Here's a great buck I found in New Mexico a few days before season. Not long after first light on opening morning we glassed him up and watched him bed down. We made a stalk and got to within 300 yards of him and waited a long 2 hours before he stood to give us a shot. Our client made the opportunity count and hammered him!

I did not think they got that big in the body in New Mexico!

Great looking buck.

Congratulations, beauty of a Buck

That's a dandy, am happy for you.

George

Proper!

Everything a mulie should be. Congrats to all.

A very, very rare deer in this state.

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
I did not think they got that big in the body in New Mexico!

+1

Nice rack to boot!

That is a big'un, does he go 30+ for spread?

Nice!

I'd have waited for a bigger one.



Not!

The largest deer Ive seen in my hunting career came out of Southern New Mexico and on the Texas border, those sandhill bucks are awesome, Ive not seen better in Mexico..but they are hard to hunt and far and few between in that big open country...tracking in the sand works best, walking in the sand is a killer. When I was a kid my best friends dad managed the old Frying Pan ranch in Texas fairly close to the Mexico border line. We very seldom saw any deer back then, but when we did it was an awesome sight..Better management has improved that area of New Mexico and Texas, and the strong desert feed grows big bucks..Its definatly a young mans hunt. It would be a great hunt horseback..But those ranches are booked up solid for several years in advance these days. The Texas record Mule deer was poached in that area and hangs in the Dept. of Public safety in that area today. I don't recall what town, mayby Rankin, but not sure.