My 05 Alberta archery mulie

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Hi folks, its been a long ass time since Ive last posted, but I certainly havent stopped reading over the past year.

My archery season started on Sept. 7th this year, when a good friend of mine told me about a landowner he knew that was having real trouble with the deer on his farm. He picked me up that morning and we headed out to talk to the landowner and start scouting. We hadnt been scouting for 15 minutes when we had spotted this guy, a 28-31" 3x4 with eyeguards and reeeally long tines, but no mass, a 28-31" 4x4 with eyeguards that had really poor forks, and a 160ish 4x4 with eyeguards who was obviously a young deer, and from the same gene pool as the one I ended up taking. These bucks were all travelling together in a bachelor group.

It goes without saying that my heart was pumping right from the get go. I began hunting him the next morning, and that would start what would turn out to be the hardest, most educational, and meaningful hunt of my life.

I hunted this buck every single day (except Sundays) from Sept. 7th until Oct 20th. In that span, I had laid in a stuble field multiple times for 8 plus hours, fallen down a coulee a couple of times, had this buck in range 6 times but could not get a shot, and passed up shots on the other 3 bucks at least 9 times, including having the big 3x4 at 4 yards one morning from a ground blind I had built. I truely had my heart set on this buck and I swore I would not shoot any buck but him.

I had given this buck the nickname "devil deer" after all of the near misses, getting busted after hours of laying still, long hikes up and down the coulees and flat out stress I had recieved from this buck. On Thursday morning though, my luck had finally changed and my plan had come together.

I watched him feed in the field until around 9 when he decided it was time to head down to the coulees. To my suprise, the rest of the bucks didnt follow him, but instead bedded up in the stubble. I slowly edged my way to the coulee to locate his bed, and once I found it began my half hour trek to try and get behind him at the river bottom. As soon as I got to the river bottom I found an absolute perfect ambush location and hopped in. I hadnt been sitting for even 3 minutes when he got up and came trotting over the hill directly to me. A 27 yard double lung/liver shot later, and he was mine. The feeling I got after having all of that work finally come together was indescribable, and I am more proud of this deer by far than any I have taken.

He grosses 181 7/8". He is a mainframe 4x4+eye guards, with a sticker on his left front fork, and lots of stickers on his bases, including a split browtine. Both eye guards measured over 3"s.

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Pig of a buck......unique rack, as the mainbeams appear to grow straight up. Congratulations on a great archery buck and thanks for posting.

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Is there any small bucks in Canada??? Or are they just born that way? Damn nice buck, he will look really good on your family room wall (or garage) LOL...Congrats man......
 
As I said before Shane, congrats on a great buck. You sure worked hard for him and he will definately look good on the wall. Every time you look at him you will be able to relive the hunt over and over. By the way, that looks like some great country in the backgroud. Later.

Saskman
 
LAST EDITED ON Oct-24-05 AT 05:35PM (MST)[p]Thanks all, I rreally couldnt be any prouder of this deer. Bwhnter, yes I also noticed taht while I was hunting him, as his main beams do grow almost straight up, its pretty unique looking. Hey Cam, actually a funny story when I took him to the taxidermist. He was showing all the nice bucks that had been taken there in Sask this year, and I just happened to ask if he knew you. He got a big grin on his face and said..Oh yeah, I know Cam, his buck is sitting in that freezer right over there! I thought that was pretty funny.
 
Shane

Did Harvey show you the big double drop tine buck he took this year? That thing looked like a real pig in the photos I saw. I am going to have to make a trip there to see it. The work I have seen of Harvey's looks really good and I think he will do a really good job. I will have to take a look at your buck when I stop by there as well. Later.

Saskman
 
Yeah, that was actually the first buck I saw when I walked in. And if you want my dead honest opinion, I would have a hard time choosing that 274" on the wall over the double dropper. I have never seen anything wiht mass like that in my life, tv, magazines, anything. His h4 measurements were over 8"s.

Harvey mounted the buck that Clarence shot last year, and it is probably the nicest job I have ever seen, that is why I took my buck there. He had 2 bucks just about finished when I got there and they looked every bit as good, so I certainly have high hopes.
 
What a freakin' brute man! Congrats he is a great lookin' buck!
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Congrats on a great buck. That's a great story, too. It's really nice to hear about somebody that really earns a big buck. I was up in Alberta bow hunting this year, but only had 4 days and could not get it done in that amount of time.

Thanks for sharing the story.
 
That's a great looking deer! Congrats on your successful hunt.

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Myth,
What a Awesome Canadian Hawg! Congrats for you determination and sticktoitness. Great story and a great buck!
 
Myth, What a great buck. Those Alberta bucks are hard to beat I have killed 7 muleys and the largest being 185 BC. What unit were you hunting and who was your guide. We always hunted 160 and hunt with Kelly Weibe.
 
okiebugle, I hunted in wmu 148 and hunted by myself, I live in Medicine Hat AB and big muleys just happen to be one of the perks of living here hehe. Thanks all.
 
Glad to hear you ended up getting the buck that you worked so hard for. You deserve him! Great job!

NvrEnuf
 
great job, and great buck....you a truly to be congratulated for your efforts and your 'reward'....thanks for sharing it with us.
 

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