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MIKE'S OUTFITTING
1999 MULE DEER and ANTELOPE HUNT REPORT
We
had another great season, bowhunting for mule deer and
antelope. We saw and had chances at some of the biggest
muley bucks we've ever seen. Several 30" wide, 190
plus score bucks were encountered and almost everybody
had a few close opportunities at Pope & Young bucks. The
antelope buck quality was also really good with 14 inch
and better, 70-80 score bucks a common sight. A few 80
plus inchers were also shot at.
We took 16 hunters who killed 9 mule deer bucks for a
57% success rate, which is down a bit from other years
but still respectable. The 2 biggest bucks was a 26"
wide, 173 score deer taken by Joe Soto from
Wisconsin and a 170 buck shot by "The bear killer" Zig
Kertenis from Connecticut. Carl Miller from
Michigan came on his 4th mule deer hunt and shot on
video his 4th buck, a 167 incher. His previous 3 deer
score 185, 180 & 155. The bucks shot by the other hunters
were all nice deer, which they can be proud of.
This
was also the year of the giant antelope. A really,
heavy 80 score buck was decoyed in and shot by
Mark McQueen, from Texas. It paired up nicely with
his 147 muley, which he took on the same hunt. Tom
Battinelli from New Jersey was a close second with
a 76 incher. Joe Soto also got an antelope scoring
73. Carmen Nuccio from Connecticut scored on a nice
70 inch buck. Danny Kelly from Maryland
shot a 14 1/2" antelope, which had both prongs
broke off but still scored 67. He also got a 162" mule
deer. Eight guys came on the antelope combo. hunt
and killed 8 antelope bucks for a fantastic first time
100% kill success.
Thanks
to everybody who came antelope and mule deer hunting and
made it a fun - successful hunt. Special thanks to guides
Blaine Walburger and his family and to Jan Allen who all
work their butts off to give everybody a great hunt.
The year 2000 season is tentatively booked full and 2001
is almost full too, so call right away if you are interested.
I hope to see you up here soon.
Yours truly,
Mike Ukrainetz |
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Mikes's Outfitting
specializes in archery mule deer hunts, antelope & mule deer combo
hunts, rifle mule deer hunts, archery black bear hunts and is now
offering new trophy hunts for whitetail deer, mule deer, moose, elk
and wolves in Alberta Canada |
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