2022 Mule Deer Meat Pole
Contributors to this thread:Mule Deer
From: Bowboy
18-Jan-22
I guess I get to this off first.
Here’s my 2022 AZ Mule buck I shot on the 12th of January.
From: Empty Freezer
18-Jan-22
Beautiful Buck my friend. You just had to call it a Mule Deer meat pole so my Coues wouldnt show up your mulie.. :)
From: Beav
20-Jan-22
Great start to 2022! Congrats!
From: Predeter
20-Jan-22
Heck of a buck! Way to kick off the year!
From: t-roy
20-Jan-22
Congrats again, Craig!
From: Bowboy
21-Aug-22
Okay folks we should be seeing some mule deer pictures since some states have already opened. Good luck everyone!
From: Treeline
21-Aug-22
One hell of a buck, Craig! Congratulations!
Looking forward to those velvet antlers to start popping up!
From: Dikndirt
23-Aug-22
Opening day Utah buck with my grandson Cash watching the whole thing go down!!!!
Opening day Utah buck with my grandson Cash watching the whole thing go down!!!!
From: midwest
23-Aug-22
Sweet buck and one of the best handles on Bowsite! Congrats James!
From: Treeline
23-Aug-22
Cool to have your grandson there with you! Congratulations on a great buck and an even greater experience!
From: Beav
05-Sep-22
Great hunt with my daughter here in Nebraska. Almost midday when I killed this one!
From: Beav
05-Sep-22
Great times! Wish she would have killed this one.
From: t-roy
05-Sep-22
Hope you tipped your guide well, Beav! Congrats, buddy!
From: Altitude Sickness
05-Sep-22
That’s a great hunt. Nice deer gentlemen
From: JL
05-Sep-22
Congrats...nice one!
From: scentman
06-Sep-22
Very cool, guys and gals!
From: Nick Muche
06-Sep-22
That’s awesome Harlin!! Congrats!!
From: Treeline
06-Sep-22
Love that second picture with your guide in there, Beav! Beautiful buck! Congratulations!
She was probably holding out for a bigger buck and just letting you get that one to leave the door open… I imagine she will have plenty of opportunities to get a bigger one!
From: SteveB
07-Sep-22
So awesome!!
From: midwest
07-Sep-22
That's a beauty, Beav...congrats! Cute guide, too!
From: APauls
07-Sep-22
Bay to go buddy! I know you wish she shot it, but it's good to shoot stuff with the kids too. I am sure she is just as happy that you shot it as you would have been for her. Let her have the joy too! What a great memory
From: goelk
07-Sep-22
wow great bucks and cool memories
From: sitO
07-Sep-22
Great bucks fellas! Odd that all three on the "meatpole" are 3x4's
From: iceman
07-Sep-22
Nice bucks!! I'm hoping to contribute to this thread in a few weeks :)
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
07-Sep-22
Awesome…
From: TEmbry
08-Sep-22
We took a break from antelope hunting to finally get the monkey off my back and get my first archery Muley! The carnage road-trip continues for the Alaska Boys!
From: Beav
08-Sep-22
Nice job Trevor!!
From: Treeline
08-Sep-22
Congratulations Trevor! Nice buck! Well done!
From: Mike Ukrainetz
08-Sep-22
Keith Gameson from Kentucky
Keith Gameson from Kentucky
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Keith’s buck gross scored 193. He was very thrilled with it since he said he would have been happy with a 160. Congrats Keith!
From: Nick Muche
08-Sep-22
Way to go Trevor!!
From: Murph
08-Sep-22
Beautiful buck Trevor after seeing pics beav sent you guys are building on an epic trip congrats good luck on SD goats
From: Treeline
09-Sep-22
Congratulations to Kieth on a beautiful buck up in Canada with Mike! Gotta be happy with that!!
From: ki-ke
09-Sep-22
Great buck Harlin! You hunt with the coolest people….
James, so cool that your grandson got to see the slay! I agree with Nick. Your handle is classic.
From: WV Mountaineer
09-Sep-22
Good stuff fellas.
From: Mark Rodo
09-Sep-22
Notice the small cut on his back... From a ducked arrow the night before...
Notice the small cut on his back... From a ducked arrow the night before...
September 5th I caught up with a buck I had been watching during the summer up here in AB! Waited for him at the edge of a canola field and ended up shooting him at 10 yards! Awesome experience.
From: Mike Ukrainetz
09-Sep-22
Awesome buck Mark! Two years in row!!
From: Dino
09-Sep-22
Rodo! Great buck man. Congratulations…
From: ND String Puller
09-Sep-22
Great bucks everyone... it’s awesome when the kids get to be there too!
From: Mike Ukrainetz
10-Sep-22
Mike McEntee from California
Mike McEntee from California
Mike Ukrainetz's Link
65 year old Mike with his first big archery mule deer. The buck gross scored 206 with a 200 inch typical frame and 6 inches of non typical points. One 30 yard perfectly placed shot took the buck down and since Mike has Parkinsons and an obvious tremor it was no small feat for him to pull off the shot. Huge congrats to Mike! He is such a nice guy too.
Just to let people know we hunt our deer on mostly private land but the land is easily accessed by anyone else who draws a tag and asks for permission to hunt. We don’t have exclusive access to any land. It’s actually illegal to pay landowners for hunting access.
From: Dino
10-Sep-22
Mike! That’s a very cool story! Kudos to you for making a man’s dream come true. Class act my friend!
From: CTBobcat
12-Sep-22
That buck is 206"?
From: Shaft2Long
12-Sep-22
Thumbs up to all!
From: Yellowcat53
12-Sep-22
Those are great bucks Mike. Do you have to be vaccinated to enter Canada?
From: t-roy
12-Sep-22
Great buck, Mike! Congrats to you and the hunter!
From: Mike Ukrainetz
18-Sep-22
CTBobcat, yes it’s a 206 gross non typical. A 199 6/8 main frame and 6 2/8 non typical points. Mike couldn’t get into a better position for photos due to his limited mobility.
And yes visitors to Canada have to be vaccinated to enter, same as visitors to the USA. It’s a ridiculous rule for both countries!
From: Mike Ukrainetz
18-Sep-22
Fred Soares from California
Fred Soares from California
Here’s Mike McEntee’s buddy Fred with the buck he took in the same week, 190 gross. It was a main frame 178 with an extra inline point on the left antler, and another small point tucked in on the right antler hard to see them. Huge brows, almost like a whitetail! Two happy hunters that week.
(By the way we score all of our bucks at the dinner table with everyone in camp watching every measurement taken and the avid score guys arguing about exactly how to do the questionable measurements.)
From: Mike Ukrainetz
18-Sep-22
A better perspective of both bucks. Two happy 65 year old buddies! Both bucks were massively heavy and long tined which helped the scores.
From: JW
20-Sep-22
Been a while since I could contribute to this thread. Colorado 9/19/22 68 yard shot.
From: t-roy
21-Sep-22
Congrats, JW!
From: JL
21-Sep-22
JW...congrats! Heck of a shot at 68.
From: SteveB
21-Sep-22
Canada set to drop the vaccine requirement September 30.
From: Mike Ukrainetz
21-Sep-22
SteveB, that is the best news I’ve heard in 2 1/2 years of government torture! Hopefully it truly happens and the USA drops their vax requirement for visitors too!!
But more importantly I hope bow hunters post some more mule deer pics!! This can’t be all the mule deer killed by bowsiters or it’s a lame bunch?! Haha
From: JW
21-Sep-22
Thanks t-roy and JL.
From: Treeline
21-Sep-22
Heck, Mike, I have been trying to get a tag in my home state thru all the drawings and leftover/return tags with no luck. Pretty discouraging…
From: PECO2
21-Sep-22
Colorado buck, 15 yards, Montec 125 gr. BH, Diamond Black Ice bow. He went maybe 50 yards.
From: JL
21-Sep-22
^...that one looks like he has whitetail antlers.
From: PECO2
22-Sep-22
"^...that one looks like he has whitetail antlers." There are a few around here like that. I like it, happy to finally get one.
From: Coulee
22-Sep-22
Hopefully some of you old Boys still use this forum. There is something called instagram you know.
From: Dino
22-Sep-22
This is the original IG. Nice buck mate.
From: Quinn @work
23-Sep-22
Congrats PECO2!
My instagram application got rejected due to not having a flat brim :(
Bowsite it is.
From: PECO2
24-Sep-22
No instagram or twatter for me. I spend a lot of time in fb jail though.
From: Bowaddict
24-Sep-22
Been watching this one behind house on my place off and on last few months. Only buck we’ve seen on our place besides a forky this year. Never really rebounded from the cwd “cull” years!
From: LuvNovember
24-Sep-22
September 5th 2022….. such a fun hunt. Spot and stalk mule deer. Nothing like it
September 5th 2022….. such a fun hunt. Spot and stalk mule deer. Nothing like it
September 5th 2022
From: Ermine
13-Oct-22
Colorado buck. Tough hunting this fall. Finally found this buck at the end of the season
From: HUNT MAN
15-Oct-22
Mt 10-15-22 12 yards . Love this game!! Hunt
From: Bowboy
15-Oct-22
Some great deer taken folks congrats!
From: Paul@thefort
15-Oct-22
I can see why you guys love mule deer hunting. Fantastic animal for sure. Nicely done by all. Paul
From: t-roy
15-Oct-22
Nice!…congrats guys!
From: Treeline
15-Oct-22
Gotta love them mule deer!
From: midwest
15-Oct-22
Congrats all...some really great deer!
From: BULELK1
16-Oct-22
You guys are doing damn good-------->
Congrats All,
Robb
From: Altitude Sickness
16-Oct-22
Congrats gentlemen !! For this eastern boy. Mule Deer capture the west even more so than elk. Elk lived and still live in the east. But To me, Mulies are iconic symbols of the west.
From: Tony
16-Oct-22
My 2022 saskatchewan mulie. It didn't go as planned, with a poor initial shot, but I was very grateful to be able to still recover him the next morning.
From: t-roy
16-Oct-22
Beautiful buck, Tony! Congrats!
From: Mike Ukrainetz
16-Oct-22
Blake Luse from Montana with Mike’s Outfitting in Alberta
Blake Luse from Montana with Mike’s Outfitting in Alberta
This was Blake’s 4th muley hunt with us this past Sept 2022. 173 gross on this one. He says that the mule deer bowhunting is so much better here than at home and with us having several great bucks scouted out that he would rather come to Alberta. He killed a 202 score buck a few years ago with us too.
From: goelk
18-Oct-22
From: JL
18-Oct-22
^...Congrats on the trad kill!!
From: adam_cav51
23-Oct-22
2022 Region F General Season mule deer with the bow! After hunting for 10+ days up in the high country, running into more griz than deer, and not even getting an opportunity at a buck I was feeling pretty discouraged. Having just moved to Wyoming earlier this year, I was limited to the non-wilderness areas. The bucks I did see were high up in the wilderness where I couldn’t hunt. This made all the effort I was expending to get up there seem futile. Regardless, I prepared for the general season determined to take my first mule deer still using my bow. I completely re-located and changed elevation from where I had hunted during the archery season. On the first day of season, I began to gain some valuable intel. Everyone I talked to at the trailhead later that night hadn’t seen anything, so I knew I was onto something. The next morning I set out super early and got into glassing position well before first light. Five minutes after legal shooting light began, I spotted a group of four bucks far off and watched them work into a group of trees to bed down. With a perfect wind for the stalk, I made sure the bucks where settled in and let my thermals get right. Not long after I began my stalk. Between the bucks and I laid incredibly steep country, rivers, and many other obstacles. So I traversed down the cliffs and faces to the rivers and used contractor bags I had in my pack as make shift waders to get across. After covering around two and a half miles, I slowed down and prepared for the final push. I managed to slip into fifty yards of the bucks and released a perfect arrow. The buck I shot ran twenty yards and piled up! I thought to myself, “I can’t believe I actually did it!” But that excitement was short lived as I realized that I’m solo in grizzly country, have meat on the ground, and in an area that a mauling took place the day before. So I quickly tagged the buck and began dragging him out to an open area where I had a good visual around me if a bear was to approach. I snapped a few photos and made quick work of the buck, loading him up in my pack and headed on back to the trailhead. I couldn’t be more stoked to get it done with the bow and to tag my first animal in the great state of Wyoming!
From: SBH
23-Oct-22
Congrats Adam. Great recap and job well done!
From: Rgiesey
23-Oct-22
Congratulations Adam!
From: JL
24-Oct-22
Congrats and great story.
From: Goelk
24-Oct-22
Thanks JL I was able to put a stalk on him. Wind was really tough this year. Was able to get about 15 yards before wind change and he stood up I was able to get a arrow in him. First longbow kill. I usually shoot a recurve but at old age I had to step down to 54pounds from 60 I couldn't pull back. I had a few chance at elk too but they were spikes. Call both to about 15 yards. Got into few cow elk too but to far for me at 40 yards. I can shoot 40 but not accurately.
From: THP
14-Nov-22
11/13 Colorado, 35 yards
From: Quinn @work
14-Nov-22
Looks like a little further shot than 35 yards? :)
From: Treeline
15-Nov-22
Beautiful buck, Tyson! Congratulations!
From: COLO 3-D
20-Dec-22
I al ready posted this on the Colorado page, but here he is again.
From: Treeline
20-Dec-22
Dang, Henry! Was expecting one of those hard horned late season bucks in the prairie! Great buck! Congratulations!
From: bowhunt
20-Dec-22
November 15th
28 yard shot
November 15th
28 yard shot
From: Bowboy
20-Dec-22
Nice deer guys!
From: Treeline
20-Dec-22
That’s a beauty, bowhunt! Love them chocolate antlers!
From: COLO 3-D
23-Dec-22
Treeline, I have never tried hunting Eastern Plains bucks. I have always wanted to, but the lack of access is a barrier.
From: 12yards
23-Dec-22
Nice bucks guys!
From: Longshaft
24-Dec-22
November Utah extended archery 177
From: Muskwa
26-Dec-22
I normally don't post much... and this year was a good one. I shot 8 animals (all different species) in 2022. I am proud of this deer because of the hunt itself. My muley was taken after the longest November of my life.... but the best moment in my hunting career will follow this picture of horns that simply does not matter... (pic to follow)
From: Muskwa
26-Dec-22
This...
My 12 year old boy with a 67 year old bow!!
He made his first set of cedar arrows this summer... and shot the biggest deer on the mountain in my opinion!!
Don't take days like this for granted guys... cheers to a Happy New Year!
From: muliemad
26-Dec-22
Love your post Muskwa congrats on a great buck and even better trophy your son's deer with a recurve!
From: sticksender
26-Dec-22
Outstanding Joe....congrats to you both.
From: pav
26-Dec-22
First photo is great...second photo is AWESOME! Congrats to you both!
From: DGW
26-Dec-22
Very special Joe!! Memories being made.
From: Muskwa
26-Dec-22
Thank you all! (Maybe I should post here more often...)
Happy New Year guys!! Stay safe and keep the wind in your face!
From: t-roy
26-Dec-22
Awesome pics, Muskwa! We would love a little more detail on your hunts, especially on your son’s. Very special moment, for you both!!
From: Zbone
26-Dec-22
Some beautiful buck folks, CONGRATS to all!!!
Muskwa - Way cool the little guy with the recurve, special deer...
From: RK
26-Dec-22
Your son with his deer is priceless. He is happy with his Got to love it!!
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
26-Dec-22
T-Roy x2!! Congrats Muskwa and little muskwa!
From: Treeline
26-Dec-22
Congratulations to you and your son, Muskwa! Sounds like you both had a fabulous season!
From: Bowaddict
27-Dec-22
Congrats to you and your son joe!! And yes they do grow up fast!
From: iceman
27-Dec-22
Impressive, Muskwa!
t-roy x 3!
From: Old Bow
27-Dec-22
Nice deer everyone!
From: Muskwa
27-Dec-22
Thank you for the nice words guys! I had a great year. I had some hunts bounce into this year due to COVID and then I drew some tags I wasn't expecting. I make my own bows and arrows and choose to limit myself as a result, but a lot of pretty arrows left my string this year. With the recurve I shot a Coues deer and a Javelina in Arizona, Eastern turkey in Wisconsin, Florida alligator, Antelope here in Colorado, a bear in Wisconsin with a whitetail added on and ten this mule deer back home again. ALL DIY (except the Alligator being a damage tag/ trespass fee... still DIY)
I drug my kids to the Dakotas during the cold snap we had in November. My 12 year old sat in a tree stand for over a week and never got a shot opportunity. The coldest day being minus 15. My boys have been tough little wrestlers their whole life... but this was a different type of "toughness".
Back home for our mule deer hunt, Tyson sat in a treestand above decoys for a few days before we finally decided to put his boots on the ground the last few days. We made a lot of mistakes and he learned why I always say "They are full time animals and we are part time hunters". Haha.
We managed to get close to a big mature doe, and he made an 18 yard shot with his little 35 lb Damon Howatt recurve. When that arrow buried to the fletching in that deer... my heart exploded!
All you dads out there know what I am talking about. My house is full of impressive mounts and I have some incredible stories... but nothing compares to teaching your son how to gut his first deer. It just doesn't compare.
From: Altitude Sickness
27-Dec-22
That is great. The young man shooting a Wiley doe with a recurve. Congrats !
From: Jaquomo
27-Dec-22
Fantastic, Joe!. Congratulations on an awesome season in so many ways!
From: nmarchr
27-Dec-22
NM
From: Longshaft
11-Dec-23
November Utah extended archery 177
From: Twinetickler
13-Dec-23
Long, how in thee hell did you kill the exact same buck, and take the exact same picture, two years in a row???? ??
From: Hondolane
13-Dec-23
Long how do I get a tape measure like yours?
From: Hondolane
13-Dec-23
First 5 or 6 inches must be cut off
