Big NM NonTyp Muley Sheds

canislatrans · May 9, 2009

Here are some photos of a big non typical muley and his sheds.
I have been after this buck for a while and he is still alive and well. I saw him a couple of times last September and both times were close encounters. One of which I missed him with my bow. I tried to get on him in January but with the craze of the rut here I only caught sight of him another 3 times and all were way out of bow range. So with the hunting season over I spent 3 day and walked over 25 miles during the last week in April to find his sheds from this year. The sheds were laying just one tenth of a mile from each other and only about a mile from the spot were I missed my shot at this buck off a lifetime. However, his sheds are a find of a lifetime for me. Hope you all enjoy the photos.

This is a still from a video I took about 15 minutes before I missed him back in September.

Here is the matched pair sheds from the buck above. He broke a brow tine and a cheater on his right side. So he is missing about 9 or 10 inches.

Outside view of the sheds.

Inside view of the sheds.

Far left shed is from 2 years ago off this same buck laying next to this years sheds.

Here I am holding the bucks 07 and 09 right side sheds. The 07 shed is missing the main beam about where the G4 is at.

Not a bad haul from the desert on my first serious shed hunt.

Here are the antlers you see in my pack from the 3 day hunt. I found a total of 14 sheds, 3 fresh, 1 matched set.

Hope you enjoyed!

D13er · May 9, 2009

very cool.....now if you can find where they are dropping the left sides....

great post/pic, thanks for sharing

JB

Scrillznac · May 9, 2009

That's sweet man. The buck's shed from '07 is just plain FREAKY!

Lowlandmulies · May 9, 2009

LAST EDITED ON May-09-09 AT 11:08PM (MST)[p]Will

Thats flat out kicks butt. Congrats! I would love to see a clip or two of vid from the buck. Again congrats

Steve
www.muledeercountry.com

htnfool · May 10, 2009

What Steve is saying is that he would love to put that buck on his next video. I would like to see it as well, That splitting dropper is too cool....

BOW_N_ARROW · May 10, 2009

Awesome buck! Thanks for sharing the pics.
JB

mathewsman · May 10, 2009

Looking at all those sheds, it's pretty easy to see they come from the same gene pool. Cool finds man-especially the hawg you've been tracking over the years. How about a picture this year with you holding them horns still attached to his dead head! Good luck

Lowlandmulies · May 10, 2009

LAST EDITED ON May-10-09 AT 12:56PM (MST)[p]Wheaton

You is a smart one!

Hope your weekend is going well.

Steve
www.muledeecountry.com

ICMDEER · May 10, 2009

Congrats on a great find. And the younger double-drop buck might surprise you. He could really grow this year. That's a good spot you are hunting. Hope you stick the big buck this fall.

canislatrans · May 12, 2009

UPDATE!

First of all, thank you for the the great comments on my post. I really appreciate it.

After putting a tape to the antlers and measuring them a few times I came up with some preliminary scores. So I studied the videos I have of this buck and figured in is spread as close as possible to what he accually was. I came up with a 22 to 24 inch inside spread on this buck and outside is pushing 30 plus. However, I would like for everyone to take a look at the still below and give me a guess if you don't mind. This seems to be the best head on shot of him that I have. Even at that, it isn't much of a shot with it being right before dark.

According to the SCI record books I have, if I had harvested this buck back in September he would have potentially become the new #1 Non Typical Desert Mule Deer in New Mexico taken with a bow. I guess I will never know for sure. None the less, he would still qualify SCI, P&Y, and his sheds qualify for NASHC. Hope I get to try for him again this year!

Here is big buck squared up for my camera.

Thanks again!