Northern Az Buck

NeedaNu4x · Aug 24, 2009

Anyone care to guess this guys width?

Layed there for me for about 15 minutes. He saw me. i was able to get 25 yards from him, widest buck i ever seen personally.....wow!
Kinda weak tho when he turned his head, i know.

Mike

huntfish714 · Aug 24, 2009

That looks like a Kaibab buck!?!?!? I used to hunt there, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a 34" outside with 30" inside. Im no expert but definetly a shooter in my book. thanx for sharing!!!

wetmule · Aug 24, 2009

27"-28"

BOHNTR · Aug 24, 2009

I agree with wetmule.......maybe 28".....young looking deer.

BOHNTR )))---------->

hornhunter247 · Aug 24, 2009

nice buck! im going to say he's at least 5-6 inches past each ear 10-12+22=32-34 inches wide! id have to see that buck with my own eyes, but I might hang my kiabab tag on that one!?

fatrooster · Aug 24, 2009

I'm with wetmule on this one. 28". fatrooster.

ADDICT · Aug 24, 2009

LAST EDITED ON Aug-24-09 AT 09:01PM (MST)[p]If that deer is 34" wide then he's got cheaters that I can't see. 29-30" great buck nonetheless...let him hve it and measure him after!

azdogman · Aug 24, 2009

28 inside 2 years he will be a toad.

BBB · Aug 24, 2009

Beauty young buck. I belive he is at 30" on the dot.

NeedaNu4x · Aug 24, 2009

Thanks for all the input fellas. I'll let you know once i tag him ok? LOL!
This guy isnt a Kaibab buck, Hes a Navajo ReZ Buck. Don't put your tag on him 'lessn you wanna trouble from them tribal Fish & Game fellas. Hee hee. Best of luck to you all!

Mike

9 days and a wake up 'til opening day!

Bucks4brains · Aug 24, 2009

LAST EDITED ON Aug-24-09 AT 10:54PM (MST)[p]That buck will hit the 30" mark, maybe a little over.

Better let him grow, he is a young one.

JACO · Aug 25, 2009

28-29. He's got really short ears for a muley. It doesn't look like he's over 30 to me.

Jason

NeedaNu4x · Aug 25, 2009

I think he's still a pretty young buck, reason for the short ears. Like that he has eye guards. The bucks i taken in the area dont have eye guards.

mike

~Gen 27:3~

Christian · Aug 25, 2009

Even if his ears are only 5" long (they're probably 6") he'd be 30" if you added 10" to a 20" earspread. I think he's better than 30".

The Christian

huntnmulies · Aug 26, 2009

Nice buck. I would guess him around 30" to 32".

muleyslayer1 · Sep 28, 2009

He hit 30" on the dot. He was kinda young, 3 1/2 year old but he was too cool not to tag. My buddies from NM named him "Wide Load" back in August. They have a ton of trail cam pics and about an hour of video of him. He gave us the run a round for a few days and the day after he lost his velvet I found him in a little canyon with a doe and a P&Y 4x4. I shot him on Sunday September 13th at 8:30 AM, 54 yards. I would say about 1/2 mile from where these live photos were taken.

Muley

muleyslayer1 · Sep 28, 2009

oops... here is a pic. Thought it attached earlier!

Muleyhttp://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/User_files/4ac11736029b013e.jpg

muleyslayer1 · Sep 28, 2009

I'll try again...

sageadvice · Sep 28, 2009

Cool set of before and after pic's. I would not have said 30" in the before photo's. To me he looked more like 28" or so. Then, after looking at both sets of pic's, looks like he added to his fronts some while still in velvet.

Congrats on breaking the 30" mark. Width is certainly not the end all in muley racks but it's been a long standing benchmark that speaks for itself. Lots of hunters out there trying to hit or better that number but not very many guys do!

Joey

muleyslayer1 · Sep 29, 2009

He put a lot on in the last two weeks of August, as did several other bucks we were wathcing in that area. Yea he would have been a toad in a year or two... but hey, too late now he's in the Freezer!!!

NeedaNu4x · Oct 1, 2009

DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was one awesome buck! I was there opening weekend and i had him bedded. He was with a smaller forky and I got within 40 yards but there was too many banches for me to take a shot. I tried to manoeuvre around above him but that wind up there was swirling like crazy and that small forky got my wind and blew outta there. Dang! Nice buck tho, congrats.
I ended up hunting the "Burn area", way too many hunters there but had a great shot at a 4x4 that i missed, i know, not so great but it was an awesome hunt. I just ended up with tag soup this year, ugh! well theres next year right? Congrats again.

Mike

~Gen 27:3~