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Title: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Duane Hipple on January 10, 2008, 11:07:00 AM
(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/duanehipple/000_1168.jpg)
My first Traditional kill. I shot him at 25 yards with a 60# Hoyt Game Master.
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Flatshooter on January 10, 2008, 05:53:00 PM
Hey Nice going Duane! I just moved to TN from Tucson (Green valley) where I lived for five years.Hunted desert mulies for five years without much success. Congratulations on an accomplishment not many can boast of... YOU THE MAN!!!
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: steadman on January 10, 2008, 10:38:00 PM
Very nice buck!! Congrats!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Vig on January 10, 2008, 11:53:00 PM
Great buck! What part of AZ were you hunting?
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Duane Hipple on January 11, 2008, 03:53:00 PM
Centeral AZ , North of Phoenix
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: pete p on January 11, 2008, 09:13:00 PM
cool, looks like you took out the juggular?? how far did he go?
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: BigRonHuntAlot on January 13, 2008, 04:56:00 PM
Nice Buck Duane.  :notworthy:
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Arwin on January 14, 2008, 08:44:00 AM
Beautiful mulie!  :archer:
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Duane Hipple on January 14, 2008, 10:28:00 AM
He went about 25 yards,I hit the lung and the main artery right above the heart
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: LEOPARD on January 14, 2008, 03:15:00 PM
Great deer! Congrats!    :bigsmyl:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: yellow bow on January 14, 2008, 06:58:00 PM
nice mulie,congrats!
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: sparrow on January 28, 2008, 11:44:00 PM
Nice deer just a couple thoughts. Please remove arrow before taking the picture. You were fortunate to make a clean kill. A head on shot is not a very good choice. There are a lot of bad things that can happen on the path to the chest from that angle.
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: David Alford on January 30, 2008, 02:27:00 PM
I shot a mulie in N. Arizona, he spun toward me at the shot and the arrow went full length in the brisket with the bh in the stomach due to the penetration. Result effectively was a gut shot deer and a lot of the meat was not good.

Congrats. Duane, not many desert mulies fall to recurves or longbows!
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Joseph on January 31, 2008, 05:45:00 AM
That is a cool looking deer and like you said, I haven't seen very many desert muluies killed with any bow,  congratulations!  Joseph
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Duane Hipple on January 31, 2008, 09:54:00 AM
Thanks for all the Kind words from everyone.
  Sorry about the arrow being left in , but it wouldn't pull out and I didn't want to risk having the B/H pulling out of the arrow and getting cut when I was cleaning him. As far as the head on shot, big Desert Mulies don't give you alot of broad side shots,they are very smart.Sometimes you just have to make the hard shot.He was beded down looking straight at me when I shot him at 25 Yards.I was using a 150 grain Wensel Woodsman B/H, a very effective B/H.
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: tradtusker on February 09, 2008, 02:59:00 PM
fantastic deer for your first trad kill well done  :thumbsup:    :notworthy:    :clapper:
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on February 19, 2008, 05:16:00 AM
That's a magnificent deer, and some marvellous-looking country too! Good for you, Sir!
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: SoNevada Archer on April 02, 2008, 11:29:00 PM
Very nice man! I've taken many Mulies but still non with my traditional grear. Congrats!!!
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: GrayRhino on May 08, 2008, 02:32:00 AM
Beautiful deer and great shooting Duane.  Congratulations!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: tarponnut on July 14, 2008, 10:20:00 AM
Great buck. It's amazing what a quality sharp broadhead can do when you hit them perfectly like that. My shooting skill level would not have allowed that shot angle. Great job!
Title: Re: Arizona , Desert Mule Deer
Post by: Jaiverri on July 14, 2008, 12:19:00 PM
Where is the picture??