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 Like the trophy whitetail thread, which I enjoyed quite a bit... I thought a Muley thread would not be out of place. This wonderful trophy of a lifetime was from south central BC, Darrel Schneider of Ashnola Guide and Outfitters was and is my hero! The gross B&C was 217 7/8, a mere 22 Pointer.  The rifle was my .257 AI with a Jack Carter 115 Trophy Bonded Bearclaw. Range was 325 and then 375. He was bigger on the ground, and the largest bodied deer of any species I have ever seen.Tell your tales, and share your moments.   Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | ||
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awesome!!! thanks for sharing.no muleies of my own yet but i hope so soon! | |||
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Damn 308Sako, that is a hell of a buck - and lots of character. Trophy mule deer is my love in life and there are not many of the caliber of yours. Congratulations! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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308, no Mulie for me yet, but I LOVE yours. That boy is Gnarly!  BTW, what is a 'Jack Carter' trophy bonded bear claw--is he the original designer of the bullet or is that a special version of the TBBC? Great Mount! Congrats on your trophy--Don | |||
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Jack Carter was the inventor and original power behind the TBB's. Used to buy direct from him at the old SCi conventions. Thanks for the nice comments, and may you all know the feeling of having a hunt like that one was!  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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This is mine. He was shot with a Muzzleloader. He gross scores 193. Ron  | |||
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Ron that is one goregous buck!  Thanks for sharing! Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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  Colorado in Oct 2006. Lucky, easy, quick, and short about sums up the hunt. It was the second morning and we drove into the ranch glassing bucks at day break across some meadows. The guide said we'd pull up to the top of the hill and set out a foot to glass the back side of some mountains along side a deep canyon. As luck would have it when he topped the hill where we were to park the truck there stood a bachelor heard of bucks with a couple of real nice shooters. I eased out of the truck and loaded my rifle as they bounded off down the hillside. The guide whistled and then whistled again real loud. As luck would have it the biggest buck of the bunch stopped and looked back at us when a 160 NAB smacked him in the base of the neck end of story. He scores in the 180s. Great bucks Guys! Congrats! Reloader | |||
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I guess I'm in a sharing mood today. LOL Here's a couple of the better muley's I've killed over the years. One from CO and one from MT. The pictures kind of suck, but you get what you can when you're alone. Montana buck 29", roughly 175"  Colorado buck. 27" 210 gross  | |||
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308, interesting intel on the TBBC, It's what I kind of figured. Nice bucks fella's. Reloader, I like a hunt like your's every once in a while! Or even often! Ivan, I think your pics are A-OK. I got my last Ga whitetail this year on the last evening with my bow, didn't even know I was gonna get to hunt that day.....glad I did, but I would have just as soon have been done 3 or 4 weeks previous if I could! | |||
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Here is my Muley..211 NT P&Y. Colorado,2001. Ive got a better pic somewhere..ill try and post later.  | |||
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[Posting for D.Nelson] D.Nelson's best Mule Deer...taken in near Gillette, Wyoming with her .308 in 1999. He scored 192 4/8.  | |||
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Wow, I am a sucker for big bucks laying in the snow... well done guys! T. Carr, was that buck of D.Nelson's taken with Mary and Marion Scott of the P Cross Bar? Looks like Mary's photography! Josh, one heck of a bow kill... I am impressed. Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Here is another 30" mulie I got with my Muzzleloader. I got this one last year.  | |||
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308Sako; I took that buck west of Gillette on Jerry Record's ranch. However, I did hunt with the Scott's at the P Cross after an antelope in 1997. So, the bad quality of my photo was due to a disposable camera. Regards, D. Nelson | |||
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D. Nelson, I wasn't knockin Mary's photo work as she has done some sweet shots. Appreciate the feedback. Idaho Ron, You make me wonder what kind of bucks you would kill if they let you out with a "real gun!"  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Well he is only about 22 inches but my first 4x4 and it was in the snow at dusk and a nice stalk and a good shot...and very fond memories... I was hunting with a great friend and I am no judge of trophies and I told him in advance that I was just looking for a represntative animal. I saw a herd of deer and was stalking them for about 30 minutes and then saw him off to my left about 150 yds away. I snuck into a better position, sat down, put up my little cross sticks was looking thru the scope and asked my friend "what do you think of him?" he said..."I think you should shoot him". Bang, dead deer.  Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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308Sako, I bet next you are going to say your gun has them new fangeled cartridges. I think it is just a fad. Smokeless powder is also just a fad. load um from the front and hang a big un on the wall. Here is a group from my gun.  | |||
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I haven't got the mount back yet but here is my CO plains Mule Deer.   | |||
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I shot this guy in NE Wyoming. I hunted him for 4 days and finally after spending the afternoon under a tarp,laying on the ground in a rain storm shot him at 387 yds, with my 270. I never scored him, but he is an honest 30in wide, 9 x 7 with velvet strips still on the antlers. This is the biggest mulie I have seen in 30 years of hunting Wyoming  | |||
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Seeing a grouping like this I think it is lucky for the game of North Americ that you hold yourself to black powder! LOL Yes I was teasing, and so were you.  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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I have been lucky with the black powder guns. How do you like you 257 AI? Ron | |||
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I describe it as the most rifle you can put on a medium action Sako. I took it to Africa in the past and used it on many Impala and other plains game. I was amazed at the penetration and the relative flatness with the Nosler 120 Partitions. Perhaps it is just a very lucky rifle for me, and sometimes I just have to be a bit different. The .257 AI is about done with it's barrel, so I am looking at the .260 Rem and an old friend the .358 Win on that action. Either of these would feed with just a little bit more slickness. Since we are making the move out to the desert permanent I am leaning much more to the .260 now. Thanks for the "jousting" and the sharing of the magnificent Mulies. Dave Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Dave, The 358 win is probably my favorite all time round but being in the desset without a doubt the 260 is a better choice. I had to laugh about your commnet of the 257AI being lucky. Perhaps you had a special secret? Like putting the bullet through both lungs of the animal. Funny how that works. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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