GRONG Report post Posted January 9, 2006 Man I'd love to find a nice muley like that someday. Next time, for proportion's sake, have someone hold them that way we can see how big it actually is. That way there won't be any confusion as to what species it is and it'll show us just how freakin nice it is too. Thanks for posting the pics, awesome!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiras Report post Posted January 10, 2006 The dichotomous configuration of the antlers leaves no doubt that it is of the non-whitetail species -Shiras Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues4x4 Report post Posted January 11, 2006 I'm shocked to know Lark has almost all his spelling down to a science.Keep up the good work Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted January 11, 2006 i'm shocked crb don't know what them little smiley faces mean. i was jokin' dude. crap. in fact, the shoop boys are my cousins. sorta distant, but still relation. i've known bruce my whole life. i mean my whole life, and that's a long time. i think that's a young muley from excellent genes tho. it's sorta shaped like a coues, but no brows and the back forks and the big front forks sure look muleish. whatever it is, it's a neat rack. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
love2hunt Report post Posted January 11, 2006 This Rack was found in unit 31 on January 2 by Bruce Weddle while archery hunting with Lance and Sterling Shoop. Bruce believe this was a lion kill it was found a couple miles off the road. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I see lots of reference to lion kills. How are you determining if the carcass you find is indeed the result of a lion? Thx Russ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted January 11, 2006 lions probly kill more deer than everthing else combined, including humans. that is if you exclude me. i've killed more deer than drought. but i'm sorta superhuman. anyway, seriously, if you find a dead deer and it looks sorta like it's been skinned out. head and hide still attached, maybe the leg bones still in the hide. could be it was a lion kill. they tend to skin an animal as they eat it. but most of the time, coyotes and ravens and other vermin tend to scatter the remains around. you also might see where a neck vertebrae is broken, if there are any still attached to the skull. i imagine that if you find a dead deer, and it ain't been obvisously poached, you could surmise it was a lion kill and be right over 50% o' the time. especially if you're in what a guy might call lion country. if the leg bones looked like they've been chewed off or had a rasp took to em, probly a lion too. sometimes they tend to gnaw on a kill for quite awhile, in cool weather. that big ol' raspy tongue they have will grind up about anything after awhile. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted January 11, 2006 "is if you exclude me. i've killed more deer than drought. but i'm sorta superhuman" Kind of like Chuck Norris. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted January 11, 2006 chuck norris is a weenie. he wanted to join our he-man toughguy club and run off screamin' halfway through the first night of initiation. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultramag Report post Posted January 12, 2006 i could see some whitetail in those antlers but if it had brow tines we whould all be confused its a very cool rack though regardless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted January 12, 2006 i could see some whitetail in those antlers but if it had brow tines we whould all be confused its a very cool rack though regardless <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Add some brow tines and get rid of those forks on the back tines and I'd bet money (maybe as much as $1.98) that this was a whitetail. BillQ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted January 12, 2006 I see lots of reference to lion kills. How are you determining if the carcass you find is indeed the result of a lion? Thx Russ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've found quite a few lion kills and usually notice the front half of the skull is broken or it will have tooth marks or holes in the nose area or back of the skull. If it is still fresh, they'll usually be covered up or stashed up under something. We found a small coues buck kill while chasing the cat with dogs, the fairly fresh deer was wedged extremely tight into a small hole in some rocks. I don't know how a person could have even accomplished that, all that was sticking out of the hole was the head and a couple of legs, the rest was in the hole! JIM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Report post Posted January 12, 2006 Holy cow! I can't belive you guys found my buck! Was my arrow still in him? Can I make arrangements to come pick him up? Just kidding! Too bad he doesn't have 5" eye guards, he would look more like a Coues. Great find! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fatfootdoc Report post Posted January 12, 2006 Lark, Did Chuck take to his heels when you guys brought out the sheep on initiation night? ag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
