NM muzzy mulie & KS muzzy whitetail

Thought I'd share some of my success from this season. I didn't draw any tags in NM this year, but still managed to have a good season.
I had bought a leftover muzzleloader deer tag and was able to fill my tag opening morning on this little buck. Being how bad my luck is on mule deer, I had no intention of passing up this guy. I was pretty darn happy to get him. Always a good time hunting with my brother and nephew.





Last week, my brother and I headed to Kansas for a whitetail hunt. Since getting skunked last year, I have been obsessing about getting one of these whitetails ever since. Had a blast up there, and tagged this buck the second morning of the hunt.





I also managed to get an elk on the ground in late October on one of the most unusual elk hunts I've been on. I bought a landowner tag from a guy that had a total of 150 acres. He had negotiated a longer season with the g&f, and had some good bulls around, so we gave it shot. It took a lot of trips before I finally saw an elk during shooting hours. It was probably more like hunting whitetails back east than hunting for elk, but it was still a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the bull had busted his antlers to bits, but still filled the freezer.



Here's a pic of him on trail camera from a month earlier when he still had a full rack...



Great season, good times with family, and a full freezer. Can't ask for much more.

Outstanding! I would be more than happy to have all that great eating meat! Congrats!

Nice work. Keeping the freezers stocked.

Thanks! That elk had been living off alfalfa for years. Best elk meat I've ever had. Anxious to try that whitetail!

You had a good year with lots of hunts..Congrats!

Congrats Danny that's one crazy looking bull.Never seen one that busted before.

Nice job Danny,now put your taxidermy skills to work and I wanna see that rack repaired.
Regards, Geno

Haha. That would be quite a challenge! I looked for that other half of antler for a while-no luck.

Congrats!

That bull must have not known when to back down. Looks like he took an all month long whooping

Yeah he did. Every picture I have of him he had less antler! When I shot him in late October he was still looking for a fight. Raking the hell out of the trees.