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Congrats to Mikey! I'm guessing 110

Super cool!! Congrats!

It's a story hard to write but my son killed his first bull after a whirlwind 6 days. He was very limited on time and it got the best of him but we had a great time and lots of memories made. Bull he passed after a tough day the day before. Bull that came in after he didn't have enough patience. This is the bull we were hunting but he had already shot another bull 5 minutes before. Having little experience and no time for a hunt really hurt him but in the end his goal was accomplished. He killed a bull, and we got to spend some good days hunting.

On my way to the office What greeted me when I got in

This is a pretty unique story, A good friend's son drew a muzzy tag in NM and my buddy got called to do some LEO training in Washington DC and NY for 12 weeks so he called me and asked if I could help his son on his first tag. I only could commit the weekend but after a bunch of rain and couple missed opportunities Colter smoked this bull at 250 yards off his knee for his first bull.

This is just my opinion and observation but I think quite a few of the biggest bucks will still be killed this year by the guys that ran a bunch of cameras in the past. A buck that was pretty good 2-3 years ago and didn't get killed most likely will be in the same general area and so they will hunt that area trying to turn him up. I don't think the "benefits" of the camera ban will become apparent until the next 2 years.

Yeah he didn't go far with that. Great job

Well it has been low 40s at my place at 6300' and that looks significantly higher. I'm betting it was in the 30s or even lower so yeah I'm sure the meat cooled down just fine without a cooler.

What a giant!! Congratulations on a superb buck and thank you, thank you for sharing. I know most people probably saw it on social media but I love seeing them on this awesome site.

I get that...I'm telling you I see a bunch down there is all. Take it for what it's worth.

That is a cool buck, I like the character and the Irony

Thanks. We really did have a great time. GroundPounders killed this bull the next day. I had him somewhere between 375-80. I heard he went quite a bit bigger.

For what it's worth I see suppressors down there all of the time. I know a lot of people take them with no consequences.

That will be awesome...I've always wanted a big ol moose

Yeah thats about close enough. those shoulders are tough. Very tough.

Super cool, wide buck. I am a sucker for wide bucks for sure. Every year it gets harder and harder to draw a decent tag and find a decent deer, way to get it done on that hunt.

Great bull! I love the bull and the character especially that 5th. So cool

Congrats Casey!

This 12x42 NLs can't be beat

That is a stud Coues, love the drop!!

I think it depends on what you want to kill. If you want to shoot a mature buck but are not picky about score I would just pack 12s. At most reasonable distances you can tell if it's a solid buck or not. If you are "trophy hunting and want to make sure you are shooting a 100" or better buck you will need a spotter. I ditched my 15s for 12s and I have never looked back. I would take 12s and a light weight spotter or just take 12s. That is my recommendation

Nice Job! looks like a good heavy buck.

Great buck, sorry about the way it happened.

That is a stud buck!!