Not a monster muley but still huge

NVBighorn · Sep 27, 2004

Here is a buck my son shot with a muzzleloader yesterday in Nevada. It's not what you'd call a monster muley but to me it's still HUGE. It was on one of the youth tags where the kids can hunt any open season in their unit with the legal weapon for that season. Yesterday was the last day of muzzleloader season. General season opens next weekend but we figured there would be less pressure during muzz season and it might work out better given our limitations. Anyway, we are pretty jazzed about it. It's his third deer but first with a muzz. Shot him at close to 100 yards with my inline 50 cal. Hit a little low first shot and we had to follow up and get close to him again to put in a finishing neck shot. This is a tough area and without using a quad we'd never have been able to get him to the deer. Sometimes lady luck smiles on us all.

sampson · Sep 27, 2004

Congrats to your son!! Looks like he is pretty happy with his first muzzy buck. Thanks for sharing the photos.

fairchase · Sep 27, 2004

Good job...congrats to both of you.

DeerKing · Sep 27, 2004

Congrats to your son, looks like a difficult place to get close enough to whack something with the muzz. Nice pictures.

kilowatt · Sep 27, 2004

Congratulations to your son on his Muzz Buck, I know that makes you happy at his success too.
Great pictures as well.

Brian

caelkhnter · Sep 27, 2004

great job and congradulations to you and your son! I agree it does look like tough country to get close to the deer. Also looks like it would be a bit warm this time of year. Good job once again!

Muleyslyr · Sep 27, 2004

Congratulations to you guys....looks like a hard earned trophy.

bcmulie · Sep 27, 2004

Carl,

Congrats to you and your son. Great buck, and a hard-earned one to boot. I'm heading down your way Thursday for my unit 171-173 hunt, and can hardly wait.

Alan

supersider34 · Sep 27, 2004

Congrats to you and your son. Nothing makes a smile except when a animal is down.

ICMDEER · Sep 27, 2004

Congrats to NV and son. It looks like he did well and that country is pretty open for the smokepole. There's nothing like success!!

TheKnack · Sep 27, 2004

Congratulations to you and your son.
That hunt will last a lifetime for both of you in your memories.
Does look like some open country for sure.
Sounds like your son has one heck of a great father and vice versa.
Best,
Jerry

Pointer · Sep 27, 2004

Congrats! Definitely a trophy. I've yet to even kill a muley buck (with a rifle no less), so your son getting this buck is absolutely a huge success. Looks like a tough place to get close enough to a buck to drop with a smoke pole. Congrats again!
Pointer

eelgrass · Sep 27, 2004

Father and son hunts are always the most memorable! Congratulations to you both. Good job!

Steve

csutton7 · Sep 27, 2004

way to go and tell your son mega congrats--chris

COSA · Sep 27, 2004

Congrats, Kind of curious what area that was being so open like that?
Jerry

skshellenberger · Sep 27, 2004

All I have to say is your a STUD!!!! I don't know to many people who would be out in the hills in a wheel chair for a deer. We need more guys like you and more people like your dad to take people out. That's a nice buck, your right it's not a trophy but I know lots of people not in a wheel chair that can't kill a buck like that.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!1

jamaro · Sep 27, 2004

Great. job.. bigger than my first muzzy.... wait... I have never killed one with a muzzy..
good job.
j-dawg

MichaelJ · Sep 27, 2004

Great Job! Looks like tough country to get within range, much less with a wheelchair no doubt! It's great that your so dedicated to your son. Congrats!

Michael~All Gods creatures welcome... right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.

Sheepshooter · Sep 27, 2004

Congrats to you and your son . I'm sure it is a day neither of you will forget . That's what it is all about .

Colville · Sep 27, 2004

A mountain to one is either a silly mound or another's Everest. There is no value or virtue in trophy beyond the hunter's devise capability and foresight.

I've alwasy been able to get where my feet can take me, and never would be bashful about that or any deer.

Only retarded pride could do such a unnatural thing.

Great hunt, MEN.

Colville

Curlee · Sep 27, 2004

What a great story and a great deer!

Curlee

Phantom Hunter · Sep 28, 2004

Congrats. Looks like a trophy to me. Any buck taken fair chase is a trophy. Horn size is only one measure of a trophy. The story and memories a buck stirs up is more of a trophy. Looks like a great father/son hunt.

Phantom Hunter

ridgetop · Sep 28, 2004

Congrats to your son! You gotta be proud!

BCBOY · Sep 28, 2004

NV,
Congrats to you and your son!!! That's what it's all about ain't it?

BruinBreath · Sep 28, 2004

Big CONGRAT'S !!!!!!!! Reading this thread made my morning. Makes me that much more anxious to get in the field with my son. You two did good.

kingfish · Sep 28, 2004

Congrats...

NVBighorn · Sep 28, 2004

Thanks for all the kudos guys. We are still pretty happy about the hunt.

As for it being tough country to get close in, the country you see is not typical of the area. It's just a big open mountain top. You are just seeing about the ugliest part of it. Don't want it to look too good.

We got lucky and found an area where there is a small amount of pressure in muzz and archery season so the deer were pretty cooperative. It's also an area that has pretty decent road access (not at all typical for that unit) so by using the 4 wheeler wisely we were able to get close enough. I know, I hate the damage the quads and atvs can do but for my son we don't have too many choices. We just stay on trails and try to be respectful of the land and others.

Funny, last week my son was in a class and they were asked to come up with a goal. His was that he wanted to shoot a record book muley (wonder where he got that). Sunday we go out and shoot this buck and he says "Just one step closer to my goal". Guess I've got my work cut out for me. Seriously, he has a great attitude and nothing ever gets him down. He loves the outdoors and wants to do the same things as anyone else. And we all try to not let anything stand in his way.

Thanks again.

Cooter · Sep 28, 2004

Good for him! Nothing wrong with that trophy.

Coot

MBM · Sep 28, 2004

Dang rights that a trophy buck. We all get caught up in the scoring of deer and how many inches of bone they have on there head, but there is a lot more to a trophy deer than antler score. Congrats on a fine animal.

Mark

NvrEnuf · Sep 28, 2004

Now that is definitely a trophy! Congratulations to both of you. Your son sounds like a heck of a great kid and you are one heck of a dad to have taken him out and help him on his hunt. That's what it's all about!

Thanks for the pictures and the story.

NvrEnuf

Hornseeker · Sep 28, 2004

Congrats!

huntsonora · Sep 28, 2004

Congratulations on your deer!

Drum

huntinman · Sep 30, 2004

Nice job guys. You are an inspiration to us all. There will be many of us with an empty freezer this year. You story has set the bar high for the rest of us.
huntinman

freedivr2 · Sep 30, 2004

Conditions considered, that is a HUGE deer your son got, are you kidding? I bet he's smilin ear to ear and should be very proud of himself for his effort, perseverence, et. all. Mega Congratulations to both of you and thanks for postin.

bigbull1 · Oct 1, 2004

Thanks for sharing and Congrats! My best hunts seem to be all the ones I have shared with my son. The "trophy" is the memories you both will have.

Looked like rough country to stalk a buck for sure.

Ed

manny15 · Oct 1, 2004

thats awesom Man!....

Chef · Oct 1, 2004

Congratulations on a successful hunt. Meat in the freezer is always better than none. He's got plenty of years ahead of him to bag the record one. Like he said, just one step closer to his goal. Kudos to you, he has the opportunity to achieve that goal.

Congrats again!
Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"