By Scott Bestul

We talk about mulie bucks differently than we do whitetails. An eastern whitetail is usually referenced by his tine count. We’ll say “I shot a beautiful 10-point,” or “my first buck was a basket-racked six.” Spread is mentioned, but typically only as an additional reference to put an exclamation point on size: “That monster 10-point had a 24” spread.”

For most mulie nuts, spread is THE thing. In fact, the generally accepted benchmark for a really big mulie is a 30” buck. Thirty means inside spread of course, and as serious mulie nuts recognize, that mark is getting tougher and tougher to achieve.

Which makes the buck that follows so much more impressive. Supposedly shot in “the Navajo Unit” (Arizona) by one John Keller, the inside spread is supposed to be 41 (as in forty one!) inches, with a gross B&C score of 275”! Great buck!

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from idahooutdoors wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

Type of buck every hunter dreams of, few ever see, and even fewer tag.

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from Sage Sam wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

I'll take a deep back forked 5x5 with a 30" spread of that mess of bone. Score ain't everything...pretty matters too.

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from dakohta14 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

nice.Only if we had that in Nevada i plan to go for a tag for mule deer and antelope

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from idduckhntr wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

I am with Sage Sam nothing beats a big deep forked main 4x4 or 5x5, to me they look like a more noble buck.

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from rrmont wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

If it were me I would take a 5x5, but the one in the picture would do too. I don't think that I would pass that one up!

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from jamesti wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

that would definately be a rack that anyone would love to put on the wall. very nice!

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

is his beams longer then his spreadon a whiutetail the beam has to be longer then the spread to be counted,to many deer on here not being scored right

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from peter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

man thats nice. i never shot a mule deer before. live in pa

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from bomberpride wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

wow that is a great deer

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from joshd wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

just wanted to mention quick that it is the outside spread, not inside sread when referring to a "30 inch mulie". but obviously it's insdie spread still that matters when scoring the actual rack.

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

around here we go by the inside spread not the out side,just like we go by a 5x5 not a ten pointer..i got a mule that is 21 inches wide inside i shot here and the out side spread is 26 inches,,thats just beacuse the points lean out in the back,going by the inside is more pratical..... south dakota

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from chadian wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

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from Sage Sam wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

I'll take a deep back forked 5x5 with a 30" spread of that mess of bone. Score ain't everything...pretty matters too.

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from idahooutdoors wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

Type of buck every hunter dreams of, few ever see, and even fewer tag.

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from jamesti wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

that would definately be a rack that anyone would love to put on the wall. very nice!

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from dakohta14 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

nice.Only if we had that in Nevada i plan to go for a tag for mule deer and antelope

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from idduckhntr wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

I am with Sage Sam nothing beats a big deep forked main 4x4 or 5x5, to me they look like a more noble buck.

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from rrmont wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

If it were me I would take a 5x5, but the one in the picture would do too. I don't think that I would pass that one up!

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

is his beams longer then his spreadon a whiutetail the beam has to be longer then the spread to be counted,to many deer on here not being scored right

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from peter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

man thats nice. i never shot a mule deer before. live in pa

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from bomberpride wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

wow that is a great deer

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from joshd wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

just wanted to mention quick that it is the outside spread, not inside sread when referring to a "30 inch mulie". but obviously it's insdie spread still that matters when scoring the actual rack.

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

around here we go by the inside spread not the out side,just like we go by a 5x5 not a ten pointer..i got a mule that is 21 inches wide inside i shot here and the out side spread is 26 inches,,thats just beacuse the points lean out in the back,going by the inside is more pratical..... south dakota

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from chadian wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

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