Post Your 2016 Deer Season Success Here

[djfriesen]

Late reply to the thread. 2016 Whitetail 401 yds with 6.5 CM and 143 ELD-X

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My friends 2016 mule deer. Taken at just over 500yds with .308 WinView attachment 80248

Some very nice-looking deer. Did you score them by any chance?

 

[Aoudad shooter1975]

Had a really good 2016 pulled the trigger on a nice Whitetail. Late in the season.



Enjoyed the Mule deer season also. Battled finding a mature buck. The drought of 2011-2012 took it's toll on the deer. Lots of young bucks so some good hunting in the future. Found one 6 year old--not the greatest antlers, but a fine mature trophy--for a Texas desert mule deer.

Used a Blaser R8 6.5-284 on both hunts. Nosler accubond 140 grain.

 

[D.Camilleri]

 

[D.Camilleri]

I couldn't hunt my normal area in 2016 because the area was closed due to a forest fire. I tried a new area with my friends Neno and Miriam. I hiked high up onto a mountain, started glassing and spotted this buck. Then a monster muley stepped into my scope and I had no shot. The range was 750 yards and I was cold and couldn't get steady. I watched the monster walk out of sight. I went down and crossed a draw and got on a ridge where I could lay prone. At 575 yards the 300 grain Berger hit it's mark and the deer disappeared, DRT. Then the work started. I quartered the deer, and hiked back to camp to get my horses. Neno asked me if I wanted to ride his big mule instead and I am glad I did. The big mule was able to take me all the way to my deer without me having to walk. Great day. Neno and his wife Miriam saw a monster over 30 muley but lost him in the fog without a shot. Good hunt, but I will be back into my normal stomping grounds next week.