The rut… one week after hunting this area hard and going home with tag soup

cmiddleton

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• Dec 18, 2022

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Rie bread

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damn that’s a butterball of a mule deer

 

lostinOregon

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That’s a deer where the score doesn’t matter. That is a mature deer and a trophy

 

Gator

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Dang now you have wonder where they was during your hunt.

 

cmiddleton

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Gator said:

Dang now you have wonder where they was during your hunt.

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And I saw these from the road with two redbone hounds in the truck
I combed these draws only seeing does and two points

 

cmiddleton

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That first little 4 point is within 100 yards of where I parked the truck a week before to hunt the sage draw behind him

 

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I’m always amazed at how monster bucks can disappear into thin air once they shed their velvet and show back up once the season is over. They can be ghosts even in open sagebrush country.

 

elkassassin

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Did The Dogs STRIKE?

 

cmiddleton

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elkassassin said:

Did The Dogs STRIKE?

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One wanted too the other has been taking pictures with me for 5 years now
She looks for deer but stays quiet she points them out to me
Yoter I’ve only had 6 weeks and hasn’t figured out what we are doing

 

cmiddleton

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Here they are Little Ann and Yoter

 

Gator

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Good looking hounds.

 

cmiddleton

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Gator said:

Good looking hounds.

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Both are good lookin

 

muleybeast

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Nice pics

 

cmiddleton

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jims said:

I’m always amazed at how monster bucks can disappear into thin air once they shed their velvet and show back up once the season is over. They can be ghosts even in open sagebrush country.

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The G&F plans it that way by the season dates

 

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jims

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• Dec 22, 2022

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Unfortunately here in Colo the CWD's plan of harvesting older age class bucks by hunting them with rifle during prime rut rifle season dates will impact the status of older age class bucks on public land in Western Colo. Hopefully they change this in the next 5 year plan.