[Re: stxranchman]
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07/20/20 06:49 PM
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Awesome buck, and awesome story Sir.
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