Possible New State Record Mulie

[dok7mm]

Just saw a picture of a new possible Texas state record mule deer. Greg Simmons of San Angelo, Tx was reported to have taken this monster in Culbertson Co.

 

[dok7mm]

Here's a couple more Texas mulies taken in last couple of years.

 

[motrapper]

WOW Love to see New huge Mulies as long as No Game Farms

 

[Mram10us]

Definitely don't see those on public lands here in Idaho

 

[dok7mm]

WOW Love to see New huge Mulies as long as No Game Farms

Nope, all free ranging!

 

[Jluck]

Babies... still has milk on their lips! Really though. What freaks!! Awesome.

 

[eklarsen]

Colbertson CO, never heard of such a place.

 

[dok7mm]

CO is Colorado....Co. is county, as in Culbertson Co., Texas.

 

[Rick Richard]

What brutes! Seems to be a lot of big antlered animals taken this year. I am sure it has to do with global warming. Lol.

 

[adam32]

Game farms using "stud" bucks for breeding and then they get onto public lands. Nothing about that deer in the picture is natural or free ranging.

You'll be seeing more and more records broken every year.

And it needs to be pointed out that free ranging is NOT public land...free ranging is a Texas word for a low fence ranch next to a breeder ranch.

Nice buck at any rate but that's the result of lots of $$$$ is all.

 

[257Tony]

Game farms using "stud" bucks for breeding and then they get onto public lands. Nothing about that deer in the picture is natural or free ranging.

You'll be seeing more and more records broken every year.

And it needs to be pointed out that free ranging is NOT public land...free ranging is a Texas word for a low fence ranch next to a breeder ranch.

Nice buck at any rate but that's the result of lots of $$$$ is all.

You have some first hand info on this particular deer? Or you just hating?

 

[Andrew Massi]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...n-County-mule-deer-buck-could-be-14850620.php

40,000 acre ranch that's managed for trophy mule deer.
Part of that management plan
Water tanks
Protein pellets
"Culberson County averages about 12 inches of rainfall per year. Simons and his partners help offset the inhospitable conditions by supplementing the deer with protein pellets that are distributed at 12 feeding stations during antler growing season."

They grew this buck- artificially, watched him for years until he was ripe to pick. The biologist for the area is stunned because west texas doesn't have these genetics--

 

[Andrew Massi]

It gets better
They couldn't turn the buck up, so they used a helicopter to find where he was holed up...

"
The deer was spotted in the area during a mid-October helicopter survey.To boost his odds, Simons created a vantage point by fashioning a makeshift spotting platform in the bed of his pickup using a 12-foot step ladder anchored with ratchet straps."

 

[eklarsen]

CO is Colorado....Co. is county, as in Culbertson Co., Texas.

Apparently I am not very good at this righten n cipheren