Got my Colorado Mulie
Contributors to this thread:Mule Deer
From: Charlie Rehor
29-Aug-17
Colorado 4x4
Colorado 4x4
Many of you know Dan Reardon the owner of Rockin R Ranch for his archery elk hunts and Wounded Warrior hunts.
Dan also has a couple leases which have some great Mulies. He set me up on one of them and I hunted it on my own and got very lucky yesterday am with this beauty. So blessed. Thanks Dan!
PS: Good luck and safe hunts to all! C
From: Bogie
29-Aug-17
congrats, Nice Harvest
From: Forest bows
29-Aug-17
Wow! Nice deer. Good shot!
From: BC
29-Aug-17
Beautiful buck! Good going Charlie.
From: Rickm
29-Aug-17
Beauty! Congrats.
From: MaBow
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie
From: GotBowAz
29-Aug-17
Good job Charlie! Nice buck, congrats!
From: Bowboy
29-Aug-17
Congrats nice buck.
From: Rut Nut
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie! Love to see deer in velvet! You gonna get it mounted like that?
From: Smtn10PT
29-Aug-17
Great buck! Congrats
From: Southern draw
29-Aug-17
Congrats !
From: loesshillsarcher
29-Aug-17
Awesome!! Congrats!!
From: Pigsticker
29-Aug-17
Great buck, congratulations!
From: Dan Mallia
29-Aug-17
Very nice. Congrats!
From: Ermine
29-Aug-17
Awesome buck
From: huntinelk
29-Aug-17
Nice, congrats
From: otcWill
29-Aug-17
Congrats buddy! Beauty buck
From: longspeak74
29-Aug-17
Great deer! Congrats!
From: carcus
29-Aug-17
Nice one charlie! looks like perfect shot placement!
From: HUNT MAN
29-Aug-17
Great start . Congrats and best of luck to You!! Hunt
From: DEMO-Bowhunter
29-Aug-17
Very Nice! Congrats!
From: pav
29-Aug-17
Atta' boy Charlie!
Take the trip of a lifetime.....every year! (Heard that somewhere before....???)
From: Mr.C
29-Aug-17
Very nice Mr. Charlie in the fuzz to MikeC
From: uteangler
29-Aug-17
Congrats sir! Awesome buck!
From: OldnGrumpy
29-Aug-17
Congrats! Awesome Buck. Look forward to the tail. :-)
From: Franzen
29-Aug-17
Pretty buck Charlie. Congrats!
From: CurveBow
29-Aug-17
Congratulations Charlie! Awesome buck!
From: iceman
29-Aug-17
Congrats, Charlie. Beautiful deer.
From: BOWUNTR
29-Aug-17
Outstanding... congrats Charlie. Ed F
From: GhostBird
29-Aug-17
Congratulations Charlie... beautiful buck.
From: Shrewski
29-Aug-17
That is my dream buck right there. Got any pics from the front? Did you stalk him? Ambush him?
From: sticksender
29-Aug-17
That's a fantastic buck Charlie, congrats to you.
From: SBH
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie. Way to kick off the season.
From: ahunter55
29-Aug-17
Great looking Buck Charlie. I managed many Co. bowhunts for those critters & miss those Mountains & Velvet Bucks.. Great Buck..
From: sitO
29-Aug-17
Nice buck CR, and you did it without any of my products ;?)
From: elkmtngear
29-Aug-17
Nice job Charlie...beautiful velvet Trophy buck!
Best of Luck, Jeff
From: BigOk
29-Aug-17
WOW!! Very nice.
From: OFFHNTN
29-Aug-17
Awesome buck! CONGRATS!
From: PECO
29-Aug-17
Congrats on a great deer and excellent shot!
From: Shug
29-Aug-17
Congratulations Charlie
From: kota-man
29-Aug-17
Way to go Charlie! Congrats on a great buck.
From: Bake
29-Aug-17
Great buck Charlie!
From: Z Barebow
29-Aug-17
Great mulie Charlie! Congrats!
From: rattling_junkie
29-Aug-17
Beauty!!!!
From: Mark Watkins
29-Aug-17
Charlie,
Congrats on a great buck and fantastic start to your looooooong hunting season:)!
Mark
From: Nesser
29-Aug-17
Awesome Charlie!!
From: Zackman
29-Aug-17
Congrats!
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie! Beautiful buck.
From: loopmtz
29-Aug-17
Good job Charlie!
From: WV Mountaineer
29-Aug-17
Congrats on a great deer. God Bless men
From: hunt'n addict
29-Aug-17
Congratulations. Beautiful deer.
From: Dennis Razza
29-Aug-17
Way to go Charlie! Congrats!!
From: GBTG
29-Aug-17
Awesome!
From: Joey Ward
29-Aug-17
That's a nice'un! A real fatty. What do you think he weighed?
Great picture too.
From: APauls
29-Aug-17
WOW!!!! Very nice! Congrats on a doosie!
From: rdohn
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie on a great buck!
From: coelker
29-Aug-17
Any idea on his score? I am watching one identical to this and I am having a hard time with a score simply because the fronts are hugs and the backs not so much? Around 170?
From: SDHNTR(home)
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie! That's a great buck.
From: drycreek
29-Aug-17
The general consensus is that you shot a great buck. I'll agree with that ! Congrats Charlie !
From: rideold
29-Aug-17
Congrats. I'll be hunting public in that unit later this month. Hope you pushed them all off private.
From: Brotsky
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie! Well done on a beautiful animal!
From: t-roy
29-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie! The whitetails are probably starting to get nervous;-)
From: Charlie Rehor
29-Aug-17
Big thanks to all my Bowsite buds. One of my best days afield.
RutNut: Not sure on mount yet. My wife says I'm done but maybe just one more as the velvet is way cool:) Might do a velvet euro.
Shrewski: I'll post a few more pics as I think I have one from the front. I am not good enough to stalk these Mulies as it is super dry here in SW Colorado and very noisy. I found bedding/browsing areas and set up in Scrub Oak patches surrounded by open areas. Then it was wait em out. Patience.
SitO: Can't seem to find any retail outlets here in SW Colorado:)
Joey Ward: He probably weighed 250 live weight. I will age the bottom two teeth with www.deerage.com. I'm thinking he's 4.5 or 5.5, great mass.
coelker: I green measured him this am and with the velvet and shrinkage he'll come a bit less but the gross is 179 7/8 net 172 7/8. Main beams are 27 inches, inside spread is 21 7/8 inches and there is 40 3/8 inches of mass. He's a beauty for sure.
From: ilandhunter
29-Aug-17
Charlie, if you need a place to hang him, you can put him on the other side of the woodstove next to his younger brother Good job, Chuck
From: Charlie Rehor
29-Aug-17
Shrewski: Front pic. I took my field photos with a tiny tri-pod and my iPhone.
From: Charlie Rehor
29-Aug-17
Here's my "Bowsite appropriate" photo:)
From: t-roy
29-Aug-17
Howse about a few details of how the hunt went down?!
From: Charlie Rehor
29-Aug-17
Had a few does come very close. Does with fawns were very on edge but does without fawns were very relaxed.
Had a few does come very close. Does with fawns were very on edge but does without fawns were very relaxed.
t-Roy: I had been seeing quite a few deer in the same general area multiple times but could not get close so I set up in a 20 yard diameter scrub oak area with open areas all around, cut shooting lanes and waited. At 8:00 am on the third day I saw a buck about 100 yards away then another and another and another. They were browsing along without a care. I lost track of one of the smaller bucks until we both looked at each other at 20 yards. He spooked and ran back to the other bucks but they eventually relaxed and started feeding again. The big guy walked broadside and I ranges him 3 times and had a great release. I knew he was hit hard but he did travel almost 400 yards before he went down. Personally I believe my best option was ambush and waiting em out.
From: jsgold
29-Aug-17
Wow. Congratulations!
From: T Mac
29-Aug-17
Great muley congrats Charlie.
From: manitou1
29-Aug-17
I hate you!!! :-) Congrats on a very nice buck.
From: SteveB
29-Aug-17
Well done Charlie! Congratulations!!! On your own to boot!
From: bighorn
29-Aug-17
Beautiful buck Charlie he makes us all hyped up. Congrats.
From: Shrewski
29-Aug-17
Oh boy he looks just as good from the front as the side. 180 bucks are pretty awesome; I'm jealous! Sounds like a great hunt.
From: BULELK1
30-Aug-17
Damn nice buck C-man!
Congrats
Good luck, Robb
From: JW
30-Aug-17
Grats Charlie! Great buck!
From: BC
30-Aug-17
400 yards! Good tracking. Looked like high lungs. How far was your shot Charlie. Great buck!!
From: Guardian Hunter
30-Aug-17
My son and I were on a hunt near Grand Junction and arrowed some nice deer too. Congratulations Charlie. Gary
From: Guardian Hunter
30-Aug-17
Above is Jake's first mule deer and this was mine. Very pleased with our outfitter.
From: njbuck
30-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie, he is a great buck!
From: EmbryO-klahoma
30-Aug-17
Dandy buck, Charlie!
From: Charlie Rehor
30-Aug-17
I went back this am to the seen of the crime and found the bottom 2/3rds of my arrow.
From: Charlie Rehor
30-Aug-17
Only stomach bile
Only stomach bile
Bear scat
Bear scat
I then checked out where I cut up my deer and left the carcus. 48 hours and nothing but stomach pile and bear scat. Zero bones!
From: midwest
30-Aug-17
Dream buck....congrats, C!
From: Drop tine
30-Aug-17
Great buck, well done.
From: Charlie Rehor
30-Aug-17
SW Colorado sunset tonight.
SW Colorado sunset tonight.
Heading to Kansas in the am. The disabled hunter/youth Whitetail season starts Saturday 9/2 and I'll be meeting/helping my paraplegic friend who will be hunting with Forest Bows. Regular archery starts 9/11 so I'll hang there then come back to SW Colorado for the Wounded Warrior archery elk hunt with Rockin R on 9/19. Lucky boy I am! Thanks for following my Mulie hunt.
From: Chris S
31-Aug-17
Congrats Charlie on a well deserved and tasty trophy!
From: Habitat for Wildlife
31-Aug-17
Congrats, very nice Charlie.
Congrats to the other two as well!
From: Iowabowhunter
31-Aug-17
Congrats on a great buck!
From: bow assassin
31-Aug-17
Congratulations Charlie!!! Awesome deer....I love hunting mulies through all you guys on here, hopefully I'll make it out there myself one of these days.
From: Brendan Mulholland
02-Sep-17
Way to go Charlie!
From: TREESTANDWOLF
02-Sep-17
Great Deer Charlie, congrats !
From: trkyslr
02-Sep-17
Nice mule deer congrats!
From: Zbone
02-Sep-17
Beautiful buck, many congrats Charlie!
From: Paul@thefort
02-Sep-17
Charlie, nice seeing an old timer being successful. my best, Paul
From: TD
02-Sep-17
Right on HTC! Congrats he's a dandy!
Put a good lick on him too..... those "V" shots.... I bet he didn't go far.....
Nothing is wasted in nature, that's a given...... bears, bugs, assorted varmints..... even the bushes have to eat....
From: Fulldraw1972
03-Sep-17
Wow great buck!! Congrats Charlie
From: Charlie Rehor
03-Sep-17
Colorado wild flowers
Colorado wild flowers
Thanks again everyone. I'm in Kansas now helping my parapeligic friend (fell from a tree stand 13 years ago) get his archery buck. He could hunt this special hunt with any weapon but is using a compound. So inspiring to see his drive. Good luck all! C
From: Hawkeye
03-Sep-17
Wow!!! Well done Charlie! Couldn't happen to a better guy. Congrats buddy:)
From: Turk
03-Sep-17
Congratulations!
From: Bigpizzaman
03-Sep-17
Congrats Charlie!
From: Forest bows
07-Sep-17
Hippie! Taking flower pics everywhere you go!
From: Outdoordan
08-Sep-17
Great buck Charlie!
From: JSW
08-Sep-17
Great job Charlie
From: Charlie Rehor
13-Mar-18
I stripped my Mulie rack from last season, had it measured for P&Y Club entry as a hard horned then had synthetic velvet put on the rack.
I understand Western guys don’t like synthetic velvet but I like the look and particularly how it will look in 10 and 20 years. Thought I’d post a picture of the finished euro!
From: Treeline
13-Mar-18
Looks good Charlie! I like the velvet either way. Have a couple of velvet mounts that are pushing 20 years old and still look good with the real stuff, but I am out here where it is really dry and no bugs!
From: SDHNTR(home)
13-Mar-18
That looks pretty darn good Charlie. Better that any other fake velvet job I've seen. I killed a buck in the same status last year and was nervous about bad looking fake stuff, so I had it stripped and stained. Your pic makes me wonder if I screwed up.
From: elkmtngear
13-Mar-18
Wow! That synthetic velvet does look impressive.
Congrats again, Charlie!
From: t-roy
13-Mar-18
Looks great, Charlie. Enjoy!
From: Rob in VT
13-Mar-18
Looks great Charlie!
From: Ambush
13-Mar-18
Nice euro! How old do you figure he was. Quite a bit of pronounced beading on the bases.
Would you post the score for us that appreciate numbers?
From: Charlie Rehor
13-Mar-18
Thanks again guys. I'm hoping I draw that tag again this year.
Ambush: www.deerage.com aged him at 7.5 years old
Official Final score was 168 5/8, Gross was 175 4/8
From: Ambush
13-Mar-18
Wow Charlie, that’s very nice! Congratulations!
From: DGW
13-Mar-18
Looks great Charlie, such a great deer,congrats.
From: BOWUNTR
13-Mar-18
Whopper... Ed F
From: Ermine
13-Mar-18
Congrats again! Great buck!! If you were like any of the super stars of today they would say that buck is over 200” haha
From: IdyllwildArcher
13-Mar-18
Grats Charlie! Great buck
From: Hawkeye
14-Mar-18
Looking good Charlie!
From: GotBowAz
14-Mar-18
Great looking Euro Charlie. The velvet doesn't look fake in the least to me. Stud buck!
From: otcWill
14-Mar-18
Looks great my friend!
From: Kurt
14-Mar-18
Congratulations Charlie, great buck and pictures! Good luck in 2018, hope you get a repeat!
From: Mark Watkins
14-Mar-18
Awesome Charlie!!!!
Congrats!!!
Mark
From: JLeMieux
14-Mar-18
Nice buck! It came out great!
From: sticksender
14-Mar-18
Looks good Charlie, and best of luck in this year's draw.
From: Ambush
14-Mar-18
For Charlie and anyone else that has had a rack re-velvet'ed. How real does it look? From say five feet away. I have a euro from a buck that was just about to lose his velvet when I saved him the trouble. I ended up just cleaning it off, but never got around to staining the antlers. Might be cool to do that instead.
If your buck had grown a one inch brow on his driver's side you'd have had a near perfectly symmetrical score with that and the extra H1 and H2 mass measurements.
I'd be happy to have a crack at a buck like that every year!!
From: Quinn @work
15-Mar-18
That came out real nice! I like the look. I bet you're happy.
From: Shawn
16-Mar-18
Awesome!! Curious as to how much the synthetic velvet cost to apply? Shawn
From: t-roy
16-Mar-18
I know all you do anymore are euros, Charlie. Would there ever be an animal you would consider doing a shoulder mount of?
Perhaps if you ever killed a whitey as big as Matt’s!?! ;-)
From: brooktrout59
16-Mar-18
Charlie - you are gonna have to build an annex for your "Fred Bear " Museum of mounts and trophies! Nice Mulie and Velvet! Jmp
From: Shug
16-Mar-18
Looks great... congratulations... and you’re just waiting for the form to come in to mount it right?
From: Charlie Rehor
17-Mar-18
Shug: My trophy mounting days are pretty much over. I’ve got some nice representations of various species and have to factor in the extreme burden of “family taxi dispersal” after I’m gone:)
t-roy: If I get one bigger than I’ve gotten to date I would likely just switch out the antlers with one of my current mounts. As stated above I just can’t see more mounts at this stage. Been very lucky in the past.
Shawn: You can google “synthetic velvet” for costs. There is a difference in price and quality. Generally there is a flat fee and per inch charge.
