Ray - You may be talking about some of the old patriarch bucks I am talking about. One possible weakness I may have noticed is early in the morning (which was usually when I was normally flying thru the area) the big bucks liked to get on the sunny side of their little hilltops out of the wind and soak up the warming sun.

That early morning sun makes them easy to spot if a fellow knows what he's looking for. And if you knew they were there on that hill, a guy might be able to move in for a shot if the wind gods were agreeable. Either come up behind them and jump them pretty close or possibly move up from the east while the sun was in their eyes.

Most likely it's a situation where a fellow is just going to have to make a long shot. But there are sure some deer out there worth the trouble for the hale and hearty.

WT Deer
Central Alberta
270 Winchester M70 Winlite 130 gr Sierra Gamekeing
320 yards went 50 yards with two shots
Weight 295lbs
Score 179 5/8 B&c net typical

Battle River, YES! Simply Splendiferous.

Location: Colorado - at 12500' Elevation
Type of Deer: Mulie
Gun / Ammo:Cabelas .54 Hawken hunter. 400 gr minie ball
Distance: ~110 yards off a cliff
How far Ran: Tumbled about 200 yards to a flat spot
Size: 27.5" wide 4x4
Exageratted size: "pushing 30 inches"

Need to scan pics in since it was before digital camera. Killed 7/8 bighorn sheep nearby the next year. Awesome country.

1. NW Wisconsin
2. Whitetail
3. Marlin 45-70 1895G
4. 40 yds.
5. 60 yds.
6. 9 points 165 lbs. dressed

battle river seen that deer in Big Buck. thats a good one.

Just west of Willow River, MN
semi-custom mauser
.280 Rem handloads w/150gr Nosler BT
Quarting away @ 150 yards
Dropped, kicked 3 times. The end.
200 lb 8 point white tail.

I was sitting strenuously in a tree stand and that rascal was walking through the woods and entered one of my precut shooting lanes. The bullet entered just in front of his right knee. I found the lead core just inside the hide on the left shoulder.

Largest...
WT Deer - Virginia - 1986
T/C Contender - 7mm International Rimmed
Shot @ 83 yards dropped on the spot.
183 lbs dressed & 161 6/8 B&C



Some other good ones from VA ...
All shot with a Contender in either 7mm or 309 JDJ
All ran less than 25 yards
Most shot at less than 100 yards but the last one was shot at 232 yards on 11/29/02. The closest shot was 15 yards.

Got this big boy back in '98, possibly the buck of a lifetime. Haven't topped him yet, although I'm not going to quit trying. Hunting big muleys is a special passion of mine, & the fire hasn't cooled even slightly. Maybe that's why it never snows in this frickin' state anymore....
But, to re-live past glories;


1. Eastern MT
2. Big ears, although his rack has some whitetail attributes. Almost certainly not a hybrid, though.
3. Pre '64 M70 300 Dakota, 180 gr Barnes X
4. ~ 150 yards
5. Staggered about five yards.
6. ? Two backpack loads of meat, plus the head & cape. Probably about 200# on the hoof. 205 7/8 net B & C Nontypical, 215 5/8 gross.
7. Remarkably, he hasn't gotten any bigger since.

1. NW Indiana
2. Whitetail
3. Rem. 870 SP shotgun/winchester foster slugs/12ga.
4. 35 ft. [fog on opening morning of 2001 season]
5. 30 yds.
6. 221 lbs. field dressed. Game biologist at check-in station said he was only 2 1/2 yrs. old. Gross score 139, with 17" inside spread.

Mad Dog

Rimrock,

That is an awesome Mulie!

Here is a picture of my largest Whitetail. It was officially scored and entered into the Pope and Young Record book with a registered score of 142-1/8. The deer was taken by Bow and arrow in Langlade County Wisconsin in early October 1990 with a single arrow at 28 yards from a tree stand. The deer was hit in the upper shoulder with approxiamately 11" penetration and did not leave a blood trail due to the high entrance wound with no exit hole. I enlisted a local trapper to help in the tracking and the deer was tracked by upset leaves on the ground and on bushes The deer went an estimated 450 yards. The deer was weighed at 235 pounds field dressed, estimated live weight at 320 pounds. The inside spread was roughly 19" with beam lenghts of 24", it was a near perfect 10 point and only 2 1/4" of antler score being deducted on the typical score sheet. Point of interest the afternoon this deer was taken had high winds with gusts approaching 40mph , the deer was walking along a swamp in route to feeding fields.


raamw: hope you don't mind, but I editted your post to make the picture smaller. Canuck

[ 12-10-2002, 18:37: Message edited by: Canuck ]

Pecos,
Somewhere on this forum, someone kindly posted that big desert muley we killed on the Frying pan ranch...He scored 235.5 as I recall and has more mass than any deer I have ever seen....Unfortunatly I don't know how to find it and pull it up and post it here....He is just unbelievable.

I 'Whelenized' this deer this past Friday evening in Kimble CO., TX.

.35 Whelen/250gr Hornady SP/2500fps
125 yds
We rough scored him at 137"
He has 5 1/2" Bases
Aged him at 6 1/2 yrs old.

This is my Montana (near Lewistown) mule deer taken on Sat Nov 30th. He is a 23 inch 3x4. About a 250 yd shot with my custom Remington 700 in 8.59 Galaxy (Lazzeroni Short Action .338). I was guided by my friend Keith Atcheson.

Anyway just wanted to share.

Too young and stupid to take a picture when I shot it.

At least I was smart enough to spend money on good taxidermy.

9 pt
156 3/8 B&C
Field dressed 165
Huge bases, 9 1/2" Brow tine x 6" Brow tine



[ 12-05-2002, 19:28: Message edited by: Buffalobwana ]

Battle River... All I can say to that whitetail buck is WOW!!

Lots of nice bucks here.

Nice buck there Wendell ... elegant, I'd say.

CHAPS:

A FEW YEARS BACK I SHOT A NICE WHITETAIL IN SASK-
KATCHEWAN USING A .257 IMP AND 120 GRAIN GRAND SLAM BULLETS. THE DEER WAS HIT IN THE LIVER AND
HE RAN ABOUT 100 YARDS.

THE DEER GROSSED 191 B & C AND MADE THE BOOK AS
A TIPICAL AS WELL AS A NON-TIPICAL. HE WEIGHTED
264# FIELD DRESSED. FOR POINTS, ONE CAN COUNT
15 OR 13 DEPENDING ON ONES DEFINATION OF A POINT.

THE DEER HAS A 29 1/2 INCH INSIDE SPREAD WITH
6 1/2 INCH BASES. HE IS STILL CARRYING 5" OF MASS
AT THE TIP OF HIS HORNS.

I HAVE CONTINUED TO HUNT SASKATCHWAN AND ALBERTA
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TOP THIS DEER.

Woody,
I'd sure like to see that buck! If you can't post a photo, feel free to send one email and I'll post it for you.

10 min from home,own land
Mule deer
Sako custom 35/404imp. A Square 275 lion load bullet
Too far
ran 100yd with no heart.
Scored 202 gross-190something net,I like the gross better.
Only weighed a bit over 200 dressed.
I am looking at a photo of him with my twin grandsons but I can't scan it for some reason. I'll figure this out and get it posted.Mark

1: South Central Montana
2: Whitetail
3: Browning A-Bolt 300 Win Mag using either 200 Partitions or 180 X Bullets (crap I feel old, I can't even remember which it was! Well, it was 12 years ago....)
4: 150 to 175 range
5: 30 yds or so
6: Didn't score it
7: At least 300 B&C
8:

I"ve never takem what I would consider a big deer if all we are talking about if mulies and whitetail etc... But if we can add elk, then we're talking a different game.

My biggest had 5 pts right antler and 6 pts on the left. Main beam right antler 47 inches, main beam left antler 49 inches. Lots of mass throughout. Rifle used was a Rem 700 ADL in 7mm Mag with handloaded ammo. Bullet took the bull in the middle of the neck and the animal dropped to the shot. Not very far on the shot, maybe 100 yds which is why I went for the neck. Animal was in the open and if I botched the neck shot I could have put at least 1 more in the chest before he made it to the timber. Have no idea what he scored, I've never tried to score anything I've taken. Good bull though. His carcass weighed 422 lbs hanging dressed with head, skin, lower legs removed.

Mac

The biggest deer I ever shot was a Whitetail with some real genetic problems. I used a doe tag on him because he had no visible antlers. Actually he did have one antler growing down the side of his head about 6" long, and the other was a stub. He was an old toothless buck and stunk bad; I smelled him before I saw him. Meat had to be fed to the dogs. He weighed somewhere over 300 lbs. shot with a 7 MM RM at around 30 yds. I have a picture, but it's not worth seeing.

Hmm, biggest deer...okay.

1. Powder River Breaks, MT
2. Muley
3. 300 Jarrett 165gr BT at approx 3450fps
4. 387 yds
5. approx 2yds---shoulder shot
6. deer was non-typical 6x6 with 28" inside spread. Gross score of 197 B&C. Weight without internal organs 298lbs weighed at butcher.
7. sorry no pics, just video

True Eyes

Battle River-
That's a really nice deer for an old guy like you.
Here's my biggest (so far), killed on my birthday this year.


Rifle: 250 Savage
Range: Not too far
Shot: In the heart
Score: About a jillion

How many of you have killed a buck with an inside-spread larger than your waist size?!

I have the pleasure of posting this great picture for 358Mark....



Beautiful buck, Mark. Details!!

Canuck

Thanks for posting pic for a computer illiterate.I got him just a few miles from home on my south pasture. Scored 202 30" inside with 29.5" beams.The guys who scored him figured 7 yr. old.Got him with one shot from my 35/404imp. using A-Square 275gr. lion load bullets @ 2900fps.He was quartering away,bullet went in between back 2 ribs and came out off shoulder.Game over. The local wildlife club is having it mounted as prize for big buck nite. Mark

The one I missed and it keeps getting bigger every day I'm sorry i just could not resist.

Best Buck:

2001, shot in South Dakota. 9x8 non-typical whitetail. Shot with my old Remington 600 in 6mm. One of my handloads, a 55 gr. Nosler BT. hit right in the numbers. Ran 80 yards, stopped, and dropped. 22 inch inside spread, 25 inch main beams. What a dandy! I'll never forget it.

My best deer. Sonora, Mexico 1997. Shot him on the 5th day of a 7 day hunt with a .280 at about 175 yards. I hit him in the heart and he ran 100 yards and dropped. Got it all on video thanks to my good friend, Richard Owens of AZ. When I walked up on this deer there was no ground shrinkage. I was literally acting like a little kid. His outside spread is 37 3/4 and he scored 205 typical B&C. This was a super hunt as I also shot a B&C Coues Deer. Since this hunt I have not shot another mulie here in MT. I'm starting to get the itch so I think it's time to go south again...................

Super animals guys....Keep the pictures coming!!!

Posted for "Woody", two Sask bucks:





[ 12-13-2002, 06:26: Message edited by: Nickudu ]

My next two biggest bucks last two years.

Same 270 load and taken at 275-315 yards

BR

Battle River,

Really nice bucks. Your deer up there never cease to amaze me with the mass of antlers and body size. Good Job.