Utah General Buck

Bolt · Jan 17, 2018

This buck is sick!

I love this site! I would never have known something like this was taken in Utah. I dont know which general unit but this buck is awesome. I hoped for so many years that Utah would go to limited draw units of more than the 5 they had. It is so cool to see the bucks coming back. I no longer have to hear about it from the ol dude across the street. Looks like some of the good ol days are back. I know we cant buy them OTC at Kmart like we used to but we have 3.5 million people here.

Again, this buck is so sweet! Thanks for sharing whoever this guy is. Nice work!

http://www.monstermuleys.com/photos/PhotosID38/294.html

Founder · Jan 17, 2018

There are a few that slip through the cracks. I found this buck in a general area a few years ago and hunted him a bunch the first year. It was fun. Pretty much had it to myself. I should've got him that year. So, so close.
Others caught onto this buck and the next year other people were hunting him. I gave it only 3 days, then decided to hunt Wyoming. The buck still almost survived the season though, but was taken right at the end.
There are a few big ones taken every year in general season Utah.

I wouldn't say the good ole days are back. Maybe in the archery only area. If it were as difficult to harvest game now as it was in the 60's, then the good ole days would be back.

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Tikka · Jan 17, 2018

Founder do you have a picture of him after the harvest???

MuleyKiller · Jan 17, 2018

I am sadly a Utah General Hunter, and don't kid yourselves the Mule deer hunting on Utah General hunts are not good and neither are our deer numbers. But every once in a while somebody will LUCK into a good buck and you will see posts like this one. Please don't kid yourselves Utah deer hunting will never be what it was unless Major measures are taken to do so, and we all know that the DWR is not willing to take a hit in their wallet like that.

Bolt · Jan 17, 2018

Founder, great site here. I didnt know so many guys from Utah were on a site like this.

I love that I can find pics and bucks like yours and this other guys. Without the net and this site I would not have had this conversation. Anyway.

The good ol days are not back I get that. But, 5 years ago there were not very many bucks like this slipping through the cracks. It does feel like a few more are around now than have been. It is now better than it was in the 2000's. It is better than it was in the 90's. It is darn near as good as the 80's and maybe as good. At least a few quality bucks are showing up. So cool to see it change for the better.

Founder, thanks for sharing.

hhunter23 · Jan 17, 2018

LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-18 AT 03:19PM (MST)[p]do you think its more deer, or the technology in optics, weapons? also i think you are seeing more animals that have been harvested on social media, that otherwise you would not have known or heard about.

"Shoot Straight"

hossblur · Jan 17, 2018

>There are a few that slip
>through the cracks. I found
>this buck in a general
>area a few years ago
>and hunted him a bunch
>the first year. It was
>fun. Pretty much had it
>to myself. I should've got
>him that year. So, so
>close.
>Others caught onto this buck and
>the next year other people
>were hunting him. I gave
>it only 3 days, then
>decided to hunt Wyoming. The
>buck still almost survived the
>season though, but was taken
>right at the end.
>There are a few big ones
>taken every year in general
>season Utah.
>
>I wouldn't say the good ole
>days are back. Maybe in
>the archery only area. If
>it were as difficult to
>harvest game now as it
>was in the 60's, then
>the good ole days would
>be back.
>
>

>
>Brian Latturner
>MonsterMuleys.com
>LIKE MonsterMuleys.com
>on Facebook!

Would be curious as to your thoughts about "harder".

I'm intrigued by the idea of open sight limits on centerfield(maybe include 1 x for us old timers).

Seems dad with his .303 Brit, and grandpa with the lever gun, did pretty well.

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"

WestHills · Jan 17, 2018

Open sight units would be awesome. It would also improve the deer herd in the applied units. Doubt many people anymore can hit a milk jug or even a 5 gallon bucket at the give or take 200yd mark with open sights. That's why we can now use high powered scopes for muzzleloaders. To lazy to get within 150yds

ridgetops · Jan 17, 2018

>I am sadly a Utah General
>Hunter, and don't kid yourselves
>the Mule deer hunting on
>Utah General hunts are not
>good and neither are our
>deer numbers. But every once
>in a while somebody will
>LUCK into a good buck
>and you will see posts
>like this one. Please don't
>kid yourselves Utah deer hunting
>will never be what it
>was unless Major measures are
>taken to do so, and
>we all know that the
>DWR is not willing to
>take a hit in their
>wallet like that.

"Every once in a while"?
I know of at least ten 190"+ bucks coming from the same canyon in the last six years.
Between myself and two friends, we've killed three 200"+ and two 190"+ bucks in the past six years. All Utah general season public lands bucks.
So I wouldn't say Utah is all that bad.

Get ready for change because it's going to happen!

Wiszard · Jan 17, 2018

...might have a bunch more wounded deer as well if open sights are used. I think limiting tags would be the best answer to help the herd improve.

Cancer doesn't discriminate...don't take your good health for granted because it can be gone in a heartbeat. Please go back and read the last line. This time really understand what it says.

hossblur · Jan 17, 2018

>...might have a bunch more wounded
>deer as well if open
>sights are used. I think
>limiting tags would be the
>best answer to help the
>herd improve.
>
>Cancer doesn't discriminate...don't take your good
>health for granted because it
>can be gone in a
>heartbeat. Please go back and
>read the last line. This
>time really understand what it
>says.

At some point we as hunters have got to start figuring out that we can't keep limiting tags. Every guy who gets cut out doesn't buy guns, ammo, etc which means Pittman Robinson isn't getting funded. Its also potentially another voter that doesn't help us maintain political power.

We went down that road once. We lost a ton of revenue to dwr( enter $fw) in lost taxes from sporting goods. But more important we lost political clout.

Besides. Even with more tag cuts, the efficiency we kill with due to tech, isn't sustainable either.

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"

WestHills · Jan 17, 2018

We already have a lot of that with this new long range mind set. At least it would be easier to get on a blood trail at 150yds away rather then 800-1200yds. Unless one drops in its tracks I doubt most people will walk that far to check for blood. Just another free opinion though.

Bolt · Jan 18, 2018

Thats a cool idea. Open sights only unit?

deerkiller · Jan 18, 2018

Just judging from the terrain, vegetation and antler configuration in the photos of this buck, I've got a pretty good idea which unit this deer came from...

RyanT · Jan 29, 2018

>LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-18
>AT 03:19?PM (MST)
>
>do you think its more deer,
>or the technology in optics,
>weapons? also i think you
>are seeing more animals that
>have been harvested on social
>media, that otherwise you would
>not have known or heard
>about.
>
>
>"Shoot Straight"

I have often wondered this.... particularly with Utah. Have spent 6 years there. It definitely seems like we see more bucks like this on boards and in our newsfeeds, but hard to believe the overall number of trophies sitting general has increased that much.

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VERNON · Feb 5, 2018

LAST EDITED ON Feb-06-18 AT 06:54AM (MST)[p]>>I am sadly a Utah General
>>Hunter, and don't kid yourselves
>>the Mule deer hunting on
>>Utah General hunts are not
>>good and neither are our
>>deer numbers. But every once
>>in a while somebody will
>>LUCK into a good buck
>>and you will see posts
>>like this one. Please don't
>>kid yourselves Utah deer hunting
>>will never be what it
>>was unless Major measures are
>>taken to do so, and
>>we all know that the
>>DWR is not willing to
>>take a hit in their
>>wallet like that.
>
>"Every once in a while"?
>I know of at least ten
>190"+ bucks coming from the
>same canyon in the last
>six years.
>Between myself and two friends, we've
>killed three 200"+ and two
>190"+ bucks in the past
>six years. All Utah general
>season public lands bucks.
>So I wouldn't say Utah is
>all that bad.
>
>
>Get ready for change because it's
>going to happen!

I agree with RidgeTop 100 percent