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Thanks. We were sitting in my portable blind when the buck appeared. We used a rangefinder to get the yardage at 91. He had practiced the evening before at 75yds.. he was not comfortable shooting that far offhand....so I let him use my Hawken as a shooting stick. The buck offered a perfect broadside shot.
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Nothing for my Blackwidow HF1225 this yr. Back in the thicket I finally found a great setup- for next yr. My back and shoulders aint doing well, been shooting too much for too long, even my little 48# is eating me up. Might be done with all archery according to doc, see if I heal up. Hope to get a P&Y with the recurve next yr.
Killed a few several yrs back with newer Blackwidows (couple of SA2's built). Nothing bigger than 100". I think 3 yrs ago I popped a spike with a BW HS58.
Too bad it wasn't a Booner!
Anyway, congrats on a nice deer and such a cool rig!
Glad somebody knows how to get it done
SoonerMedic
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You know, I've gone back and forth on this subject as to if it's a mule deer or whitetail and I still haven't come to any real conclusion. The way his rack starts and then bifurcates into two more beams makes me think mule deer, but his ears don't seem big enough. So I'm still debating on if it's a mule or white tail.
Arkansas Paul
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Got a doe yesterday evening but didn't get any pics.
Guess it don't count.
Guess it don't count.
Shanghai McCoy
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I have heard that they, whitetail and mule deer, have been known to cross breed. I have a vague recollection that blacktail deer antlers sometimes had that look to them as well. Either way it's a fine buck.
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I would imagine that is probably what happened....he probably had most of the genetics of a whitetail but somehow got the mule deer's antler traits? Who knows, I'm certainly not going to worry about it too much lol. Thank you again!
Sooner,
Unless you shot that deer in western/northwestern Oklahoma, it's a whitetail. It looks like a whitetail. It's built like a whitetail. But....there is a chance that somewhere in its genetic code was a recessive gene from a crossbreed a long time ago. But I think you just have a really cool whitetail who's right mainbeam split while growing. Regardless, I'm jealous. It's an awesome trophy.
Unless you shot that deer in western/northwestern Oklahoma, it's a whitetail. It looks like a whitetail. It's built like a whitetail. But....there is a chance that somewhere in its genetic code was a recessive gene from a crossbreed a long time ago. But I think you just have a really cool whitetail who's right mainbeam split while growing. Regardless, I'm jealous. It's an awesome trophy.
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I shot him just about 12 miles west of Ardmore. But I agree, it's one of the two. His ears alone don't say mule to me....
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Not mine, but some guys from my hunt club out here in VA bought landowner rifle tags for my family's ranch out in NM (Unit 2, same place I took my elk). 4 out of 4 successful, all look like good bulls.
Really glad they arent coming back empty handed... dont know if I could have lived it down.
Really glad they arent coming back empty handed... dont know if I could have lived it down.
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Oh yeah it counts......but we would have liked to see it.Got a doe yesterday evening but didn't get any pics.
Guess it don't count.
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I spotted a bachelor group of three Muley bucks including this guy moving to a bedding spot at about 8 am. After spending the next 1.5 hours creeping and belly crawling around rock out croppings I managed to get 47 yards from the where the biggest of the group was bedded. I set up behind a tall rock and settled in to wait for a good shot. After about 15 minutes the bucks must have seen some small movement because the smallest got up and started to move out, the biggest gave me a broadside shot and waited around just a bit too long.
Here is my view from behind the rock as I was waiting for the deer to give me a shot. One deer was under the tree just to the right of the rock, the smallest was in the clearing to the right of that, and my buck was in the shadow, under the tree to the right of the clearing... You can't see any of them very well in the picture though.
I spotted this Antelope buck and 20 of his girlfriend's about 3/4 of a mile from the road as I was driving up to my intended hunting spot. I was able to hike around the other side of the hill from them and stalk within 290 yds... There wasn't a speck of cover closer than that.
I put a lot of boot leather down looking for elk over the course of several weekends this year. On a Saturday a few weeks ago, one other hunter and I decided to park one truck at Cow Creek Mountain, the other at Bull Gap and hunt our way from one truck to the other. What looked like about 3.25 miles of decent terrain on the topo map wound up being over 5 miles of constant and abrupt elevation change. We wound up having to hike out over Cow Creek Mountain because the route we had planned around it was blocked by a large rock wall. Didn't see hide nor hair of any Elk. Here's a pic looking back at Bull Gap.
After picking up my truck we went to check out another area that 300 head had been reported on the day before. On the way we saw a herd of about 100 elk on private land, and thought that we might be able to intercept them on a section of BLM that they were headed for. We ran along the ridges of the hills on the BLM section and got set up just in time for the herd to move through the valley about 170 yds below us. I knocked down this cow and another hunter got a yearling.
After an hour and a half of quartering and skinning, I hiked the quarters, backstraps, tenderloins and head out on two frame pack loads (not a smart move, my back is just now getting back to normal). Two hours to drive back and pack up camp and 2.5 hours to drive home. I don't think I've ever been as exhausted as when I rolled into the driveway.
The tallest mountain in the background of the last two pictures is Laramie peak, which was visible from where all three animals were shot.
Giving the quarters a rinse before heading to the processor.
10 ft^3 freezer, elk on the left, deer in the middle, antelope on the right.
Here is my view from behind the rock as I was waiting for the deer to give me a shot. One deer was under the tree just to the right of the rock, the smallest was in the clearing to the right of that, and my buck was in the shadow, under the tree to the right of the clearing... You can't see any of them very well in the picture though.
I spotted this Antelope buck and 20 of his girlfriend's about 3/4 of a mile from the road as I was driving up to my intended hunting spot. I was able to hike around the other side of the hill from them and stalk within 290 yds... There wasn't a speck of cover closer than that.
I put a lot of boot leather down looking for elk over the course of several weekends this year. On a Saturday a few weeks ago, one other hunter and I decided to park one truck at Cow Creek Mountain, the other at Bull Gap and hunt our way from one truck to the other. What looked like about 3.25 miles of decent terrain on the topo map wound up being over 5 miles of constant and abrupt elevation change. We wound up having to hike out over Cow Creek Mountain because the route we had planned around it was blocked by a large rock wall. Didn't see hide nor hair of any Elk. Here's a pic looking back at Bull Gap.
After picking up my truck we went to check out another area that 300 head had been reported on the day before. On the way we saw a herd of about 100 elk on private land, and thought that we might be able to intercept them on a section of BLM that they were headed for. We ran along the ridges of the hills on the BLM section and got set up just in time for the herd to move through the valley about 170 yds below us. I knocked down this cow and another hunter got a yearling.
After an hour and a half of quartering and skinning, I hiked the quarters, backstraps, tenderloins and head out on two frame pack loads (not a smart move, my back is just now getting back to normal). Two hours to drive back and pack up camp and 2.5 hours to drive home. I don't think I've ever been as exhausted as when I rolled into the driveway.
The tallest mountain in the background of the last two pictures is Laramie peak, which was visible from where all three animals were shot.
Giving the quarters a rinse before heading to the processor.
10 ft^3 freezer, elk on the left, deer in the middle, antelope on the right.
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mgmorden
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Not the most attractive pic in the world as this was after dragging her back to the truck (I shot this one just before dark and it was way too dark for a pic where she fell), but this is all I've got this season so far. Trying again a few more times hoping for a buck.
She was shot with my Marlin XS-7 7mm-08. I hit a little far forward but she didn't run more than 15 yards.
She was shot with my Marlin XS-7 7mm-08. I hit a little far forward but she didn't run more than 15 yards.
SoonerMedic
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This was certainly not the rabbit I was out hunting for yesterday. Was strange though, as I was walking a creek bed I turned around to go back to where I came from. Instead of walking the creek back I decided to go up the bank and see if I could see anything. As soon as I got to the top I look over the crest and I see this guy running in my general direction. Maybe 10 yards left of me had he kept running. I clicked the safety on the trusty ol' Remington nylon model 77 in .22 thinking he would stop or at least look up or run off. SOMEthing! Well, he didn't so I took the shot on the fly and got a body shot which left him biting at whatever he thought bit him. I took another shot and disabled him completely. I thought I hit him in the head with the second shot but I guess not and when I was about 10 yards or so from him he turned and looked at me and I put one between the ears which put him down immediately. Kinda felt bad, as I don't want ANY animal to suffer....not even these guys. But, this is another first for me this year! Deer - Check! Coyote - Check!
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Ok, so I had to go get this back out of the freezer and take a look and really get a better idea. I took this picture and I think I have just been really confused by the one picture when he was laying on his side in the field. Looking now, it's definitely a Whitetail with a wonky right antler. Left beam is very obvious now looking closer at him. I just figured I would lay this to rest lol
Sooner,
Congrats on the yote! For an animal so weary, it's amazing how dumb and blind they can be sometimes. I had a friend a couple weeks ago kill two while duck hunting. They were actively engaging ducks and two yotes ran out to the pond bank to attack the decoys not 20 yards from them. And they weren't starving either. I've got pics of them somewhere.
Btw, after looking at that pic I think I've changed my mind on your deer..... definitely an antelope.
Congrats on the yote! For an animal so weary, it's amazing how dumb and blind they can be sometimes. I had a friend a couple weeks ago kill two while duck hunting. They were actively engaging ducks and two yotes ran out to the pond bank to attack the decoys not 20 yards from them. And they weren't starving either. I've got pics of them somewhere.
Btw, after looking at that pic I think I've changed my mind on your deer..... definitely an antelope.
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Congratulations on the coyote Sooner. You are having a pretty good season. 
I had a coyote out in front of my blind yesterday but since I was deer hunting I went ahead and gave him a pass.
I did put the sights of the old Winchester on him a couple times but then I thought, "I could kill you anytime, but not today..."
I had a coyote out in front of my blind yesterday but since I was deer hunting I went ahead and gave him a pass.
I did put the sights of the old Winchester on him a couple times but then I thought, "I could kill you anytime, but not today..."
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