My cousins Utah mule deer hunt

Workerbee33 · Sep 2, 2017

So my cousin finally drew his Utah mule deer hunt. He decided to spend the money and have a guide service scout his buck and get him on it. After seeing huge ridiculous bucks and passing on them he finally settled on this bruiser.
Gross score of 235, 34" wide, 46" of mass and it's 10x10. It will be in the P&Y record book.

Oregonhunter5 · Sep 2, 2017

That's a big buck. Any idea who covered his scouting? Cost? Unit?

I've shot several deer in Utah. You wanna experience a seriously scary experience.?? Go hunt the general down there. Literally ww3! Any hillside has hunters in orange all over it. Bullets cruising by your head. Happend to me many times. Damn good thing they don't drink booze down there. Well!! Lol! Anymore than they do.
There's big elk and deer there. I bet that deer cost him $8,000 if it was a full outfitted deal. It's a standard deal there to pay guys bounties for bucks. Some young 18 year old that loves spotting will get paid $1,000-2,000 to find that big of buck. It's actually a strange state to hunt. Money isn't a object. All the latest and greatest gear. Mossback outfitters has caused a lot of the crap there. And other states. Google the spider bull. Mossback lead that hunt. Many believe it was a farm grown bull set loose to shoot. With 15-20 spotters watching it till Denny went to shoot it. That elk cost $150,000. That's a fact.

Workerbee33 · Sep 2, 2017

That's crazy, look at the bottom right of the pic. Mossback guides...thats who my cousin used. No clue on what it cost him but I have a really good idea.

Oregonhunter5 · Sep 2, 2017

Oh lol! I'm blind!
So that buck cost him over $15,000 due to trophy fee. But that's only my educated guess. Doyle moss is a nice guy. But his posse of scouters and guides are always in run ins with joe public. They block access routes for us regulars guys to protect game they are on. It's BIG BUSINESS!! Huge!

jbett98 · Sep 2, 2017

Is your cousin a dentist by any chance?

Certaindeaf · Sep 2, 2017

jbett98 said:
Is your cousin a dentist by any chance?

Judging by that humongous hat rack, he's probably a haberdasher.
lol

jbett98 · Sep 2, 2017

I feel sorry for that poor buck. He never got a chance to rub off all that velvet and show his big rack to some hot does.

Workerbee33 · Sep 3, 2017

jbett98 said:
Is your cousin a dentist by any chance?

No, he works for a water district in California and shoots indoor for hoyt

Workerbee33 · Sep 3, 2017

jbett98 said:
I feel sorry for that poor buck. He never got a chance to rub off all that velvet and show his big rack to some hot does.

I'm sure he has had his fair share of hot does

Argonaut · Sep 9, 2017

Utah closes schools for the deer opener. It is a huge deal. There are some great trophy only areas in the state but it would take a lot of time and luck to be successful without a guide. I killed many deer in Utah while stationed there but have never really been a horn hunter. Could nearly always shoot a legal deer in the evening after doing a full days work. My buddies that went to the high country to hunt went years without getting a shot. It became kind of a sore subject after a while.