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DIY Public Land Nebraska Mule Deer

Unread postby Mountain Man » Fri Nov 18, 2016 2:39 pm

I shot my first mule deer earlier this week during the Nebraska gun season. A friend and I hunted the Pine Ridge unit in the northwestern corner of the state. We were each looking for a nice 4x4 but we didn't see anything bigger than 3x3. We talked to a lot of other hunters at the registration station and while there are some big mule deer and whitetail bucks on public land, the majority of big bucks were shot on private land. I shot the biggest mule deer I saw in the hills of the Pine Ridge at 230 yds. NE Game & Parks aged him at 2.5 yo. It was a fun hunt for OTC tags but pressure was fairly high on the public land.

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Unread postby Dewey » Fri Nov 18, 2016 2:47 pm

Congrats Mountain Man :clap:

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Unread postby hunter_mike » Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:07 pm

Thats awesome. Congrats!

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Unread postby seazofcheeze » Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:10 pm

Congrats on a successful hunt and a great buck!

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Unread postby john1984 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:21 pm

Nice buck! Congrats

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Unread postby BowHusker » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:41 pm

Great buck mountain man! I've talked to a few game wardens from up that way and that area was hit hard by disease a few years ago they said. Also before that they had big wild fires up there so great job on harvesting a good buck!

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Unread postby csoult » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:42 pm

Congrats

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Unread postby Ack » Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:36 pm

Congrats! :clap:
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Congrats!
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Unread postby JoeRE » Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:13 am

Congrats Mountan man!
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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Sat Nov 19, 2016 8:49 am

Spectacular!

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Unread postby cbay » Sat Nov 19, 2016 10:32 am

Way to get it done on public. Congrats!
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Unread postby Wlog » Sat Nov 19, 2016 10:58 am

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Unread postby magicman54494 » Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:28 am

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Re: DIY Public Land Nebraska Mule Deer

Unread postby Uncle Lou » Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:04 pm

Congrats Mountain Man. I hunted SW Nebraska back in 08. I never saw a buck. That is a big bodied deer and I definitely want to go back to NE.
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