My First Deer! Big Old Region 3 Muley!

[fireblaze]

I harvested myfirst deer ever, after striking out last season. We were about 60 Km south ofKamloops at about 5500-6000ft in region 3.

Made it up with the truck to a deadend of a logging road and headed into some old growth pine forest on foot. many tracks on my way in, found a bedding area in some pine needles, and some steaming deer droppings ( it was cold up there in the morning) made it though the old growth to the back end of a cutblock. It was a great little spot were an old grow forest and a reforested area metwith a cutblock in the middle. I spotted a deer was grazing about 225 yards away nearthe reforested section in my binos. I checked and double and triple checked in my binos identifyingthe deer and counting the points. "there’s the back 2 tines"..."there’s the front 2 tines"hit The radio to my brother "Confirmed at least a 4 point Muley" ...I raise my brand new Ruger American 30-06 and my 3-9x Redfield was all over theplace with the adrenaline pumping. Lined it up took the shot..... miss… OMG. Hewent for the trees.. Then stopped. I got him back in my sights and really concentratedon my breathing to calm myself down. The rifle was rock steady on my exhale,aimed a little high to compensate to the distance of now 250 yards. I pulledthe trigger. the deer stumbled for 4-6 steps then went down. Radio'd to my bro" that's a confirmed hit " ( we have the garmin rino radios that hasGPS positioning of each other). By the time I walked up to the deer he waslifeless, perfect heart shot. My brother who gave and found me with the GPSwhen He took this picture,
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Then began the hefty task of getting this guy back to the truck once we cleanedhim. Took us 5 hours of back breaking work over 2km rough terrain but we got emback to the truck washed him out and loaded him up with 2 bags of ice and madeour way back to the lower mainland to the meat processor and got the trophy tothe taxidermist.

The time spent with my brother would have made the trip and awesome time,harvesting my first deer made it all the sweeter. would I take the shot againknowing that my truck is 2Km away? for sure. will I buy a quad? absolutely.

[Mr. Dean]

SHAMWOW!!!

Congrats.

[Mr. Dean]

Oh,,,,,, I hope there's a shoulder mount in the making here...

[ncurrie]

congrats, awesome animal

[walnutz]

Congrats!! Nice deer!

[Paulyman]

Awesome man! great looking deer right there.

[Buckmeister]

Good work! The first one is always a sweet one!

[Philcott]

Very nice for sure.

[Taurusguy]

Great size! .. Awesome first buck!

[BimmerBob]

Nice buck! Way to go on your first fine Muley, it will be an addiction from now on... ;)

[greenhorn]

Beauty deer!! I love the stories of people's first animals!!! Any other pictures you can share???

[fireblaze]

Thnaks guys, just talked to the taxidermist and he is excited! he is doing a full chest mount with a slight head turn to show off the 5th tine on the one side. ( he is a 5x4 point). now to convince my wife to have this over my fireplace, lugging a deer over 2 km's sounds easier.... :-)

[guywitha270]

That is gorgeous!! But the real the question is, where the HELL did you find a Ruger American? I've called everywhere and they all laugh at me when I ask when are they coming in?!! Great deer man!

[Jelvis]

Region 3 monster mule -- unreal -- congratulations hunter, it's a beauty buck all polished up antlers already teddy.
Jel -- Another happy region 3 muley hunter .. You earned it fireblaze.

[Mr. Dean]

Thnaks guys, just talked to the taxidermist and he is excited! he is doing a full chest mount with a slight head turn to show off the 5th tine on the one side. ( he is a 5x4 point). now to convince my wife to have this over my fireplace, lugging a deer over 2 km's sounds easier.... :-)

Good to hear!

Caution about hanging him over the fireplace: He may dry and crack, or drum.
Typically, mounts shouldn't be hung over direct heat sources - Talk to your Taxi. :wink:

[yota]

congrats on an awesome deer I'm still searching for my first big muley

[lovemywinchester]

Nice buck!

[fireblaze]

A couple more pics
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a doe right at our cabin
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[fireblaze]

guywitha270 - got the ruger american at cabelas, ordered over the phone. Had a pre-order for 2 - .308's ( one for me and one for my bro) that got delayed that I had to cancel. Called around and Cabela's had 3 left in 30-06 and I ordered 2 of them.

[Shooter123]

OH YA!!! Nice buck man really nice!

[Mr. Dean]

Decent mass, which I'm a HUGE fan of.

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Doesn't score as good as tine length, but I really don't care. :lol:

[Brew]

That is a sweet first buck. Can't wait to see the pics of the wall mount when you get em done

[frenchbar]

Good going fireblaze.you look pretty dam pleased as u should be congrats on your first buck

[anglo-saxon]

That deer's a beauty. And for a first one, too! Very well done! Your pic says it all! And to be able to share that with your brother. Awesome.

I hope you have many more such exciting experiences in the future!

[David Heitsman]

Nice deer, I'm surprised that the summer red hairs are all gone. Must be the elevation.

[4 point]

First deer I am impressed. You'll be hooked on mulies now.

[vortex hunter]

nice deer .....

[kodeman]

Great Buck!!

[sparkes3]

nice first mulie ,now ya gotta beat it with a bigger one

[popsy]

Great deer and congratulations!!!

[islander7mm]

Great story and a beauty buck. Do you have any side profile shots? I love seeing big mulie bucks, well done.

[kennyj]

Awesome buck! The first of many I'm sure.
kenny

[TheProvider]

beautiful first deer congrats

[BCMinistry]

Nice job, great story, great buck. Congrats

[Kevin So]

Congrats! What a buck for your first!

Heading up around the same area this week, hope I will have same luck as you!

Fingers cross !

[blaZR2r]

Congrats on your first Buck, and thanks for sharing the story. I hope to join the club soon.

--Jeff--

[curt]

thats a great deer good job!

[fireblaze]

a bunch more pics from my trip.

The flat tire I got on friday that eneded up ruining hunting till 4 pm.... 15 km into the bush around tunkwa lake
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a Grouse got on saturday.
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a product shot of my Ruger American while I is was posting
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My Bro, 3 grouse with 2 shots, amazing!
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a big ol' moose we saw on our way back down to logan lake for dinner.
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[Wood butcher]

Beauty buck. Some great photos of it too. Nice job
Congrats

[Spy]

Great size! .. Awesome first buck!
X2 Nice looking buck !

[sawmill]

Congrats!! Hell of a nice buck!

[fireblaze]

got my deer back from from sumas meats in abbotsford, my deer netted 166 lbs of boneless meat!, got him made into sausage, pepperoni and the good cuts in roasts, and steaks. had the pepperoni and suasage wow is it good! I bought an apartment sized freezer and it is filled to the brim! going to be eating good! should also mention he was 442lbs on the hook,( head off, hide still on).... no wonder my back was so sore. lost some meat cuz he had to half him to get em out of the woods. still really pleased!

[Mr. Dean]

Yup, that would be a PIG deer. :lol:

[Mr. Dean]

Thnaks guys, just talked to the taxidermist and he is excited! he is doing a full chest mount with a slight head turn to show off the 5th tine on the one side. ( he is a 5x4 point). now to convince my wife to have this over my fireplace, lugging a deer over 2 km's sounds easier.... :-)

What kinda pose are ya getting; Head high, sneet, somewhere in between???


My 1st mount was head high w/ slight right turn of the head.
When I get my next one this fall, it'll be sneet.

[rem338win]

Hey great buck! The only advice I would give you is skip the quad and buy a good pack and learn how to debone so you can pack a buck out easy. Or if you have more back than brains you can do this for 5km......
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[MOUNTAIN MAN - TOYOTA/ATV]

Nice buck. Great set of antlers.

[moose2]

What a great looking buck especially for your first congratulations.
Mike

[fireblaze]

found another pic on a different camera, here is my brother with the buck all wrapped up for transport. at least you can see the side profile in this pic even though it is less PC. Nice to have my Brother to help me pack that sucker out of the bush.

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[bruin]

Great first buck! He's got about 140" more bone than my first deer! Congrats!

[paulgug]

thats a stellar first buck. you really set the bar high for you next one!

[markt308]

thats a stellar first buck. you really set the bar high for you next one!

didn't your first buck look something like that paulgug? I remember it being pretty impressivenot

[WKCotts]

heck of a first buck!

[itsy bitsy xj]

Congrats!!!! I can't wait for my first!

[open-sights]

Wow what a gronk, gratz!

[fireblaze]

got a sneek peek at my mount, not quite done yet. right after it was stretched. should be done next week, I'll post some pics when I pick it up. Looks like he lost some structure in the face.


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[Surrey Boy]

Nicely done.

[Rackem]

Very nice buck, I love the thick ol Mulies, congratulations!

[markt308]

looks sweet. hope to see some more pics of the mount soon

[KodiakHntr]

going to be eating good! should also mention he was 442lbs on the hook,( head off, hide still on).... no wonder my back was so sore.

442 pounds on the hook huh? So that would have put him around 525lbs on the hoof.... What'd he score?

[Litzodd6]

beauty lookin mount!, who doing it for ya?

[RiverOtter]

442 pounds on the hook huh? So that would have put him around 525lbs on the hoof.... What'd he score?

Maybe it was a hunter and trophy combined weight......:mrgreen:

[warnniklz]

How'd I miss this thread?

Awesome deer!!!

[HIGHRPM]

FANTASTIC, congrats on your super hunt !!

[blacksn95]

Congrats!! I hope to get out this fall for the first time for Elk.. Hopefully I have just as good luck