Young buck gets 30+ inch "Old Bruiser Buck"

[Buckmeister]

Not much of a story here. Was with my son, Buckmeister Jr, and we had been hunting since first light. Seen about 5 does and the rear end of a fleeing buck early on. Later, we had been walking an area with lots of beds and feed and sign, but seeing no deer. We had just stopped to discuss our next plan of attack and had decided to go over and walk a certain ridge. 70 yards later we see this guy in front of us. He quickly disappeared behind some brush. We walked up to where we saw him standing and we started following his track. I spotted him briefly for a few seconds and was just raising my rifle when he moved off again through some trees. My son and I spread out a bit, 50 feet or so, I walked straight and my son angled off to the right. I then see my boy raise his rifle, then he lowers and takes a few steps to his right, drops to one knee and lines up for a shot. I couldn't see the buck, but my son had a great broadside shot on him at around 40 yards. One shot from his 30-06 dropped the buck in his tracks.

This is my sons 2nd mulie, his 3rd deer, and 5th ever big game animal. No green score yet, but I will post here in this original post when we get that done. Outside overall width is 30 3/4" long. Old buck with greying muzzle and high bridge nose. Tine count is 7x8 but he also had a few more stickers that were less then an inch that couldn't make it in the count.

Unofficial GREEN SCORE: GROSS 207 7/8
NET 191 4/8



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[1899]

Good job! It will be tough to top that one.

[warnniklz]

That's a doozie!!!!

[Weatherby Fan]

Awesome deer and even better getting it together with the old man !
Thans for sharing
WF

[sobirch]

Great pics, this is what hunting is all about

[Robinhood]

What a brute! Congratulations.

[bud-aboom]

Do u drive an older red Toyota pickup?

[5 spike]

Congrats thats a very nice buck.

[boxhitch]

wicked buck , attago
with a BLR ?

[saskbooknut]

Handsome colour and pearling on the bases, I love those antlers. Congrats.

[hunter1947]

Very nice mule buck you got young man the right antler looks like a WT antler ,,congrats to you and you dad..

[300H&H]

Super buck, congratulations.

[~T-BONE~]

Ya beauty! That kid is defiantly gonna be hooked for life!! Congrats!!!!!!

[longwalk]

One heck of a deer. Thick bases.

[Cyrus]

Huge deer congrats

[coach]

Amazing buck! Very unique antlers for a mule deer. Great stuff. Congratulations!

[Husky7mm]

Wow, what a stud! Congratulations!

[chilcotin hillbilly]

What a cranker!

[dave_fras]

nice flippen job guys!!! looks like im gonna have to wait for bow season!

[kennyj]

Wow!!! Gnarly old non-typical BRUISER right there.You won't find one cooler than that.
Congratulations to the young fellow on the buck of a lifetime.
kenny

[R Brooks]

Very nice buck

[Blainer]

Unreal!
His 3rd deer may prove to be the best of his lifetime.
I hope he mounts it?
Great trophy!

[fozzy]

That's a dandy! Well done both of you & congrats.

[Wade]

Very nice buck.mulie bucks are beautiful critters

[WKCotts]

Awesome. Love the trash. Nice work jr

[Steeleco]

So who's on the hook for the taxidermy Dad? No matter, that's the next place that bad boy needs to spend some time. Congrats big time

[markt308]

Yikes that Is a straight up monster

[Brew]

Way to go. What a tank. Wish my 10th deer could be that big. My third was no where near that. Awesome you too got to spend that time together. Hope to see a picture of a mount later on.

[Rattler]

Nice looking buck, congrats.

[Nimrod]

Congrats, mount that one!!
serous character
awesome bases

[nature girl]

Wow, that is a awesome buck your son got. What a great way for you both to share a great experience like that together.
Hope your son is getting a head mount done on that great deer.

[ABad]

nice - and not wearing a stitch of camo. :)

[MooseKnuckle]

Awesome buck!!!!! congrats to your son!

[Buckmeister]

nice - and not wearing a stitch of camo. :)

Yep, he doesn't own any camo and I just have a simple camo jacket. Like someone said on another thread a few days ago, camo is a fad right now.


Wow, that is a awesome buck your son got. What a great way for you both to share a great experience like that together.
Hope your son is getting a head mount done on that great deer.


So who's on the hook for the taxidermy Dad? No matter, that's the next place that bad boy needs to spend some time. Congrats big time

Lol, the fact is the boy has more money than his old man, and he is a very careful spender, but he is considering having a mount done. At the very least a Euro will be done.

[doubled]

WOW, what a buck, great job young fella!!!!

[spear]

Awesome, what a great old buck.

[adriaticum]

Awesome buck congrats!

[Krico]

Super cool old character buck. Awesome!

[mark]

Now thats an awesome muley!!!
The best ive seen hit the ground so far this year in bc.
Major congrads to you and yer son!

[Koot]

Sweet deer! Congrats

[dana]

Beauty Buck! Congrats to your son on killing a true Monster!

[tooley]

still waiting on that score just in case you have forgotten maybe a few guesses will pass the time untill you get a chance. My guess, 207 gross

[Brian011]

Cranker! Great buck, congrats!

[tomahawk]

thats a big old warrior! well done, loaded with unique character too!

[M.Dean]

Now that's a true "Wall Hanger"!!! What a Buck! Congrats to you both for out smarting that wise "Old Bruiser Buck"!

[Sitkaspruce]

Sweet Buck!!

Congrats the youngster and dad!!!!

Cheers

SS

[Brez]

beauty buck! congrats

[Islandeer]

incredible buck!!!

[treehugger]

Great buck! Thanks for keeping that saying, "No wild animal dies of old age" going... barely! Again, congrats!

[Seeadler]

Very nice, be tough for him to top that.

What region was that from?

[Buckmeister]

Ok, I just put up the unofficial green scores in my original first post. It's the first time for me trying to score a rack, so an official scorer may see a few things differently, maybe, maybe not. For instance, G2 on the right side I counted as being the shorter point that looks more like a sticker, but it is in the correct spot for being a G2 so I counted it as such.

[kennyj]

A heads up Buck. If a rack only has a G3 on one side, the G2 on that side will be the one that matches the other side the best.( the longest tine in this case). Then the shorter back tine will be the deduction. I hope I explained that OK ?
kenny





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[Buckmeister]

A heads up Buck. If a rack only has a G3 on one side, the G2 on that side will be the one that matches the other side the best.( the longest tine in this case). Then the shorter back tine will be the deduction. I hope I explained that OK ?
kenny
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That's what I was wondering about. In that case the net score on this buck will be lower still. But I think the gross will still get over 200". I tried a calculation that way but it was confusing without any assistance. In the end it's still an awesome buck. Any deer that get close to or exceeds 200" in gross or net is a bucket list buck in my books.

[GrandA]

thick thick buck congrats

[guest]

Who cares score, thats a unique buck and a DANDY ! Almost W/T like looking coming off the main beam ....... cool Mulie.

Congrats to ya.

CT

[.330 Dakota]

Awesome Buck.....now who's the BuckMeister???...LOL

[Chopper]

Jeeeezzzuuusssss !!!!!

[Chopper]

Jeeeezzzuuusssss !!!!!


Upon closer inspection im going to say that is one ripe old buck , he could easily be 8 years old ... Pretty sure that buck has done some serious reverting. That is something very special right there !

Congratulations !!!

[kennyj]

That's what I was wondering about. In that case the net score on this buck will be lower still. But I think the gross will still get over 200". I tried a calculation that way but it was confusing without any assistance. In the end it's still an awesome buck. Any deer that get close to or exceeds 200" in gross or net is a bucket list buck in my books.
The way I see it, the sticker on the right is a sticker. The G2s are long and even and the back tine on the left is a deduction. Should score more that way. Not that it matters. Tremendous buck regardless of score. Trophy of a lifetime for sure.
kenny

[houndsman]

Great Buck guys ! way to go

[ElliotMoose]

What a toad! Love the colour!

[Muleymaniac]

That thing is a pig. Way to stay with him for a shot, job well done!