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<blockquote data-quote="Lyons7STW" data-source="post: 568551" data-attributes="member: 36853"><p>Well the muley hunt came down to the end. 8 days of hunting one of the best areas in the nation for record muleys. I saw lots of deer. Had fleeting oppurtunities at some very respectable bucks early on, but was holding out for a 180 range buck. Saw one first thing opening mornin. Sittin up on a point I call coyote ridge cause the sage flat falls away for nearly 600 yards in ever direction. While I was glassin I hear the rocks rattle below me and out from behind me, bounds a good one. He must have been bedded, when a couple dogs from a neighboring ranch, that were obviously out rabbit hunting jumped him up. He was moving fast, I tried to set up in anticipation of the pause for a last look back that is typical of muleys. He did, ever so briefly, but with vitals obscured by brush.</p><p></p><p>The week rolled on and I moved into rougher country. Ran into a guide hunting a big one for himself. He agreed we were in the right spot, but was dubious about the odds. He suspects we are missing an age class of deer due to some previous bag winters, hence the over abundance of "dinks".</p><p></p><p>Hopes begin to dwindle. Last two days and a blizzard rolls in. Nothing is moving. My spotter and I go out and glass any way on the last morning. 20 mph winds, snow blowing sideways, no one else out at all. Low and behold spotter finds one in the aspens over a mile up the mountain. A little luck, my spotter got the better look at him and next thing I know we are humping it up the mountain at break neck speed. We crest a ridge overlooking the draw he was in and see three does bedded. We are exposed to the blizzard up on the ridge while they are cosey down in the timber. The buck is no where in sight. We figure he moved 80 yards or so up where the dark timber starts. We decide to make a move before we freeze. I stay put to cover the draw whilre my spotter moves up hill for a look. Low and behold when he moves up there are at least fifty unseen deer bedded in the timber and the stampede is on. Deer leave in all directions, and at every speed from hauling tail to reluctantly moving out. Then my spotter breaks into the clearing, waving like his *** is on fire. The big one snuck out the back, through the dark timber with his head down and one big doe beside him. He was the very last to leave and let my spotter walk within 30 yards then snuck out. My pardner swears he was over 200. And he has seen more of them than most. He has a</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lyons7STW, post: 568551, member: 36853"] Well the muley hunt came down to the end. 8 days of hunting one of the best areas in the nation for record muleys. I saw lots of deer. Had fleeting oppurtunities at some very respectable bucks early on, but was holding out for a 180 range buck. Saw one first thing opening mornin. Sittin up on a point I call coyote ridge cause the sage flat falls away for nearly 600 yards in ever direction. While I was glassin I hear the rocks rattle below me and out from behind me, bounds a good one. He must have been bedded, when a couple dogs from a neighboring ranch, that were obviously out rabbit hunting jumped him up. He was moving fast, I tried to set up in anticipation of the pause for a last look back that is typical of muleys. He did, ever so briefly, but with vitals obscured by brush. The week rolled on and I moved into rougher country. Ran into a guide hunting a big one for himself. He agreed we were in the right spot, but was dubious about the odds. He suspects we are missing an age class of deer due to some previous bag winters, hence the over abundance of "dinks". Hopes begin to dwindle. Last two days and a blizzard rolls in. Nothing is moving. My spotter and I go out and glass any way on the last morning. 20 mph winds, snow blowing sideways, no one else out at all. Low and behold spotter finds one in the aspens over a mile up the mountain. A little luck, my spotter got the better look at him and next thing I know we are humping it up the mountain at break neck speed. We crest a ridge overlooking the draw he was in and see three does bedded. We are exposed to the blizzard up on the ridge while they are cosey down in the timber. The buck is no where in sight. We figure he moved 80 yards or so up where the dark timber starts. We decide to make a move before we freeze. I stay put to cover the draw whilre my spotter moves up hill for a look. Low and behold when he moves up there are at least fifty unseen deer bedded in the timber and the stampede is on. Deer leave in all directions, and at every speed from hauling tail to reluctantly moving out. Then my spotter breaks into the clearing, waving like his *** is on fire. The big one snuck out the back, through the dark timber with his head down and one big doe beside him. He was the very last to leave and let my spotter walk within 30 yards then snuck out. My pardner swears he was over 200. And he has seen more of them than most. He has a [/QUOTE]
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