Pretty cool article to have…
Awesome, thanks for the info! I've been there a few times but never realized I had a family connection to one of those bucks!
That definitely hasn't been a forgotten buck. It's been highlighted in Utah's biggest bucks. I think won the Zinks contest that year too. One of the biggest bucks taken out of Utah county.
We still do. In fact some of the biggest bucks on certain units have been killed in the past ten years and most of my friends and family have killed and seen more 190"+ bucks in the past ten years than the rest of their life before that. How can you explain that?
I wasn't talking about that particular buck ridge..I was just saying that there's been alot of great bucks killed here in Utah that nobody has seen or heard about.. And yes I've seen this buck in Utah's mule deer book and at cabelas.. But there's many more out there that haven't been shown publicly
I was watching a Mike Eastman YouTube video the other night and he said the 50’s were some of the best years of mule deer hunting. The reason was in the 40’s men were fighting WW2. Which makes sense. Here’s the video link if anyone wants to check it out.
I agree with that for sure. One of my friends has a Utah public land, general season 260" buck hanging in his house that he killed in the 90s. Only a handful of non family members has ever seen it.
Limited entry VS General units
I know of several 200"+ general season bucks being killed in the past ten years. I personally know of one area alone ( maybe 10 sq. miles) that has produced somewhere between 15-20 190"+ bucks in the past 10 years. This is in Utah, which is considered the worst mule deer state in the West by some people.
I agree with your list of reasons why things aren't as good as the 60s but the facts are pretty clear that it will never be that good again. So time to get over it and move on and enjoy the good hunting we currently have. So I'll keep telling you that things are not as bad as you claim on many units. I'll agree that some areas have really gone downhill in the past 5 years, so I try to avoid those areas.
I remember a giant buck in a cafe or restaurant on the south side of main street in Duchesne. We used to stop in there after duck hunting the river and gawk at it before we headed back to reality. It had to have been taken years ago.
Yep, that was back in the late 70's when we went out there. That head had dust on it way back then. I hope it found a good home because, as I remember, it was a cranker buck!
Little more info on that buck..the name of the cafe was the frost top..its gone now..the buck was harvested in 1948 by kay Hamilton in what we call the Coleman basin here in Duchesne County.. FYI there were several really nice bucks taken out of this country back in the day..another thing that's funny people tried stealing this buck out of the cafe twice..The second time they broke one of his non typical points off which hurt his final score..the buck scored 234 7/8 Boone and Crockett inches (points) he was ranked #87in the state in 2001..in the new Utah biggest bucks he ranks 110..thought this would be a little interesting Rick..
Thanks for the follow up Mike.
