Openine Morning 2010 Nevada Muley

August first was the opener to Nevada's archery season and my dad was fortunate enough to sneek to within 40 yards of this giant. I havent put a tape to him as we are being extremely careful with the velvet so feel free to guess his score. I also have an archery tag but missed a buck a little smaller as I was packing this guy out. Theres always next time though.
Me holding my dads buck
Dad holding his buck
Scenery on the pack out
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oakbrush
Awesome!

Gongrats to your dad.


oakbrush
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Springville Shooter
Wow!!! what a way to kick off the 2010 season on the Madness. Hope there are more bruisers like this to come. Congrats to your dad and good luck to you. My uneducated guess is 183.----------SS
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ridgetop
I'd say he'd score in the mid to upper 160s Net and mid 170s Gross.. Great looking buck. Congrats. 10sign:
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killerbee
way to kick off the season! comgrats to your dad!! :thumb
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WinMag
Wow! Congrats to your dad. :thumb Hope the rest of your hunt goes just as well. :thumb
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Such a sweet deep forked buck! The clean velvet is great also. Congrats.

Huntin101
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182BC...4Now!
Congrats! That's a great looking buck! I'll guess he's around the 180" mark. 10sign:
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BOHNTR
What a beautiful looking velvet typical. Congratulations to the hunter on a terrific mule deer.

Score? Well, he's a trophy no matter what the number ends up. Having said that, his only weakness is short main beams & inside spread. Even with that, I'd put him netting in the low to mid 170's. Hope I see one like him in a few weeks, as I'll be after one like him in a heart beat. Thanks for sharing with us.
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That is an archery hunters dream buck, well done!!

10sign: =D>
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sneekeepete
10sign: Great Buck and what an awesome way to start out 2010!
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firefighterbraun
Great looking buck! He'll look good on the wall! Only 18 more days for us here in Utah.....then the hunt will be on!
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Awsome buck. I can only hope to see one like that come the opener here in utah
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stillhunterman
Very, very nice. Well done! 10sign:
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PhillyB
Congrats... that is an awesome buck. Did you guys find him opening morning or had you been watching him for a while before the season?

Seeing a buck like that makes the wait for the 21st even longer.
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thats awesome. did you get it on video by chance?
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Tyewire
WOW! you have made it even harder on me waiting till the opener!! I as well will be hunting father and son. Congrads to your dad!
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AGCHAWK
AWESOME!!! That is one heck of a buck! CONGRATS to your father.
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10sign: Congrats to your father! I don't care what it scores, it is a bruiser.
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Tonoonyi
Absolutely great (192") buck. lol
10sign: Nice job and congrats to your dad.
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hardstalk
sweeet! i went scouting this weekend and brought my bow incase i jumped something sunday morning but forgot my tag! it was only nine hours away... congrats hes a brute what unit are you guys hunting?
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NotEnufTags
And so it starts ... What a great way to start of the season. I was wondering how much longer before we start seeing some 2010 archery bucks posted. Congrats to you and your dad. Hope to see aa pic of you soon with your second chance buck. Best of luck to you. Thanks for posting.
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one hunting fool
Great tagout!!!! Ohhhh baby 18 days and counting
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Buckmaster
Congrats to your Dad! What a trophy in anyones book, regardless of the score! 10sign: 10sign:
Good luck to you for the remainder of the hunt!
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swbuckmaster
Id say a nice gross170's buck net under 170.

way to go
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GUTPYLZ
Since I live in Nevada and have a tag for this year, I can say this gets me a little excited. Nice job on a nice trophy. I hope you can 1 up your Dad. lol
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BIG R
Id put him low to mid 170's.Great buck :thumb
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Nice buck, great buck with a bow. Congrats. I would guess mid to upper 180's gross. Makes our wait for the muzzle season seem that much shorter, when we get to see nice bucks like this one.
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Mularcher
Nice Solid buck Hope I see one like that later this month. :thumb
My guess 170’s, Good G2 & G3 with a Low branch measurement and decent fronts. Fronts being 65% of the total score, main beam, G4 & inside spread.
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MuleyHunterNV
Very nice muley. I drew a tag this year for unit 033 and cant wait till muzzleloader season to get out there. Good luck to everyone
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Very nice buck! I would guess he would gross somewhere around 176. I am soo jealous that you guys are hunting already!
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IDHunter
That is a great archery buck!

I may be way underestimating that buck, but I would only put it in the low 160's gross. As pointed out by others, his main beams are a very short which virtually kills the score. That being said, I would shoot that thing in a heartbeat and be more than thrilled with it.
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MuleyHunterNV
Great deer! What unit was he taken in
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Well I finally got time to score the buck and I came up with 163 according to my tape. The buck was killed out of area 043-046.
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Loafer
Awesome buck, great forks
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