Colorado is well known for producing some of North America's top trophy mulie bucks, and this guy has some real promise.
If harvested next year, my guess is that he will easily qualify for the Boone & Crockett Record Book. As many of you are aware, that is no small feat in anyone's book.
It is what mule deer hunter's dreams are made of...
Fair winds, my friend.
Photograph by Michael Patrick McCarty
*I took this photograph late this afternoon, and I was actually surprised that he has yet to shed his antlers. No doubt that will happen very soon. Maybe, just maybe, I can be the lucky soul to find them and pick them.
Alas, one can only hope...
*A Comment From Facebook:
"I am good enough at field judging to say that he will gross around 200 to 215 as a typical and he will loose 12 to 19 inches in deductions. Good enough to make it into Boone and Crockett maybe or maybe not "all time book". He probably doesn't have enough to book as a non-typical. Definitely a buck of a life time. This one rough scored 197 3/8 and has 5 points on the left side and 7 points on the left side. He has 38 inches of mass. Your buck has more mass and more deductions too".
And, here's a recent original pencil rendition of this buck by my friend Charles Manus. Quite a nice study, considering that Mr. Manus scribbled it out in about 5 minutes. Thank You Charlie!
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