Late Nevada muley hunt.

[NVLongbow]

Great story and a really nice buck.

 

[bdidaho]

Loved being on the hunt with you. Great story and pictures. Congrats

 

[pronghorn]

Nice story and a nice buck!

 

[choc dogs]

Thanks for taking us along. There's nothing mediocre about that buck, or that hunt. Black powder makes things more interesting, but the smell is worth it.

 

[T Bone]

Thanks for the kind words folks. It was a fun hunt!

A few people have PM'd or asked questions about pictures, optics, rifle, bullet etc.....

All pics of deer on the thread were taken with a cheap Kodak point and shoot through my spotting scope.

My binos are Pentax DCF SP 10x50's.
Spotter is Minox 62ED with the 20-42x LER eyepiece, mounted on a Vortex tripod.

Muzzleloader is a NEF Huntsman with Williams peep sights. I love the peep sights. I have two aperature peeps, the standard makes me effective out to 125 yards. If I have a good rest, time and ideal lighting to put in the fine target peep, I will kill a paper plate at 200 yards every time.

Bullet was a Hornaday FPB 350 grainer on top of 100 grains of Pyrodex RS. Very accurate and lethal. It went in the front of the chest and did not exit. I didn't dig for it.

 

[Horn Seeker]

Great hunt! Thanks for taking us along T.... it happens man!

 

[FishN4Eyes]

That was a great write-up!

Enjoyed every word of it.

And a case of mistaken identity happens to everyone if you hunt enough.

On the bright side, that's a hell of a consolation prize, dang nice deer for sure.

Sounds like a great hunt in some great deer country.

 

[T Bone]

Weird. Kreeper guy may be a known fugitive last seen in central UT. Physical description matches. Talked with the authorities this morning.


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-to-have-moved-into-Sevier-County.html?pg=all

 

[Summitthunting]

That is crazy!

 

[skeeterforme]

Peeps

Do you have a pic of your two aperature peep sight setup? Don't think I've ever seen that.

 

[Bwana]

A grand adventure for sure!

 

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That's a really great story, and awesome pictures.

Like others have said, that's a great consolation buck.

 

[LuckyMike]

What a great hunt and story! Mistakes like that can happen to all of us. I had drawn a bighorn sheep tag after 14-years of trying in Montana. Backpacked into remote country in the Sun River area. Found a great ram. Didn't get on him right off, in fact it was two weeks later on another backpack trip that I found him again. I had some difficulty stalking him in a herd of 15 rams with steep partially timbered terrain. Got over anxious and mistakenly shot the wrong (very average) ram. It took me several years to get over the frustration I felt about my error.

 

[mtmiller]

I "heart" mediocrity. Great buck Tyson.

 

[deer_shooter]

Thanks for a great story.
Time for me to fess up. While reading along and looking at the pics I shot 'your' buck so many times in my head I fear I may have knocked him down. Probably still laying up there. I think I got 333 too.