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Pretty much the same size heart and nuts as the 5X6 bull elk from earlier. Huge body. I wear 2-3XL gloves BTW for reference. I was quite stunned by his size, and did not have this buck on Cam, ever.
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Great buck, awesome season. My whitetail this year definitely changed my view on the size of these deer. Mine was just as big as any muley I’ve shot in the past. Good job
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I have been in northern Alberta for 9 years now and most of the bodies although fat in the neck have not been much bigger than the south eastern BC mature whitetail. He had about 60lbs on my best mulie, which is coming next………:)
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In late Oct I was offered a job that would pay me similar money working 5 days a week, with a schedule. It was still a job in the bush, seeing lots of new country everyday and generally the weekend off. It was a no brainer. And that ended almost 10 years of working often up to 90hrs a week.
To celebrate my first weekend being off I had to go hunting. The plan was to try for my hunting partners moose tag. We had a few really long days and close call on a nice bull elk but no bull moose to be found. Late in the day on one of the last kick at the can we saw a pretty good mulie buck and it was a no brainer to shoot. At first glance against the fresh snow back drop and with his super tall horns I had though he was a young bull elk. ( he was a fair ways out)
A few too many shots later and some run and gunning and he was down. I guess I was excited, it had been 11 years since I shot a mulie as generally most of Alberta is draw.
This guy is the narrowest and tallest mulie I have seen with my own eyes.
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The sad part is he is just a young buck, he had potential to be some kinda freak.
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By his teeth, hoof and body size I would guess he is only 3. He is a 5 x 4 , but its hard to tell in the pictures.
The meat was tender and barely had a hint of mulie musk so pretty happy.
The rest of the winter will be spend chasing those dame wolves.
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This is the alpha, he has been in the area for at least 3 year now. Very special for color. About half the pack is black as the female is black. They cant seem to stay away this year so they will get my free time throughout the winter. There is a bounty where I live.
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Way to put on a clinic Richie. Awesome work. You had a hell of a season. And congrats on the new job - sounds like you're pretty into it. That neck on the whitetail is friggin thick. And that;s a dandy mulie; and great shooting on that rag horn - pretty sweet when things work out that way eh? Well done man
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I don’t run video mode on any cams as reviewing content takes too long. Each cam has a few 1000 photos to review every few months so there is only so much time for that.
I have about 30 pictures of this pack howling in front of one of my cams, I can hear their howls without video mode in my mind, the picture says it all. I have had wolves howl at me in distain at less than 200m after I shot 1 of their pack members. Its simply amazing how loud they can howl. Its a love hate relationship.
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Way to put on a clinic Richie. Awesome work. You had a hell of a season. And congrats on the new job - sounds like you're pretty into it. That neck on the whitetail is friggin thick. And that;s a dandy mulie; and great shooting on that rag horn - pretty sweet when things work out that way eh? Well done man
Thank you Jason. Dirty berta‘s been good. Tick tock buddy!!!
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I don’t run video mode on any cams as reviewing content takes too long. Each cam has a few 1000 photos to review every few months so there is only so much time for that.
I have about 30 pictures of this pack howling in front of one of my cams, I can hear their howls without video mode in my mind, the picture says it all. I have had wolves howl at me in distain at less than 200m after I shot 1 of their pack members. Its simply amazing how loud they can howl. Its a love hate relationship.
I do not get why some photos on postimage are big and clear and others are small and blurry and have to be clicked on to see a large clear image. I am using the same procedure everytime, and posting with an iPhone?
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Wow that’s a great mule deer, super tall. Did you harvest him in a general open season? Or did you cash out your points. Well done. So far I love the hunting in Alberta. If your a deer / moose / elk hunter it has B.C. beat.