Post your 2009 Muley here

Hi all,

I didn't see a thread for our 2009 success pictures so I decided to start this one. On Friday the Lord blessed me with this nice 4 point buck. I backpacked in the night before and only saw 10 does and fawns and I was starting to think my area had been hit hard during the first week. I pushed about 2 more mile and jumped this buck about 80 yards off the old pack trail at 11:15 am. I initially was dreaming of a bigger buck but based on my real life schedule (school, family and work) decided that this one might not top my best but would look great in the freezer!

One last thing. I know many of you feel the same but isn't it great to get out into God's creation and get close to His animals? There has been no greater challenge nor reward in my life then mule deer hunting and I am very thankful for this and every opportunity I have had to do so. I am also thankful for the people I have met on this forum who have kept me dreaming of the day when I am able to take a buck of a life time. Good luck everyone and enjoy it while we are all still able to!

PS I boned this guy and carried him out w/ my gear in one trip! I never weighed my pack but it had to be close to 100+ lbs! I am licking my wounds but thankful for another great experience in my pursuit of such a great animal!

Good luck everyone and I look forward to seeing all of you trophy bucks!
2009 buck
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southendguy
That's a nice buck Hoseman. :thumb Congratulations! I am headed for Wyoming next week to give it a try myself.
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nice buck, sounds like a sweet day hunting. hopefully i will have a picture to post in a couple weeks.
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one hunting fool
Great buck Hoseman!!! and Amen Brotha.
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NotEnufTags
Sounds like a great hunt. Congrats to you.
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Loafer
Nice buck sounds like you earned it.
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I got a doe this year, great meat , great hunt. My wife was with me when I shot it. The deer went 30 yards after I shot it. 87lbs of meat are now in my freezer

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Also got a turkey

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I got this great Idaho buck on opening night of the archery season 2009, in unit 54. His typical gross green score pushes 200". This was my first archery kill, now what am I supposed to do to top this in the future?!
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BOHNTR
Nice buck Golferman.......and even better first post! ::wel
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GUTPYLZ
This was my first archery kill, now what am I supposed to do to top this in the future?!
 I'm still looking for one like that on my hundreth and something lol
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MuleyMadness
Sweet buck! Thanks for posting him up. :thumb
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primal215
Thats a great buck and with a bow, thats awsome!
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Hiker
Way to go guys. :thumb
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These are our bucks from this year. For a General Unit, DIY... these are nice 3 1/2 year old bucks. They were in a group together. Hunting was harsh this year. Buck numbers are drastically low, hunter numbers are way up, and the pressure is insaine. I feel everything is going to have to go to controlled in order to improve numbers. Its bad out there. :>/
Pumpkins everywhere, rounds launching at nothing.. duck and run.
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southendguy
This is my 2009 Wyoming region D muley. This was the biggest buck that I saw, on public land, in 8 days of hunting.
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I'm new to this site, but I figured I would add a picture of my recent success. I shot this buck in the North Dakota Badlands.
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I got this 4X4 in Wyoming a couple of weeks ago. Not very big, but good for the high pressured area we were hunting. I got two antelope the next day. Heading to Colorado at the end of the month. Good luck to all!
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Congrats to the hunters and their 09 success.
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AntlersOutWest
I passed up a few smaller bucks the opening morning. Alot of tough hiking up steep canyons to get away from all the orange hunters everywhere you would look.
I couldnt resist when this 4x4 buck stepped out broadside at 80 yards. dropped him with one lung shot.. Im pretty dang happy with my first buck!
Met 2 new hunting partners along the way, thanks for all their help dragging him out and impressed them when a "girl" gutted her own buck lol
hes not a monter but couldnt of been happier with the adventure
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Great bucks, everyone! I've been lurking for a while but thought I'd post some success pics from this year's hunt. A buddy and I have been doing the dedicated hunter program here in Utah for the past few years and both of us finally tagged out this year. These were killed on public land in the Northern Region. Both of them score in the mid 170s. Happy hunting!

Jared's Muzzleloader buck, 28" wide
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My general season buck, 25 1/2" wide
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Buckmaster
My 09 extended archery buck
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BOHNTR
Apologies for those that have already seen these......but this thread should sure help Hawk research his 09 slide show at the end of the year. :)

January 09 AZ:

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August 09 CO:

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Son's first small CA Blacktail of the year in HOT dry conditions in Oct 09:

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Here's my '09 buck, 26 inches wide.
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Jeff
My sons first time going with me.
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DeadI
This is my 15 year old Brothers first buck. Shot at 300 yards.
Brothers first buck.
Brothers first buck.
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nice buck!
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I've hunted Utah for 10 years now and it took me 9 yeah you read right 9 (nine) years to be able to get a shot at a decent size 4 point. Decent to me is about 24" wide is all. Thank you utah fish and game!!! Great management plans if you expect to shoot 1 or 2 good deer in your lifetime!! I've hunted northern utah during those 10 years, several of which I went home empty handed trying to find a good one. I'm not a crappy hunter by any means. I'm a taxidermist and have killed several things. My dad, brother, brother-in-law, and many other family members hunt as well.
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not the best season we have seen but me and my brother both filled our tags this year and my other brother ended up never even gettin a shot on his o well. mine is a DIY Colorado Archery buck and my brothers was a 2nd season rifle buck shot at 200 yards up hill great shot for him me and my dad were very impressed.
my brothers buck 3X3 long back tines and they were almost spooned out really cool buck with some character
my brothers buck 3X3 long back tines and they were almost spooned out really cool buck with some character
my buck decent 4X4 with both brow tines i was very excited since it was my first archery buck haha not the big boy i had a shot at earlier but he will do just fine for me
my buck decent 4X4 with both brow tines i was very excited since it was my first archery buck haha not the big boy i had a shot at earlier but he will do just fine for me
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BOHNTR
CA Blacktail (hybrid) from a few weeks ago taken two days before the tag ended. One tag left to fill.

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2009 buck
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Colorado 2009 archery mulie.
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Buckmaster
Great Buck and shot there Mr. M :thumb
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primal215
"BIGANTLERGETTER" wrote:not the best season we have seen but me and my brother both filled our tags this year and my other brother ended up never even gettin a shot on his o well. mine is a DIY Colorado Archery buck and my brothers was a 2nd season rifle buck shot at 200 yards up hill great shot for him me and my dad were very impressed.
 Good job big you sure have a nack for finding the 4 pointers. hit me up if you and your fam want to hunt Wyoming or Montana
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thanks primal im always glad to help. and if i ever get a chance to hunt wyoming or montana i will definitely get a hold of ya. glad ya filled your tag and if ya ever need help with colorado id be glad to help
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Awesome collection of nice bucks, congrats to all the hunters.
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bc.pse
dw33- ::wel to Muleymadness
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Thanks. Hope I can post a picture in the future.
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Hi everyone! This is the muley I got in WY this year. It was a great hunt!
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welcome Rebeccafrancis to Muleymadness and dw 33 also. congrats on the very nice buck
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Nice buck Rebecca, congrats. Where abouts in the state did you take him? Are they over the counter tags for mule deer in Wy?
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Thanks! It was a blast! Yeah it was up near Jackson, and it was over the counter for me. Out of staters have to draw out. I am a wy resident but have lived in Utah for the past 5 years going to school. I was born and raised in Utah too. But WY has great bucks!!!
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gcox98
Here are my 09 bucks one bow and one rifle.
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Nice buck. Is that Utah or Arizona? Congrats.
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Congrats to all the successful hunters, there are some nice bucks there!
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rimrocknewt
my uncles
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mine
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primal215
Wow what nice buck you all got this year! I guess it was a good year for antler growth.
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MuleyMadness
rimrocknewt,

Welcome, what an awesome buck. 10sign:
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rimrocknewt
thanks
i imagine there are people on this forum that where there when i shot this buck
on the strip..lol
had pictures of him before and he had broke off about 20" of antlers by the time i took him,he is about 28" tall,with not much spread
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My first Muley. Thanks to everyone for all their help.
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My first muley. Taken in Hulett Wyoming. Thanks for all the help.
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Springville Shooter
Nice buck Contractor,
I'm sure that you're now hopelessly hooked on muleys and can officially join ranks with the rest of us addicts. Congrats and nice pic too.---shooter
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MuleyMadness
Great first buck! :thumb
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MNHunter
Took my first Muley near Sheridan, WY. Planning for next year all ready!

Thanks to everyone for all the insight during my preparations
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Springville Shooter
Great buck, congrats on your success, Is he a mounter? Sure is a good looking 4x4.---shooter
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MNHunter
Thanks, Shooter. I had a blast on the hunt, and I feel extremely lucky to find a buck like this on my first muley hunt on an over the counter tag.

We had never been on the ground to scout, so we had to work hard for several days before we were able to find a pocket with some bucks about 3 miles deep. I spotted him at about a mile with 4 smaller bucks getting a drink from a water hole just before dark. The next morning I worked my way back onto the ridge and spotted them feeding right away. I was able to work into about 300yds without them picking me up, and then all I had to do was make the shot.

I am having a European skull mount done on him. he wasn't real wide, and i thought a skull mount would look nice.

The forum turned me onto my Vortex Skyline spotter and high country tripod, it is a great set up. I spent alot of time behind it and my Leupold Mojave 10x42s, so thanks again to everyone for the goldmine of information I found here.

Ross
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MuleyMadness
MNHunter,

Congrats on a job well done. Really appreciate the return report, great buck! :thumb
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primal215
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I already posted this on the site but I think it belongs here as well
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TheGreatwhitehunter
Great bucks, guys congrats on your success =D>

Primal215 :not-worthy thats a great Colorado buck
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northern
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ground shrinkage....tried CPR....didn't work....lol
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Just found this form in the con-man saga...But it looks cool (muleys are my favorite) so I'll show my face starting with posting my mulies from this year, Colorado muzzleloader and Nevada rifle. Nevada one was a past prime really old buck .
CO
CO
NV
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MuleyMadness
ElmerFudd,

Welcome, some GREAT looking Mule Deer you have there. 10sign:
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My big brothers buck..

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Nice buck, Elmer. Congrats to your brother Suboy, that is a nice buck.
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waynedevore
Nice Muley bucks :thumb
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primal215
Beautiful bucks guys! :thumb
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MY 2009 WALL HANGER
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My 09 utah buck.
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Heres my 2009 muley

22 wide 22 high

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NotEnufTags
Some awesome bucks have been posted. Congratulations to all of you that harvest a trophy in 09. Elmer fudd's CO muzzleloader buck looks great. I love the short early season hair that is lighter in color. It has a great sheen and make for a really good looking mount.
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