Hey guys, I just came back from a mule deer hunt in Alberta, WMU 305. I went with my dad and we shot two 180 class deer within two minutes of eachother. My question is whether Mule deer of this size are common for Alberta?

Mule deer netting 180 typical or better certainly aren't common in Alberta

Great! My complements on two gerat scoring deer! I have hunted 15 years and lived in Alberta for all of my life, and still dont have a 180 class mule deer!

WOW! That is absolutely stellar!
I hunt in that WMU a fair amount too, and I've only ever heard of couple in the 180 range in recent years. I have noticed the bucks are becoming more plentiful and larger since this WMU changed to a draw system.

Would you be so kind as to share some pictures of those bucks with us.

Thanks,


GordM

Yes where are the pictures?

Bulldog,...congrats...your dad and yourself have a hunt to remember

Congrats, I hunt the northern part of that zone a fair bit and those are good deer for the region, good deer for any region in my books. Headed out tomorrow myself with my mulie draw.

Dont be offended by this but a. who taped these deer and b.could you post a photo?

180 class deer are out there in this zone, but do not predict this class of deer to be in this area for long, the way your outfitter is running, This is due to having 40 deer allocations for a relatively small area. After the representative 180 bucks have been killed off of newly"leased" ranches. The Miule hunting will return to the norm of 140-160 being a decent buck in the area.there is a graet mule population in 305. BTW

I call BS on Bulldog! You've had a week now to post those pictures and it hasn't happened yet. WTF?

Maybe your guide had you believe those apparent "180 class" mulies were in fact elk. Nothing wrong with an elk scoring 180 though.
If you collect enough antlers of that size, you could make a dandy chandelier for a log home someday.