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12-07-2006, 10:38 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
I haven't noticed too many posts lately about hard to draw tags for Oregon muzzleloader mule deer, so I thought I would share this story with you guys. My dad and his best friend put in for these desirable hunts every year. This year his friend was lucky enough after eleven years to draw an exceptional choice. They put in the proper preperation by scouting the terrain of the fairly small unit earlier in the year while they were over east for archery elk. They also went over several days before season to locate some quality bucks that were worth harvesting.
On the second day of season my dad rattled into muzzeloader range one of the three top bucks that they had located before the season started. Preperation payed off and his friend harvested a buck of a lifetime. The buck was a symetrical 5x5 that will score around 180.
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12-07-2006, 10:44 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Roundabout
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Great buck! Thanks for the pictures and report. I assume that's the Juniper unit?
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12-07-2006, 10:50 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: St. Helens, OR
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Cool, thanks.
I know a guy that drew a Hart Mt muzzle loader tag this year. I think it took him like 8 or 10 years saving points, and he struck out.
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12-07-2006, 10:57 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Mcminnville
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Wow, great looking Muley. Nice going.
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12-07-2006, 11:06 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Springdale
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Nice deer.
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12-07-2006, 12:20 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 855
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Nice lookin buck!!
Congrats to him...
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12-07-2006, 12:22 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: South western Oregon
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Awesome buck!!Is that the same buck that is in the live photo? Congrats to your dad and his partner...
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12-07-2006, 12:24 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Jennings Lodge, Oregon
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Nice Buck! I'd take one like that anytime.
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12-07-2006, 12:25 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Hillsboro
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
And they say there's no big buck in Oregon. Nice animal. Thank you for sharing
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12-07-2006, 12:47 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: in the treetops by who goosed the moose
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Wow, what an awesome buck! Congrats to the hunter. 
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12-07-2006, 01:08 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,032
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
That is a great buck especially with a smoke pole... 
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12-07-2006, 02:09 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
here piggy piggy
nice hog of a mulie
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12-07-2006, 02:13 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 756
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Quote:
Originally Posted by oregoncritters12
Is that the same buck that is in the live photo?
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Yes, that is the same buck in the live photo. It was taken right before the final kill shot.
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12-07-2006, 02:37 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Great buck!!! And I do not want to be a party pooper but is that muzzle loader legal in this state?
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12-07-2006, 02:40 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Auburn, Wa.
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
That is one sweet buck. Hard for even him to hide that rack.
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12-07-2006, 03:45 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Pendleton/ Round up city
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
GREAT muley!
there are still some brutes runnin around, I am trying to get some pictures posted of bucks this winter too!
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12-07-2006, 03:54 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: grants pass or.
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Big congradulations are in order! 
Hard work and a little luck as well.
I too waited 9 years for this tag, only to be defeated by unseasonalby warm weather. If it does not get cold, most of the deer stay on the refuge side of the road. This year it has been in single didgits in Frenchglen for the last couple of weeks. The deer move up into the hills to stay warm.
We got a couple of bucks, but nothing to write home about.
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12-07-2006, 04:11 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Sandy Oregon
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Great BUCK
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12-07-2006, 04:37 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lakeside, Montana
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Quote:
Originally Posted by fool phishn
Great buck!!! And I do not want to be a party pooper but is that muzzle loader legal in this state?
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I believe so long as you don't use rifle primers, use blackpowder, use bullets or balls, and use open sites that don't have fiber in them you are OK to use an inline according to the regs. Here is what it says about muzzleloaders:
MUZZLELOADER
Scopes (permanent and detachable), fiber optics sights, sights that use artificial light or energy, and sights that enhance, gather, or concentrate
natural light are not allowed during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader
only or archery/muzzleloader only. Open and peep sights made from alloys, plastic, or other materials that do not have the properties described
above are legal sights.
It is illegal to hunt with jacketed bullets, sabots, and bullets with plastic or synthetic bases during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts
where there is a weapon restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only. Round balls and conical lead or lead alloy bullets
with a length that does not exceed twice the diameter, and cloth, paper or felt patches are allowed.
It is illegal to hunt with centerfire primers as an ignition source during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon
restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only.
It is illegal to hunt with pelletized powders or propellants during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon restriction
of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only. Granular (loose) black powder and black powder substitutes are the only legal
propellants during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/
muzzleloader only.
No other firearm may be used for hunting during a muzzleloader-only season. (See definition page 85)
Muzzleloading firearms with revolving actions are prohibited during muzzleloader-only seasons and 600 series hunts where there is a weapon
restriction of shotgun/muzzleloader only or archery/muzzleloader only.
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12-07-2006, 04:40 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Roundabout
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Inlines are legal as long as the ignition is exposed to the weather. This is a common misconception many people have.
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12-07-2006, 04:48 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2,153
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
As I have heard it the brass cap must be visible when it's ready to fire.
So my homemade underhammer action is legal; even though you must turn the rifle upside down to see the cap.
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12-07-2006, 04:57 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Olympia, WA
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Nice trophy buck!!
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12-07-2006, 04:57 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Beautiful Buck!!
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12-07-2006, 04:59 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mt. Angel
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Very nice muley!!!
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12-07-2006, 05:01 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Kelso Washington
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Beautiful buck!
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12-07-2006, 05:06 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Forest Grove
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Great BUCK. That is what that tag is all about.
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12-07-2006, 06:22 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Thayne, Wy
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
That's awesome to hear someone is out there doing what needs to be done to harvest an animal of that quality. There are a lot of people that don't understand the importance of scouting.
Great job and nice buck
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12-07-2006, 06:25 PM
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
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12-07-2006, 07:00 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: salem
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Beautiful Buck! Congrats to the hunter!
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12-07-2006, 07:53 PM
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Halibut
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Clackamas County Oregon
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Great job to the hunters on a great hunt. To take a photo before taking the animal shows the kind of level headed self control being used.
That's a great hunt to share with a good friend. I hope to have the points in a few more years for that hunt.
Looks like it was a snow free season there. I've seen photos of other hunts where the snow is thick and cold.
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12-08-2006, 08:06 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Rhododendron, OR
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Rattlin' for mulies ; nuttin' wrong with that
Ras
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12-08-2006, 08:20 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Just one word "NICE"
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12-09-2006, 08:22 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Forest Grove, OR
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Great buck!! Congrats to your friend
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12-09-2006, 10:49 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
Nice Buck.
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12-09-2006, 11:26 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Salem, Oregon
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Re: Oregon Desert Mule Deer Hunt Success
What a buck, nice work !!
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