I did manage to get this 8.5 yr old, over the hill, 37" bruiser. Shot with a 7mm08 and 140 Accubond bullet @ 240 yds.

Very cool looking old Buck, nice job!
Thanks for posting the picture

The other one was bigger, but that one has a lot more character. Congratulations on a really special buck.

Very cool.

I'd love to kill and old mule deer buck like that one. Lots of character.

Thanks for posting it.

Nice Buck! Is it just me or does he seem to have an unusually wide spread?

Damned wide rack.
Measure it for us if you haven't ok?

Nice picture, he eating out of the feeder?

Thanks for sharing,
George

Boy!! Does that ol'boy have character

Thanks for posting

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Originally posted by georgeld:
Damned wide rack.
Measure it for us if you haven't ok?

Nice picture, he eating out of the feeder?

Thanks for sharing,
George

George, that trough has been there since 1950 at least, and hasn't been used in 40 years that I'm aware of. He's 37" wide at his widest outside point. I haven't scored the buck and probably won't, as I really do not care much.

Nice buck! I don't think I've ever seen one that wide.

Plan on getting it shoulder mounted or european mounted?

Probably do the shoulder mount just because he's so old and neat looking. I do love the width though too.

That's great old buck! Love the old characteristics of him!

That is a great looking Buck.
I am envious, beautiful ground also.

Doug

A gnarly old dude for sure.Congrats!!!

Where he is hunting are some of the biggest Mule deer in the world IMO..They are far and few between in a big country that's hard as hell to hunt..I used to book hunts there but the ranch owner stayed booked up 3 to 4 years in advance and thats a hard sell..I could go hunt there, but at my age I can't walk all day in sand hills, camp on the ground and get up at daylight and keep tracking...Biggest we got was 230 plus some..The hunters have the option to rebook before they leave the ranch, most do just that and it makes the waiting list that much longer..I think some outfit out of El Paso leased it and they are hunting it with 4 wheelers...I don't think that area can handle that kind of hunting pressure, I suspect they will kill the big ones out or the big ones will hop the fence to New Mexico...dunno?

Nice buck Raider, congratulations.

Super nice Raider. Excellent character all the way around and the deer isn't bad either. I think he was part moose.

That's a HUGE one by anyone's measure.

Wow, one of the widest Texas mulies I have ever seen! Well done.

Great buck. I love west texas mulies.

Very cool! Love to see someone connect with an old buck.

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Originally posted by OLBIKER:
A gnarly old dude for sure.Congrats!!!

Gnarly was the word that first came to mind for me also.

Great one, JG!

Wow...what an incredible old buck. Congrats on the wonderful trophy and on some fine shooting as well.

JG,
Nice Mulie, hard to turn down a 37" wide buck.

I just returned from Sonora Mexico & didn't see anything that wide!

Congrats on a fine trophy!

Jim

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Gnarly was the word that first came to mind for me also.

Frank, you mean Will is going to make his hide into wallets? :-)

Nice!